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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Advanced Level 3

PART 3 · LESSON 27 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Nobody But Me

Fish by the kilo at Bahari and the fight over the bill: nothing else, nobody pays but me, not once, not in Egypt, nobody but Dad in Chicago, and the waiter who will wait; the words for nobody, nothing and not once, and except with a person on its end.

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THE STORY

A fish restaurant in Bahari, Alexandria, the fish chosen from the ice, ten at the table. Uncle Mahmoud is the host; Leo relays his father in English; the waiter says the polite you and gets it back.

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اِخْتَارُوا السَّمَك, بِالكِيلُو.ikh-TAA-ru is-SA-mak bik-KEE-lu.Choose the fish, by the kilo.
كِيلُو دِنِيس, وِكِيلُو جَمْبَرِي.KEE-lu di-NEES wi-KEE-lu gam-BA-ri.A kilo of sea bream, and a kilo of shrimp.
وَلاَ حَاجَة تَانْيَة, يَا فَنْدِم?WA-la 7AA-ga TAN-ya ya FAN-dim?Nothing else, sir?
مَحَدِّش يِدْفَع غِيرِي.ma-7AD-dish YID-fa3 GHEE-rinobody pays but me
كُلّ حَاجَة, مَحَدِّش يِدْفَع غِيرِي.kull 7AA-ga ma-7AD-dish YID-fa3 GHEE-ri.Everything, nobody pays but me.
بَابَا بِيقُول الحِسَاب عَلِيه.BAA-ba be-'OOL il-7i-SAAB 3a-LEEH.Dad says the bill is on him.
وَلاَ مَرَّة, مِش فِي مَصْر.WA-la MAR-ra mish fi masr.Not once, not in Egypt.
فِي شِيكَاغُو, مَحَدِّش غِير بَابَا.fi she-KAA-ghu ma-7AD-dish gheer BAA-ba.In Chicago, nobody but Dad.
اِتَّفَقْنَا, شِيكَاغُو بِتَاعْتُه.it-ta-FA'-na she-KAA-ghu bi-TA3-tu.Agreed, Chicago is his.
يِبْقَى مَحَدِّش يِدْفَع, هَسْتَنَّى.YIB-'a ma-7AD-dish YID-fa3 has-TAN-na.Then nobody pays, I'll wait.