What does “جاب” (gāb) mean in Egyptian Arabic?

Egyptians say جاب (gāb) for “he brought.” بابا جابلي ساندوتش is “Dad brought me a sandwich”: جاب plus لي (“to me”) fused into جابلي (gablī). It is worth learning early because the textbook verb أحضر almost never turns up in speech. The word began as جاء بـ, “came with,” so bringing something is literally coming with it.

The other persons follow the same short stem: جبت (“I brought”), جبتي (“you brought,” to a woman), هجيب (“I’ll bring”), بيجيب (“he brings”). In this scene one child protests when Dad brings a sandwich for only one of them (بابا جاب لك ساندوتش ولا لأ؟, “did Dad bring you a sandwich or not?”) and the clip ends on a chant of بابا جابلي ايس كريم (“Dad brought me ice cream”).