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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Beginner Level 1

PART 2 · LESSON 11 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Metro to Attaba

Leo and Karim take the metro from Heliopolis to Attaba: a ticket please, fifteen pounds, how many stops, line three, twelve stops, the numbers eleven to twenty, and the next station in Standard Arabic.

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THE STORY

The metro station at Heliopolis on a weekday morning: Leo at the ticket window, then line three to Attaba with Karim. Leo is polite with the cashier and plain with Karim, his friend.

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لَوْ سَمَحْتِ.law sa-MA7-tiplease, to a woman, word for word if you permit
تَزْكَرَة لِلْعَتَبَة, لَوْ سَمَحْتِ.TAZ-ka-ra lil-3A-ta-ba, law sa-MA7-ti.A ticket to Attaba, please.
أَرْبَعْتَاشَر.ar-ba3-TAA-sharfourteen
حِدَاشَر, اِتْنَاشَر, تَلَتَّاشَر.7i-DAA-shar, it-NAA-shar, ta-lat-TAA-shar.Eleven, twelve, thirteen.
خَمَسْتَاشَر جْنِيه.kha-mas-TAA-shar gi-NEEH.Fifteen pounds.
تِسَعْتَاشَر.ti-sa3-TAA-sharnineteen
عِشْرِين.3ish-REENtwenty
سِتَّاشَر, سَبَعْتَاشَر, تَمَنْتَاشَر.sit-TAA-shar, sa-ba3-TAA-shar, ta-man-TAA-shar.Sixteen, seventeen, eighteen.
اِتْفَضَّلِي, شُكْراً.it-fad-DA-li, SHUK-ran.Here you are, thank you.
كَرِيم, خَطّ كَام?ka-REEM, KHATT kaam?Karim, which line?

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