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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Beginner Level 1

PART 3 · LESSON 25 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Two Hundred Years Old

The old house after lunch: two hundred years old, the roof is old, a crack in the wall, the wood is old but beautiful, the wooden screen window, how old are you, twenty-nine, eighty-two, and the hundreds.

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THE STORY

After lunch, Grandma shows Leo and Karim the old house in al-Darb al-Ahmar: the roof, the wall, the wooden screen window. Grandma speaks to everyone plainly; Leo answers her politely.

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مِيتِين سَنَة.me-TEEN SA-natwo hundred years, word for word two hundreds, year
البِيت عَنْدُه مِيتِين سَنَة.il-BEET 3AN-du me-TEEN SA-na.The house is two hundred years old.
مِيتِين سَنَة!me-TEEN SA-na!Two hundred years!
مِيَّة, مِيتِين, تُلْتُمِيَّة.MIY-ya, me-TEEN, tul-tu-MIY-ya.A hundred, two hundred, three hundred.
السَّقْف قَدِيم.is-SA'F 'a-DEEM.The roof is old.
وِفِيه شَقّ فِي الحِيطَة.wi-FEEH SHA'' fi il-7EE-ta.And there's a crack in the wall.
الخَشَب قَدِيم, بَسّ حِلْو.il-KHA-shab 'a-DEEM, bass 7ILW.The wood is old, but beautiful.
المَشْرَبِيَّة حِلْوَة!il-mash-ra-BIY-ya 7IL-wa!The wooden screen window is beautiful!
عَنْدَك كَام سَنَة, يَا اِبْنِي?3AN-dak kaam SA-na, ya IB-ni?How old are you, my son?
عَنْدِي تِسْعَة وِعِشْرِين سَنَة.3AN-di TIS-3a wi-3ish-REEN SA-na.I'm twenty-nine.

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