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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Advanced Level 2

PART 2 · LESSON 14 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Hold the level

Hassan the carpenter from the lane levels the studio floor with Leo holding the level: hold, keep holding, don't let go, a moment, pass me the hammer, straight now, and a kitchen drawn for his daughter instead of a bill.

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THE STORY

The studio in the lane off the Tentmakers’ street, a morning in autumn. Hassan the carpenter, about sixty, levels the floor; Leo says the polite you and calls him master, the carpenter says the plain you and calls him engineer.

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اِمْسِك المِيزَان, يَا بَشْمُهَنْدِس.IM-sik il-mi-ZAAN, ya bash-mu-HAN-dis.Hold the level, engineer.
مَا تْسِيبْش.ma-TSEEBSHdon't let go
خَلِّيك مَاسِك, مَا تْسِيبْش.khal-LEEK MAA-sik, ma-TSEEBSH.Keep holding, don't let go.
مَايِل نَاحْيِة الحَارَة.MAA-yil NA7-yit il-7AA-ra.It slopes toward the lane.
الدَّرْب كُلُّه مَايِل. هَات الشَّاكُوش.id-DARB KUL-lu MAA-yil. haat ish-sha-KOOSH.The whole Darb slopes. Pass me the hammer.
لَحْظَة وَاحْدَة, يَا أُسْطَى.LA7-za WA7-da, ya US-ta.One moment, master.
اِمْسِك اللُّوح دَه لَحْظَة.IM-sik il-LOO7 da LA7-za.Hold this board a moment.
عَدْل دِلْوَقْتِي?3adl dil-WA'-ti?Straight now?
عَدْل, وِالتَّرَابِيزَة مِش هَتِمْشِي.3adl, wit-ta-ra-BEE-za mish ha-TIM-shi.Straight, and the table won't walk.
أَدْفَع لِحَضْرِتَك كَام?AD-fa3 li-7ad-RI-tak kaam?How much do I pay you?

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