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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Advanced Level 1

PART 2 · LESSON 11 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The hall

Leo and Salma price a wedding hall in Heliopolis: the hall takes up to two hundred, the price is per person, the band is separate, the cake by the kilo, and the deposit a quarter.

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THE STORY

A wedding hall in Heliopolis near the Baron's palace, an afternoon in spring. Leo and Salma speak plainly to each other and both say the polite you to the hall manager, who says it back.

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لِحَدّ مِيتِين فَرْد.li-7ADD me-TEEN fardup to two hundred people
القَاعَة لِحَدّ مِيتِين فَرْد.il-'AA-3a li-7ADD me-TEEN fard.The hall takes up to two hundred.
مَسَاء الخِير.ma-SAA' il-KHEER.Good evening.
خَمِيس بَعْد شَمّ النِّسِيم.kha-MEES ba3d shamm in-ni-SEEM.A Thursday after Sham el-Nessim.
وِالسِّعْر لِلْفَرْد كَام?wis-SI3R lil-FARD kaam?And how much per person?
خُمْسُمِيَّة لِلْفَرْد, بِالعَشَا.khum-su-MIY-ya lil-FARD bil-3A-sha.Five hundred a head, with dinner.
وِالزَّفَّة بِالسَّاعَة?wiz-ZAF-fa bis-SAA-3a?And the band, by the hour?
بِالسَّاعَة وَلَّا بِاليُوم?bis-SAA-3a WAL-la bil-YOOM?By the hour or by the day?
لأ, الزَّفَّة لِوَحْدِهَا.la' iz-ZAF-fa li-wa7-DI-ha.No, the band is separate.
وِالتُّورْتَة بِالكِيلُو?wit-TOR-ta bik-KEE-lu?And the cake, by the kilo?

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