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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Advanced Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 17 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Two fathers, no shared language

At the fabric shop Uncle Mahmoud tells Leo how he and Leo's father got on without him: we understood each other, we showed each other the fabric, three teas together, he chose a cotton for your mother, you'll see each other, they've become friends, the shop is his shop, and the same about his garage.

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THE STORY

Uncle Mahmoud's fabric shop on al-Azhar street, in April. Leo's father has spent the morning there without a word of Arabic; Leo arrives with Karim. Leo says the polite you to Uncle Mahmoud, who calls him by his name; Leo and Karim speak plainly.

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أَنَا وِأَبُوك اِتْفَاهِمْنَا مِن غِيرَك.A-na wi-a-BOOK it-fa-HIM-na min GHEE-rak.Your father and I understood each other without you.
إِزَّاي يَا عَمّ مَحْمُود?iz-ZAAY ya 3amm ma7-MOOD?How, Uncle Mahmoud?
وَرِّينَا بَعْض القُمَاش, وِفِهْمْنَا بَعْض.war-REE-na ba3d il-'u-MAASH wi-FIHM-na ba3d.We showed each other the fabric, and we understood each other.
اِخْتَار قُطْن لِمَامْتَك, وَأَنَا اللُّون.ikh-TAAR 'utn li-MAM-tak wa-A-na il-LOON.He chose a cotton for your mother, and I the colour.
شِرْبُوا تَلاَت شَاي سَوَا.SHIR-bu ta-LAAT shaay SA-wa.They drank three teas together.
بَابَا بِيقُول هَتْشُوفُوا بَعْض.BAA-ba be-'OOL hat-SHOO-fu ba3d.Dad says you'll see each other.
بَقُوا صُحَاب, فِي يُومَيْن.BA-'u su-7AAB fi yo-MEEN.They've become friends, in two days.
قُول لُه المَحَلّ مَحَلُّه.'ool lu il-ma-7ALL ma-7AL-lu.Tell him the shop is his shop.
بِيقُول نَفْس الكَلَام عَن جَرَاجُه.be-'OOL nafs ik-ka-LAAM 3an ga-RAA-gu.He says the same about his garage.