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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Beginner Level 1

PART 2 · LESSON 15 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Lost near Bab Zuweila

Leo is lost in the lanes near Bab Zuweila and asks a woman the way: excuse me where is, go straight, turn right, turn left, is it far, near, five minutes, there, the big gate, a thousand thanks, you're welcome, goodbye.

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THE STORY

The lanes of the old city near Bab Zuweila, in the afternoon. Leo alone, asking an older woman the way: the polite you both ways, and she calls him my son.

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فِين?feenwhere, the question word, which comes last
لَوْ سَمَحْتِ, بَاب زُوِيلَة فِين?law sa-MA7-ti, baab zu-WAY-la feen?Excuse me, where is Bab Zuweila?
اِمْشِي دُغْرِي, وِخُشّ يِمِين.IM-shi DUGH-ri, wi-KHUSH yi-MEEN.Go straight, and turn right.
خُشّ شِمَال.khush shi-MAAL.Turn left.
بِعِيد مِن هِنَا?bi-3EED min HI-na?Far from here?
لأ قُرَيِّب, خَمْس دَقَايِق.la' 'u-RAY-yib, khams da-'AA-yi'.No, near, five minutes.
دُغْرِي, وِخُشّ يِمِين?DUGH-ri, wi-KHUSH yi-MEEN?Straight, and turn right?
المَتْرُو فِين, لَوْ سَمَحْت?il-MET-ro feen, law sa-MA7T?Where is the metro, please?
أَيْوَه, هِنَاك البَاب الكِبِير.AY-wa, hi-NAAK il-BAAB ik-ki-BEER.Yes, there, the big gate.
أَلْف شُكْر!alf SHUKR!A thousand thanks!

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