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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Advanced Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 14 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Shopping for the seventh day

Mona and Leo buy the things for the seventh-day party: a sieve and seven candles, the mortar for the banging, a kilo of sugared almonds and a bag of seeds, by the kilo or the bag, two kilos of each, one piece to taste, a girl or a boy, pink candles and the salt on the house.

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THE STORY

A sweets and nuts shop in Heliopolis, in April, before the seventh-day party. Mona, Karim's wife, shops with Leo; both say the polite you to the shopkeeper, who gives it back.

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مُنْخُل, كِبِير, وِسَبَع شَمْعَات.MUN-khul ki-BEER wi-SA-ba3 sham-3AAT.A sieve, a big one, and seven candles.
وِالهُون لِلدَّقّ, طَبْعاً.wil-HOON lid-DA'' TAB-3an.And the mortar, for the banging, of course.
كِيلُو مَلَبِّس وِكِيس لِبّ.KEE-lu ma-LAB-bis wi-KEES libb.A kilo of sugared almonds and a bag of seeds.
لِبّ, حُمُّص, فِشَار, بِالكِيلُو وَلَّا بِالكِيس?libb 7UM-mus fi-SHAAR bik-KEE-lu WAL-la bik-KEES?Seeds, chickpeas, popcorn: by the kilo or the bag?
بِكَام الكِيلُو, لَوْ سَمَحْت?bi-KAAM ik-KEE-lu law sa-MA7T?How much is the kilo, please?
كِيلُوتَيْن مِن كُلّ حَاجَة.ke-lo-TEEN min kull 7AA-ga.Two kilos of each.
حَبَّايَة لِلْبَشْمُهَنْدِس, أَدُوق.7ab-BAA-ya lil-bash-mu-HAN-dis a-DOO'.One piece for the architect, to taste.
خُد حَبَّايَة. بِنْت وَلَّا وَلَد?khud 7ab-BAA-ya bint WAL-la WA-lad?Take a piece. A girl or a boy?
بِنْت, اِسْمَهَا لَيْلَى.bint, is-MA-ha LAY-la.A girl, her name is Layla.
يِبْقَى الشَّمْع بِمْبِي, وِالمَلْح عَلِينَا.YIB-'a ish-SHAM3 BIM-bi wil-MAL7 3a-LEE-na.Then pink candles, and the salt is on us.