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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Advanced Level 2

PART 2 · LESSON 20 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The name

Friday lunch in Heliopolis, and the name: name her after me, Fawzeya is hard in Chicago, then after my mother, Layla, it works in both languages, her full name here is Layla Leo Mitchell, and Leo becomes Layla's father.

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THE STORY

Friday lunch at the Mansours' flat in Heliopolis, a day in winter. Grandma and Madame Nadia hear the news of a girl; Leo says the polite you to both and speaks plainly with Salma; Grandma speaks plainly to everyone and calls Leo my son.

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هَتْسَمُّوهَا إِيه?hat-sam-MOO-ha eeh?What will you call her?
لِسَّه مَا قَرَّرْنَاش.LIS-sa ma 'ar-rar-NAASH.We haven't decided yet.
سَمُّوهَا عَلَى اِسْمِي, فَوْزِيَّة.sam-MOO-ha 3a-la IS-mi, faw-ZIY-ya.Name her after me, Fawzeya.
صَعْبَة فِي شِيكَاغُو, يَا تِيتَة.SA3-ba fi shi-KAA-gho, ya TEE-ta.Hard in Chicago, Grandma.
يَبْقَى عَلَى اِسْم أُمِّي, لَيْلَى.YIB-'a 3a-la ism UM-mi, LAY-la.Then after my mother, Layla.
لَيْلَى, فِي كُلّ الأَغَانِي.LAY-la, fi kull il-a-GHAA-ni.Layla, in every song.
لَيْلَى تِنْفَع بِاللُّغَتِين.LAY-la TIN-fa3 bil-lu-gha-TEEN.Layla works in both languages.
اِسْمَهَا هِنَا لَيْلَى لِيُو مِيتْشِل.IS-ma-ha HI-na LAY-la LI-yu MIT-shil.Her name here is Layla Leo Mitchell.
أَبُو لَيْلَى.A-bu LAY-laLayla's father
وِإِنْتَ تِبْقَى أَبُو لَيْلَى, وِسَلْمَى أُمّ لَيْلَى.wi-IN-ta TIB-'a A-bu LAY-la, wi-SAL-ma umm LAY-la.And you become Layla's father, and Salma Layla's mother.

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