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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Advanced Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 16 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Grandma's recipe

Grandma dictates the drink of the seventh-day party to Leo's mother, with Leo in between: write, two cups of water, two big spoons of the powder in half a cup of water, half a cup of sugar and a quarter kilo of nuts, stir and leave it to boil two minutes, and when she makes it in Chicago, she calls me.

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THE STORY

The kitchen at the Mansours' in Heliopolis, the morning after the seventh-day party. Grandma dictates to Leo's mother, who speaks only English; Leo carries the words across. Grandma speaks plainly to everyone and Leo says the polite you to her.

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اِكْتِبِي, كُبَّايْتَيْن مَيَّة.ik-TI-bi kub-bay-TEEN MAY-ya.Write: two cups of water.
المُغَات قَدّ إِيه, يَا تِيتَة?il-mu-GHAAT 'add eeh ya TEE-ta?The powder, how much, Grandma?
مَعْلَقْتَيْن كُبَار, فِي نُصّ كُبَّايَة مَيَّة.ma3-la'-TEEN ku-BAAR fi nuss kub-BAA-ya MAY-ya.Two big spoons, in half a cup of water.
مَامَا بِتِسْأَل عَن السُّكَّر.MAA-ma bi-TIS-'al 3an is-SUK-kar.Mum asks about the sugar.
مَعْلَقَة زِبْدَة, وِخَلَاص.ma3-LA-'a ZIB-da wi-kha-LAAS.A spoon of butter, and that's it.
نُصّ كُبَّايَة, وِرُبْع كِيلُو مَكَسَّرَات.nuss kub-BAA-ya wi-RUB3 KEE-lu ma-kas-sa-RAAT.Half a cup, and a quarter kilo of nuts.
قَدّ إِيه عَلَى النَّار?'add eeh 3A-la in-NAAR?How long on the fire?
قَلِّبِي, سِيبِيهَا تِغْلِي دِقِيقْتَيْن.'al-LI-bi, si-BEE-ha TIGH-li di-'i'-TEEN.Stir, leave it to boil two minutes.
وِلَمَّا تِعْمِلْهَا فِي شِيكَاغُو, تِكَلِّمْنِي.wi-LAM-ma ti3-MIL-ha fi she-KAA-ghu ti-kal-LIM-ni.And when she makes it in Chicago, she calls me.