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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Advanced Level 1

PART 2 · LESSON 19 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The agent's call

Leo phones the agent about the old building on Road Nine, then the couple sees a freshly painted flat on a loud street: is it still free, we haven't seen it yet, the owner no longer lives here, it still smells of paint, the lift is still broken, we no longer want this one.

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THE STORY

A phone call from the Dokki flat, then a newly painted flat on a loud street in Maadi. Leo and Salma speak plainly to each other and say the polite you to the agent, who says it back and calls Leo engineer.

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أَلُو, مِين مَعَايَا?A-lu meen ma-3AA-ya?Hello, who's speaking?
الشَّقَّة لِسَّه فَاضْيَة?ish-SHA'-'a LIS-sa FAD-ya?Is the flat still free?
لِسَّه بَدْرِي.LIS-sa BAD-ri.It's still early.
لِسَّه, وِوَاحْدَة لِسَّه خَالْصَة.LIS-sa wi-WA7-da LIS-sa KHAS-sa.Still, and one has just finished.
لِسَّه مَا شُفْنَاهَاش, بُكْرَة?LIS-sa ma shuf-na-HAASH BUK-ra?We haven't seen it yet, tomorrow?
القَدِيمَة لِسَّه فَاضْيَة.il-'a-DEE-ma LIS-sa FAD-ya.The old one is still free.
المَالِك مَابَقَاش عَايِش هِنَا.il-MAA-lik ma-ba-'AASH 3AA-yish HI-na.The owner no longer lives here.
لِسَّه فِيهَا رِيحِة بُويَة.LIS-sa FEE-ha REE-7it BOO-ya.It still smells of paint.
وِالأَسَانْسِير لِسَّه بَايِظ?wil-'a-san-SEER LIS-sa BAA-yiz?And the lift is still broken?
لِسَّه, الشَّهْر الجَايّ.LIS-sa ish-SHAHR ig-GAAYY.Not yet, next month.

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