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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Beginner Level 1

PART 1 · LESSON 5 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Where Are You From?

Uncle Mahmoud comes home late from the shop: welcome my son, good evening Uncle Mahmoud, where are you from, I'm from America, from Chicago, are you from Cairo, from here, Cairo is beautiful.

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THE STORY

The Mansours' flat in Heliopolis, late on Leo's first evening. Uncle Mahmoud, Karim's father, comes home from the fabric shop and calls Leo my son with the plain you; Leo says the polite you to him.

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أَهْلاً يَا اِبْنِي!AH-lan ya IB-ni!Welcome, my son!
يَا عَمّ مَحْمُود.ya 3amm ma7-MOODUncle Mahmoud, as a younger man calls an older one
مَسَاء الخِير يَا عَمّ مَحْمُود.ma-SAA' il-KHEER ya 3amm ma7-MOOD.Good evening, Uncle Mahmoud.
مِنِين?mi-NEENwhere from: from and where in one word
إِنْتَ مِنِين, لِيُو?IN-ta mi-NEEN, LI-yu?Where are you from, Leo?
حَضْرِتَك مِنِين?7ad-RI-tak mi-NEEN?Where are you from?
أَنَا مِن أَمْرِيكَا, مِن شِيكَاغُو.A-na min am-REE-ka, min shi-KAA-gu.I'm from America, from Chicago.
شِيكَاغُو! زَيّ كَرِيم!shi-KAA-gu! zayy ka-REEM!Chicago! Like Karim!
القَاهِرَة.il-qaa-HI-raCairo, one of the few words where Cairenes keep the q deep in the throat
وِحَضْرِتَك مِن القَاهِرَة?wi-7ad-RI-tak min il-qaa-HI-ra?And you, are you from Cairo?

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