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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Advanced Level 1

PART 3 · LESSON 24 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The client's house

Behind Bab Zuweila, Madame Hanan shows her grandfather's house: the roof leaks, the wooden screen needs cleaning, the roof needs opening, the walls need the damp treated, six months of work and a month of drawings, and a house that must live on for her grandchildren.

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THE STORY

The courtyard of an old merchant's house behind Bab Zuweila, a morning in June. Leo and Madame Hanan say the polite you to each other; Mr. Fathi calls Leo by his name.

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بِيت جِدِّي, وِالسَّقْف بِيِخُرّ.beet GID-di wis-SA'F bi-yi-KHURR.My grandfather's house, and the roof leaks.
دَه لِيُو, المَسْؤُول.da LI-yu il-mas-'OOL.This is Leo, the one in charge.
المَشْرَبِيَّة مِحْتَاجَة تَنْظِيف.il-mash-ra-BIY-ya mi7-TAA-ga tan-ZEEF.The screen needs cleaning.
وِالسَّقْف, يَا بَشْمُهَنْدِس?wis-SA'F ya bash-mu-HAN-dis?And the roof, engineer?
السَّقْف مِحْتَاج يِتْفَتَح.is-SA'F mi7-TAAG yit-FA-ta7.The roof needs opening.
مِحْتَاج أَقِيس الأَوِّل.mi7-TAAG a-'EES il-'AW-wil.I need to measure first.
الحِيطَان فِيهَا رُطُوبَة.il-7e-TAAN FEE-ha ru-TOO-ba.The walls have damp.
وِكُلّ دَه مِحْتَاج قَدّ إِيه?wi-KULL da mi7-TAAG 'add eeh?And how long does all this need?
سِتّ شُهُور شُغْل.sitt shu-HOOR shughl.Six months of work.
مِحْتَاجَة البِيت يِعِيش.mi7-TAA-ga il-BEET yi-3EESH.I need the house to live on.

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