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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Advanced Level 2

PART 3 · LESSON 27 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

It Isn't Done

Grandma in spring, around Mother's Day, hears that the cot is already bought: it isn't done, cover it with a sheet, in Chicago they paint the room pink but here we cover, the name waits for the seventh-day party, no need to tell the neighbours, and don't worry, Madame Afaf will say nothing.

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THE STORY

Grandma's two rooms in the old house in al-Darb al-Ahmar, a spring afternoon. Leo says the polite you to Grandma; she speaks plainly to everyone and calls him my son.

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اِشْتَرِيتُوا السِّرِير قَبْل الوِلاَدَة?ish-ta-REE-tu is-si-REER 'abl il-wi-LAA-da?You bought the cot before the birth?
سَلْمَى اِخْتَارِتُه, يَا تِيتَة.SAL-ma ikh-ta-RI-tu, ya TEE-ta.Salma chose it, Grandma.
مَيِصَحِّش.ma-yi-SA7-7ishit isn't done, word for word it isn't right
مَيِصَحِّش. غَطِّيه بِمِلاَيَة.ma-yi-SA7-7ish. ghat-TEEH bi-mi-LAA-ya.It isn't done. Cover it with a sheet.
فِي شِيكَاغُو بِيِدْهِنُوا الأُوضَة بَمْبِي.fi shi-KAA-ghu bi-yid-HI-nu il-OO-da BAM-bi.In Chicago they paint the room pink.
هِنَا بِنْغَطِّي, يَا اِبْنِي.HI-na bin-GHAT-ti, ya IB-ni.Here we cover, my son.
مِش لاَزِم تِقُول لِلجِيرَان.mish LAA-zim ti-'OOL lig-gi-RAAN.No need to tell the neighbours.
وِالاِسْم, نِقُولُه?wil-ISM, ni-'OO-lu?And the name, may we say it?
مِش قَبْل السُّبُوع.mish 'abl is-su-BOO3.Not before the seventh-day party.
مَدَام عَفَاف عَارْفَة خَلاَص.ma-DAAM 3a-FAAF 3AR-fa kha-LAAS.Madame Afaf already knows.

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