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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Beginner Level 1

PART 2 · LESSON 20 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Grocer's

Leo shops at the grocer's in Heliopolis for Madame Nadia's kitchen: a kilo of tomatoes please, anything else, half a kilo of cucumbers and a bottle of water, a bag, all together how much, ninety-five pounds, a hundred, the change.

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THE STORY

The grocer's on the corner in Heliopolis, a weekday morning, an errand for the kitchen. Leo alone with the shopkeeper, an older man: the polite you both ways.

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صَبَاح الخِير!sa-BAA7 il-KHEER!Good morning!
كِيلُو طَمَاطِم.KEE-lo ta-MAA-tima kilo of tomatoes: the two words side by side, no word for of
كِيلُو طَمَاطِم, لَوْ سَمَحْت.KEE-lo ta-MAA-tim, law sa-MA7T.A kilo of tomatoes, please.
اِتْفَضَّل, حَاجَة تَانْيَة?it-FAD-dal, 7AA-ga TAN-ya?Here you are, anything else?
إِزَازِة مَيَّة.i-ZAA-zit MAY-yaa bottle of water: bottle ends in a, which turns into it before the next word
نُصّ كِيلُو خِيَار, وِإِزَازِة مَيَّة.nuss KEE-lo khi-YAAR, wi-i-ZAA-zit MAY-ya.Half a kilo of cucumbers, and a bottle of water.
كُبَّايِة شَاي, لَوْ سَمَحْت.kub-BAA-yit shaay, law sa-MA7T.A glass of tea, please.
عَايِز كِيس?3AA-yiz kees?Do you want a bag?
أَيْوَه, كُلُّه بِكَام?AY-wa, KUL-lu bi-KAAM?Yes. All together, how much?
خَمْسَة وِتِسْعِين جْنِيه.KHAM-sa wi-tis-3EEN gi-NEEH.Ninety-five pounds.

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