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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Advanced Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 12 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Grandma's table

Lunch at the Mansours' with the guests from Chicago, and Leo in the middle: tell them to eat, Mum says the leaves are very good, tell her the leaves are from the village, Dad wants the recipe, it's Grandma's secret, no secrets, there are hands, Mum wants you to sit down, a hostess doesn't sit.

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THE STORY

The table at the Mansours' flat in Heliopolis, in April, with Leo's parents as the guests. They speak only English; Leo carries the words across. Grandma speaks plainly to everyone; Leo says the polite you to her and to Madame Nadia, who call him by his name.

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قُول لُهُم كُلُوا.'ool LU-hum KU-lu.Tell them to eat.
مَامَا بِتْقُول إِنّ الوَرَق حِلْو قَوِي.MAA-ma bit-'OOL inn il-WA-ra' 7ilw 'A-wi.Mum says the leaves are very good.
قُول لَهَا الوَرَق مِن البَلَد.'ool LA-ha il-WA-ra' min il-BA-lad.Tell her the leaves are from the village.
بَابَا عَايِز طَرِيقِة المُلُوخِيَّة.BAA-ba 3AA-yiz ta-REE-'it il-mu-lo-KHIY-ya.Dad wants the molokhia recipe.
بَابَا بِيقُول إِنّ الأَكْل حِلْو.BAA-ba be-'OOL inn il-'AKL 7ilw.Dad says the food is good.
قُول لِأَبُوك دَه سِرّ تِيتَة.'ool li-a-BOOK da sirr TEE-ta.Tell your father it's Grandma's secret.
مَفِيش أَسْرَار, فِيه إِيدِين.ma-FEESH as-RAAR feeh e-DEEN.No secrets, there are hands.
مَامَا عَايْزَة حَضْرِتِك تُقْعُدِي.MAA-ma 3AY-za 7ad-RI-tik tu'-3U-di.Mum wants you to sit down.
قُول لَهَا صَاحْبِة البِيت مَبِتُقْعُدْش.'ool LA-ha SA7-bit il-BEET ma-bi-tu'-3UDSH.Tell her a hostess doesn't sit.