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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Advanced Level 2

PART 2 · LESSON 16 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

A look costs nothing

The first client: a woman from the lane with her grandmother's carved door, eaten at the bottom. A look costs nothing, the repair is for three thousand, it will come to five, the carpenter on the corner said eight, and why she is here anyway.

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THE STORY

The studio door in the lane, an afternoon in autumn. A woman from the lane, older than Leo, brings her first job; the two say the polite you to each other.

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المُهَنْدِس بِتَاع القَدِيم?il-mu-HAN-dis bi-TAA3 il-'a-DEEM?The engineer for old things?
أَيْوَه, تَرْمِيم بُيُوت.AY-wa, tar-MEEM bu-YOOT.Yes, restoration of houses.
بَاب جِدِّتِي, مَاكُول مِن تَحْت.baab gid-DI-ti, ma-KOOL min ta7t.My grandmother's door, eaten at the bottom.
هَاتِي صُورَة, أَوْ أَجِي أَشُوف.HAA-ti SOO-ra, aw A-gi a-SHOOF.Bring a photo, or I come and look.
هَيِتْكَلِّف كَام?ha-yit-KAL-lif kaam?How much will it cost?
هَيُوصَل لِخَمَس تَلاَف.ha-YOO-sal li-KHA-mas ta-LAAF.It will come to five thousand.
الكَشْف بِبَلاَش.il-KASHF bi-ba-LAASHa look costs nothing
الكَشْف بِبَلاَش, بَسّ التَّصْلِيح بِتَلاَت تَلاَف.il-KASHF bi-ba-LAASH, bass it-tas-LEE7 bi-ta-LAAT ta-LAAF.A look costs nothing, but the repair is three thousand.
النَّجَّار قَال تَمَانْيَة.in-nag-GAAR 'aal ta-MAN-ya.The carpenter said eight.
أُمَّال حَضْرِتِك هِنَا لِيه?um-MAAL 7ad-RI-tik HI-na leeh?Then why are you here?

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