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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Advanced Level 3

PART 3 · LESSON 23 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Never in My Life

The Delta goes by the train window and Grandma, who was born behind those fields, asks Leo whether he has ever seen a water buffalo: never and ever with the word for a lifetime, she has never taken a plane, and a compliment about the son of Chicago.

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THE STORY

The fast train crossing the Delta, Grandma at the window with Leo and Karim, the fields green in May. Leo says the polite you to Grandma; she speaks plainly to everyone; Karim and Leo speak plainly.

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الغِيطَان دِي, اِتْوَلَدْت وَرَاهَا.il-ghe-TAAN di it-wa-LADT wa-RAA-ha.Those fields, I was born behind them.
بَابَا عُمْرُه مَا شَاف كِدَه.BAA-ba 3UM-ru ma shaaf KI-da.Dad has never seen anything like it.
عُمْرَك شُفْت جَامُوسَة, يَا لِيُو?3UM-rak shuft ga-MOO-sa ya LI-yu?Have you ever seen a water buffalo, Leo?
عُمْرِي مَا شُفْت.3UM-ri ma shuftnever in my life have I seen
عُمْرِي مَا شُفْت, لِحَدّ النَّهَارْدَه.3UM-ri ma shuft li-7ADD in-na-HAR-da.Never in my life, until today.
تِيتَة عُمْرَهَا مَا رِكْبِت طَيَّارَة.TEE-ta 3um-RA-ha ma RIK-bit tay-YAA-ra.Grandma has never taken a plane.
وِعُمْرِي مَا هَارْكَب, القَطْر كِفَايَة.wi-3UM-ri ma HAR-kab il-'ATR ki-FAA-ya.And I never will, the train is enough.
حَضْرِتِك عُمْرِك شُفْتِي شِيكَاغُو?7ad-RI-tik 3UM-rik SHUF-ti she-KAA-ghu?Have you ever seen Chicago?
عُمْرِي مَا شُفْتَهَا, بَسّ شُفْت اِبْنَهَا.3UM-ri ma shuf-TA-ha bass shuft ib-NA-ha.Never seen it, but I've seen its son.
دِي كَانِت مُجَامْلَة, يَا لِيُو.di KAA-nit mu-GAM-la ya LI-yu.That was a compliment, Leo.