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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Advanced Level 2

PART 1 · LESSON 2 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES Free

A Thousand Congratulations

Friday lunch in Heliopolis: Sayed guesses the news at the door, and at the table Madame Nadia and Uncle Mahmoud hear it: congratulations, in advance and a thousand times, their fixed reply, and the wish that God bring her safely through it.

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Lesson 2 · A Thousand Congratulations

Egyptian Arabic · 30 minutes

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The Mansours' building in Heliopolis on a Friday, first at the door with Sayed, then at the lunch table. Leo says the polite you to Sayed, Madame Nadia and Uncle Mahmoud; they call him Leo and engineer.

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أَهْلاً يَا بَشْمُهَنْدِس, كُلُّه تَمَام?AH-lan ya bash-mu-HAN-dis KUL-lu ta-MAAM?Welcome, engineer, is everything all right?
أَحْسَن مِن تَمَام.A7-san min ta-MAAM.Better than fine.
يِبْقَى مَبْرُوك مُقَدَّماً!YIB-'a mab-ROOK mu-'ad-DA-man!Then congratulations in advance!
اللّه يِبَارِك فِيك.al-LAAH yi-BAA-rik feek.God bless you.
قُول, مَتْخَلِّينَاش نِسْتَنَّى.'ool mat-khal-le-NAASH nis-TAN-na.Say it, don't keep us waiting.
هَتِبْقُوا جِدّ وِتِيتَة فِي مَايُو.ha-TIB-'u gidd wi-TEE-ta fi MAA-yu.You'll be grandfather and grandmother in May.
رَبِّنَا يِقَوِّمْهَا بِالسَّلاَمَة.rab-BI-na yi-'aw-WIM-ha bis-sa-LAA-mamay God bring her safely through it
أَلْف مَبْرُوك, رَبِّنَا يِقَوِّمْهَا بِالسَّلاَمَة.alf mab-ROOK rab-BI-na yi-'aw-WIM-ha bis-sa-LAA-ma.A thousand congratulations, may God bring her safely through it.
اللّه يِبَارِك فِي حَضْرِتِك.al-LAAH yi-BAA-rik fi 7ad-RI-tik.God bless you.
وِالمَكْتَب لِسَّه مَاشِي يَا لِيُو?wil-MAK-tab LIS-sa MAA-shi ya LI-yu?And the studio, is it still on, Leo?
أَكْتَر مِن الأَوَّل.AK-tar min il-'AW-wal.More than before.