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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Advanced Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 2 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES Free

A little moon

In the hospital room Grandma and Salma lean over Layla and Leo asks whose eyes she has: a little moon, the phrase against envy, her little hands, a tiny nose like her mother, a little piece of her father, sleep my darling, small today, a bride tomorrow.

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Lesson 2 · A little moon

Egyptian Arabic · 30 minutes

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The room of a hospital in Heliopolis, the morning Layla is born. Grandma speaks plainly to everyone and Leo says the polite you to her; Salma and Leo speak plainly.

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قَمَر صُغَيَّر, مَا شَاء الله!'A-mar su-GHAY-yar, ma shaa' al-LAAH!A little moon, God be praised!
نَامِي يَا حَبِيبْتِي.NAA-mi ya 7a-BIB-ti.Sleep, my darling.
بُصِّي يَا تِيتَة, إِيدِيهَا الصُّغَيَّرَة!BUS-si ya TEE-ta, i-DEE-ha is-su-ghay-YA-ra!Look, Grandma, her little hands!
وِمَنَاخِير صُغَيَّرَة زَيّ أُمَّهَا.wi-ma-na-KHEER su-ghay-YA-ra zayy um-MA-ha.And a tiny nose like her mother's.
وِالعِيُون عِيُون مِين, يَا تِيتَة?wil-3i-YOON 3i-YOON meen, ya TEE-ta?And the eyes, whose eyes are they, Grandma?
حِتَّة صُغَيَّرَة.7IT-ta su-ghay-YA-raa little piece
عِيُون أَبُوهَا, حِتَّة صُغَيَّرَة مِن أَبُوهَا.3i-YOON a-BOO-ha, 7IT-ta su-ghay-YA-ra min a-BOO-ha.Her father's, a little piece of her father.
هِيَّ صُغَيَّرَة قَوِي, دَه عَادِي?HIY-ya su-ghay-YA-ra 'A-wi, da 3AA-di?She's so small, is that normal?
صُغَيَّرَة النَّهَارْدَه, عَرُوسَة بُكْرَة.su-ghay-YA-ra in-na-HAR-da, 3a-ROO-sa BUK-ra.Small today, a bride tomorrow.
يَلَّا, رُوح جِيب لِمِرَاتَك عَصِير.YAL-la, roo7 geeb li-mi-RAA-tak 3a-SEER.Go on, go and bring your wife some juice.