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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Beginner Level 1

PART 3 · LESSON 29 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

A Taxi for Seven

Sayed on the stairs with the shopping: may I help you, no, you are a guest, can I have a taxi tomorrow at seven, possible God willing, you speak Arabic, little by little, well done.

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THE STORY

The stairs of the building in Heliopolis, early on a weekday; Sayed the doorman is carrying the shopping up. Sayed and Leo say the polite you to each other, and Sayed calls Leo engineer.

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أَسَاعِد.a-SAA-3idI help, the bare verb with the deep throat sound in it
مُمْكِن أَسَاعِد حَضْرِتَك?MUM-kin a-SAA-3id 7ad-RI-tak?May I help you?
لأ لأ, حَضْرِتَك ضِيف!la' la', 7ad-RI-tak deef!No, no, you're a guest!
مُمْكِن أَشْرَب مَيَّة?MUM-kin ASH-rab MAY-ya?May I drink some water?
مُمْكِن تَاكْسِي بُكْرَة, السَّاعَة سَبْعَة?MUM-kin TAK-si BUK-ra, is-SAA-3a SAB-3a?Can I have a taxi tomorrow, at seven?
مُمْكِن, إِنْ شَاء الله.MUM-kin, in SHAA' al-LAAH.Possible, God willing.
مِش مُمْكِن!mish MUM-kin!Impossible!
شُكْراً, يَا عَمّ سَيِّد.SHUK-ran, ya 3amm SAY-yid.Thank you, Sayed.
حَضْرِتَك بِتِتْكَلِّم عَرَبِي!7ad-RI-tak bi-tit-KAL-lim 3A-ra-bi!You speak Arabic!
شُوَيَّة شُوَيَّة.shu-WAY-ya shu-WAY-ya.Little by little.

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