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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Advanced Level 1

PART 2 · LESSON 18 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Reading adverts

Karim reads flat adverts off his phone in the Dokki flat: flat for rent, fourth floor, the second is without a lift, a balcony, the seventh is a ground floor, and the second sounds like us.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

Leo's flat in Dokki, an evening with Karim's phone on the table. Leo, Salma and Karim speak plainly to each other; the adverts are read in Standard Arabic, as they are printed.

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اِسْمَعُوا الإِعْلاَن دَه.is-MA-3u il-'i3-LAAN da.Listen to this advert.
الدَّوْر الرَّابِع.id-DOOR ir-RAA-bi3the fourth floor
شَقَّة لِلْإِيجَار, الدَّوْر الرَّابِع.SHA'-'a lil-'e-GAAR id-DOOR ir-RAA-bi3.Flat for rent, fourth floor.
الدَّوْر التَّالِت.id-DOOR it-TAA-lit.The third floor.
الرَّابِع, فِيه أَسَانْسِير?ir-RAA-bi3 feeh a-san-SEER?The fourth, is there a lift?
التَّانِي مِن غِير أَسَانْسِير.it-TAA-ni min gheer a-san-SEER.The second is without a lift.
التَّانِي مَاشِي, فِيه بَلَكُونَة?it-TAA-ni MAA-shi feeh ba-la-KOO-na?The second is fine, a balcony?
الأَوَّل وَلَّا التَّانِي?il-'AW-wal WAL-la it-TAA-ni?The first or the second?
لأ, بَس السَّابِع أَرْضِي.la' bas is-SAA-bi3 AR-di.No, but the seventh is a ground floor.
مِش الأَرْضِي, الرُّطُوبَة.mish il-'AR-di ir-ru-TOO-ba.Not the ground floor, the damp.

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