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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Advanced Level 2

PART 2 · LESSON 19 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

A girl

The scan at twenty weeks at Dr. Maha's clinic: relax, everything is fine, boy or girl, do you want to know, a girl, she'll be an architect or a guide, she'll turn out stubborn like her father, she'll be whatever she wants, and she takes after both of you.

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THE STORY

Dr. Maha's clinic on the Corniche of Maadi, a morning in winter. Salma lies on the couch for the scan, Leo beside her; the doctor speaks to Salma in the feminine, and the couple say the polite you to her.

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اِرْتَاحِي, كُلّ حَاجَة تَمَام.ir-TAA-7i, kull 7AA-ga ta-MAAM.Relax, everything is fine.
عِشْرِين أُسْبُوع, كُلّ حَاجَة فِي وَقْتَهَا.3ish-REEN us-BOO3, kull 7AA-ga fi wa'-TA-ha.Twenty weeks, everything on time.
تِقْدَرِي تِشُوفِي وَلَد وَلَّا بِنْت?TI'-da-ri ti-SHOO-fi WA-lad WAL-la bint?Can you see, a boy or a girl?
عَايْزِين تِعْرَفُوا?3ay-ZEEN ti3-RA-fu?Do you two want to know?
بِنْت, مَبْرُوك.bint, mab-ROOK.A girl, congratulations.
بِنْت, هَتِبْقَى مُهَنْدِسَة.bint, ha-TIB-'a mu-han-DI-sa.A girl, she'll be an architect.
أَوْ مُرْشِدَة, زَيّ أُمَّهَا.aw mur-SHI-da, zayy UM-ma-ha.Or a guide, like her mother.
هَتِطْلَع عَنِيدَة.ha-TIT-la3 3a-NEE-dashe'll turn out stubborn
هَتِطْلَع عَنِيدَة زَيّ أَبُوهَا.ha-TIT-la3 3a-NEE-da zayy a-BOO-ha.She'll turn out stubborn like her father.
اللِّي هِيَّ عَايْزَاه.IL-li HIY-ya 3ay-ZAAHwhatever she wants

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