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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Advanced Level 3

PART 3 · LESSON 25 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Boss, Captain, Madame

An Alexandrian taxi at Sidi Gaber station: the driver calls Leo engineer, boss and captain, Leo calls him driver, and Madame Nadia gets madame; the calling word with a title, the sea to smell, and the yellow tram the driver and she both remember.

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THE STORY

Outside Sidi Gaber station in Alexandria, two taxis for ten people and a baby. Leo says the polite you to the driver; the driver answers with the plain you and a title, as drivers do; Madame Nadia is called madame.

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أَهْلاً يَا بَشْمُهَنْدِس, عَلَى فِين?AH-lan ya bash-mu-HAN-dis 3A-la feen?Welcome, engineer, where to?
يَا أُسْطَى.ya US-tadriver, the title for the man at the wheel
الكُورْنِيش, يَا أُسْطَى.ik-kor-NEESH ya US-ta.The Corniche, driver.
عَرَبِيِّتَيْن, يَا رَيِّس, إِنْتُو عَشَرَة.3a-ra-biy-yi-TEEN ya RAY-yis IN-tu 3A-sha-ra.Two cars, boss, you're ten.
بِالرَّاحَة, يَا أُسْطَى, مَعَانَا بِيبِي.bir-RAA-7a ya US-ta ma-3AA-na BEE-bi.Slowly, driver, we have a baby with us.
إِسْكِنْدِرِيَّة بِالرَّاحَة, يَا مَدَام.is-kin-di-RIY-ya bir-RAA-7a ya ma-DAAM.Alexandria is slow, madame.
شِمِّي البَحْر, يَا مَدَام نَادْيَة.SHIM-mi il-BA7R ya ma-DAAM NAD-ya.Smell the sea, Madame Nadia.
وِدَه التُّرْمَاي, يَا كَابْتِن.wi-da it-tur-MAAY ya KAB-tin.And that's the tram, captain.
الأَصْفَر, رِكِبْتُه وَأَنَا بِنْت.il-'AS-far ri-KIB-tu wa-A-na bint.The yellow one, I rode it as a girl.
لِسَّه شَغَّال, يَا مَدَام, زَيِّي.LIS-sa shagh-GHAAL ya ma-DAAM ZAY-yi.Still running, madame, like me.