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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Beginner Level 1

PART 2 · LESSON 12 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Koshary Downtown

Leo and Karim eat koshary Downtown: two koshary please, big with a little hot sauce, delicious, Egyptian food, the bill, sixty pounds, a hundred-pound note, and the tens from twenty to a hundred.

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THE STORY

A koshary shop Downtown at lunchtime. Karim orders for both of them and Leo pays; the two friends speak plainly to each other and politely to the waiter.

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لَوْ سَمَحْت.law sa-MA7Tplease, to a man: the same word without the final i
اِتْنِين كُشَرِي, لَوْ سَمَحْت.it-NEEN KUSH-a-ri, law sa-MA7T.Two koshary, please.
كِبِير, وِشَطَّة?ki-BEER, wi-SHAT-ta?Big, and hot sauce?
كِبِير, وِشَطَّة شُوَيَّة.ki-BEER, wi-SHAT-ta shu-WAY-ya.Big, and a little hot sauce.
عِشْرِين, تَلَاتِين, أَرْبِعِين, خَمْسِين.3ish-REEN, ta-la-TEEN, ar-bi-3EEN, kham-SEEN.Twenty, thirty, forty, fifty.
سِتِّين, سَبْعِين, تَمَانِين, تِسْعِين.sit-TEEN, sab-3EEN, ta-ma-NEEN, tis-3EEN.Sixty, seventy, eighty, ninety.
خَمْسَة وِسِتِّين جْنِيه.KHAM-sa wi-sit-TEEN gi-NEEH.Sixty-five pounds.
الكُشَرِي لَزِيز!il-KUSH-a-ri la-ZEEZ!The koshary is delicious!
أَكْل مَصْرِي!AKL MAS-ri!Egyptian food!
بِكَام?bi-KAAMhow much, word for word with how many

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