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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Beginner Level 1

PART 2 · LESSON 19 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Pharmacy

Leo has a headache and a sore throat from the dust and goes to the pharmacy on the corner: good evening, can I help, my head hurts, do you have a fever, my throat hurts too, pills, one twice a day, after food, get well, and its answer.

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THE STORY

The pharmacy on the corner in Heliopolis, in the evening, after a day in the dust of the old city. Leo alone with the pharmacist, a woman older than him: the polite you both ways.

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مَسَاء الخِير, أَيّ خِدْمَة?ma-SAA' il-KHEER, ayy KHID-ma?Good evening, can I help?
بِتِوْجَعْنِي.bi-tiw-GA3-nihurts me: the verb with the b sound in front and me on the end
رَاسِي بِتِوْجَعْنِي.RAA-si bi-tiw-GA3-ni.My head hurts.
عَنْدِي صُدَاع.3AN-di su-DAA3.I have a headache.
عَنْدَك سُخُونِيَّة?3AN-dak su-khu-NIY-ya?Do you have a fever?
لأ, زُورِي بِيِوْجَعْنِي كَمَان.la', ZOO-ri bi-yiw-GA3-ni ka-MAAN.No, my throat hurts too.
بُرْشَام, وَاحْدَة مَرَّتِين فِي اليُوم.bur-SHAAM, WA7-da mar-ri-TEEN fil-YOOM.Pills, one twice a day.
سَلَامْتِك يَا سَلْمَى!sa-LAM-tik ya SAL-ma!Get well, Salma!
بَعْد الأَكْل?ba3d il-AKL?After food?
أَيْوَه, بَعْد الأَكْل. سَلَامْتَك!AY-wa, ba3d il-AKL. sa-LAM-tak!Yes, after food. Get well!

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