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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Advanced Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 20 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Ten of us to Alexandria

At the ticket window of Ramses station Leo and Karim buy the family's tickets: ten tickets to Alexandria on the fast train, all ten of you grown-ups, ten of us and a baby, the baby goes free on your lap, three of them are from Chicago, same price, first class, the two grandmothers by the window, the five of you together.

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THE STORY

The ticket window at Ramses station in Cairo, in May, before the family's week in Alexandria. Leo and Karim say the polite you to the clerk, who gives it back; Leo and Karim speak plainly to each other.

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عَشَر تَزَاكِر إِسْكِنْدِرِيَّة, القَطْر السَّرِيع.3A-shar ta-ZAA-kir is-kin-di-RIY-ya il-'ATR is-sa-REE3.Ten tickets to Alexandria, the fast train.
عَشَرْتُكُم كُبَار?3a-shar-TU-kum ku-BAAR?All ten of you grown-ups?
عَشَرْتِنَا, وِبِيبِي.3a-shar-TI-na wi-BEE-bi.Ten of us, and a baby.
البِيبِي بِبَلَاش, عَلَى رِجْل حَضْرِتَك.il-BEE-bi bi-ba-LAASH 3A-la rigl 7ad-RI-tak.The baby goes free, on your lap.
تَلَاتِتْهُم مِن شِيكَاغُو, نَفْس السِّعْر?ta-la-TIT-hum min she-KAA-ghu nafs is-SI3R?Three of them are from Chicago, same price?
كُلِّنَا فِي عَرَبِيَّة وَاحْدَة?kul-LI-na fi 3a-ra-BIY-ya WA7-da?All of us in one carriage?
نَفْس السِّعْر, دَرَجَة أُولَى.nafs is-SI3R DA-ra-ga OO-la.Same price, first class.
وِالاِتْنِين, التِّيتَات, جَنْب الشِّبَّاك.wi-lit-NEEN it-te-TAAT ganb ish-shib-BAAK.And the two of them, the grandmothers, by the window.
اِتْنِين جَنْب الشِّبَّاك, خَمَسْتُكُم سَوَا.it-NEEN ganb ish-shib-BAAK kha-mas-TU-kum SA-wa.Two by the window, and the five of you together.