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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Advanced Level 2

PART 3 · LESSON 29 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

A Year's Lease and a Sign

Leo renews the lease for a year with Mr. Ragab: twelve and a half since he redid the floor, all the more since he pays on the first, the sign over the door read in Standard Arabic, and thirteen in exchange for a line under it.

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THE STORY

The studio in late spring, Mr. Ragab the landlord with a new lease; the Announcer reads the sign. Leo and the landlord say the polite you to each other.

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سَنَة? يِبْقَى أَرْبَعْتَاشَر.SA-na? YIB-'a ar-ba3-TAA-shar.A year? Then fourteen.
عَقْد سَنَة, يَا بَشْمُهَنْدِس.3a'd SA-na, ya bash-mu-HAN-dis.A year's contract, Mr. Engineer.
اِتْنَاشَر وِنُصّ, مَا دَام صَلَّحْت الأَرْض.it-NAA-shar wi-NUSS, ma daam sal-LA7T il-ARD.Twelve and a half, since I redid the floor.
صَلَّحْتْهَا لِنَفْسَك.sal-la7-TA-ha li-NAF-sak.You fixed it for yourself.
خُصُوصاً إِنِّي بَادْفَع يُوم وَاحِد.khu-SOO-san IN-ni BAD-fa3 yoom WAA-7id.All the more since I pay on the first.
صَحّ. وِاللاَّفْتَة هَتْقُول إِيه?sa77. wil-LAF-ta ha-t'OOL eeh?That's true. And what will the sign say?
لِيُو مِيتْشِل, مُهَنْدِس مِعْمَارِيّ. تَرْمِيم البُيُوت القَدِيمَة.LI-yu MEET-shil, mu-HAN-dis mi3-MAA-riyy. tar-MEEM al-bu-YOOT al-qa-DEE-ma.Leo Mitchell, architect. Restoration of old houses.
تَلَتَّاشَر, فِي مُقَابِل سَطْر.ta-lat-TAA-shar, fi mu-'AA-bil satr.Thirteen, in exchange for a line.
تَلَتَّاشَر وِالسَّطْر. هَات إِيدَك!ta-lat-TAA-shar wis-SATR. haat EE-dak!Thirteen and the line. Shake on it!