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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Advanced Level 3

PART 3 · LESSON 26 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Best Flat

The landlady shows the family the flat on the Corniche: the best flat in the building, the quietest room for the baby, the closest balcony to the sea, the biggest room for the grandparents, the oldest lift in town and the best fish at Bahari; the most and the best, said with the comparing word before a bare noun.

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THE STORY

A fourth-floor flat on the Corniche in Alexandria, the landlady at the door, ten grown-ups and a baby behind Leo. Leo and Salma say the polite you to the landlady and call her madame; she gives it back.

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أَحْسَن شَقَّة.A7-san SHA'-'athe best flat, word for word better flat
دِي أَحْسَن شَقَّة فِي العِمَارَة.di A7-san SHA'-'a fi il-3i-MAA-ra.This is the best flat in the building.
عَشَرَة وِبِيبِي, يَا مَدَام.3A-sha-ra wi-BEE-bi ya ma-DAAM.Ten and a baby, madame.
الدُّور الكَام, يَا مَدَام?id-DOOR ik-KAAM ya ma-DAAM?Which floor, madame?
أَهْدَى أُوضَة وَرَا, لِلْبِيبِي.AH-da OO-da WA-ra lil-BEE-bi.The quietest room is at the back, for the baby.
وِالبَلَكُونَة, يَا مَدَام?wil-ba-la-KOO-na ya ma-DAAM?And the balcony, madame?
أَقْرَب بَلَكُونَة لِلْبَحْر فِي الشَّارِع.A'-rab ba-la-KOO-na lil-BA7R fi ish-SHAA-ri3.The closest balcony to the sea on the street.
وَأَكْبَر أُوضَة لِلْجُدُود.wa-AK-bar OO-da lig-gu-DOOD.And the biggest room for the grandparents.
وَأَقْدَم أَسَانْسِير فِي البَلَد!wa-A'-dam a-san-SEER fi il-BA-lad!And the oldest lift in town!
أَحْلَى مَنْظَر شُفْتُه!A7-la MAN-zar SHUF-tu!The most beautiful view I've seen!

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