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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Beginner Level 1

PART 1 · LESSON 7 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Sayed the Doorman

Sayed the doorman greets Leo on his first morning in Heliopolis: good morning and its answer, engineer, how are you politely, where are you going, Downtown with Karim, goodbye and its answer.

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THE STORY

The door of the Mansours' building in Heliopolis, Leo's first morning. Sayed the doorman, older than Leo, calls him engineer; they say the polite you to each other.

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صَبَاح الخِير.sa-BAA7 il-KHEERgood morning, word for word the morning of goodness
صَبَاح الخِير يَا بَشْمُهَنْدِس!sa-BAA7 il-KHEER ya bash-mu-HAN-dis!Good morning, engineer!
صَبَاح النُّور يَا عَمّ سَيِّد.sa-BAA7 in-NOOR ya 3amm SAY-yid.Good morning, Sayed.
إِزَّيّ حَضْرِتَك?iz-ZAYY 7ad-RI-tak?How are you?
الحَمْدُ لِله. وِحَضْرِتَك?il-7AM-du lil-LAAH. wi-7ad-RI-tak?Fine, thank God. And you?
رَايِح.RAA-yi7going, said of a man, with the breathy h at its end
حَضْرِتَك رَايِح فِين?7ad-RI-tak RAA-yi7 feen?Where are you going?
إِنْتِ رَايْحَة فِين?IN-ti RAY-7a feen?Where are you going?
وِسْط البَلَد, مَعَ كَرِيم.wist il-BA-lad, MA-3a ka-REEM.Downtown, with Karim.
رَايِح البِيت.RAA-yi7 il-BEET.I'm going home.

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