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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Advanced Level 2

PART 1 · LESSON 7 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Viewing

Mister Ragab shows Leo and Karim his late father's carpentry shop: forty metres, closed since the Feast, a cracked floor, a wall repaired and painted, and a quiet lady upstairs who sees everything.

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THE STORY

A shut carpentry shop in a lane off the Tentmakers' street, a weekday morning. Mister Ragab, the landlord, shows the place to Leo and Karim. Leo and the landlord say the polite you to each other; he calls Leo engineer.

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أَرْبِعِين مِتْر وِمَخْزَن.ar-bi-3EEN mitr wi-MAKH-zan.Forty metres and a storeroom.
وِإِيه كَان هِنَا?wi-EEH kaan HI-na?And what was here?
مِن سَاعِة العِيد.min SAA-3it il-3EEDsince the Feast
مَحَلّ أَبُويَا, مَقْفُول مِن سَاعِة العِيد.ma-7ALL a-BOO-ya ma'-FOOL min SAA-3it il-3EED.My father's shop, closed since the Feast.
الأَرْض مِتْشَقَّقَة فِي النُّصّ.il-'ARD mit-sha'-'A-'a fi in-NUSS.The floor is cracked in the middle.
الأَرْض زَيّ مَا أَبُويَا سَابْهَا.il-'ARD zayy ma a-BOO-ya SAB-ha.The floor is as my father left it.
دِي شُغْلِة المُسْتَأْجِر.di SHUGH-lit il-mus-TA'-gir.That's the tenant's business.
وِالرُّطُوبَة فِي الحِيطَة?wir-ru-TOO-ba fi il-7EE-ta?And the damp in the wall?
مِتْصَلَّحَة فِي الصِّيف وِمِتْدَهِّنَة.mit-sal-LA-7a fi is-SEEF wi-mit-dah-HI-na.Repaired in the summer and painted.
وِالسِّتّ اللِّي فُوق?wis-SITT IL-li foo'?And the lady upstairs?

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