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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Beginner Level 1

PART 1 · LESSON 9 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Family Album

Madame Nadia's family photographs: who's this, Karim small, Grandma in the village, do you have brothers and sisters, I have a sister, she's in Chicago, I don't have a brother, I have a son and a daughter.

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THE STORY

The sitting room of the Mansours' flat in Heliopolis, an evening with the family album. Madame Nadia says the plain you to Leo; he says the polite you to her.

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لِيُو, دَه مِين?LI-yu, da meen?Leo, who's this?
دَه كَرِيم, صُغَيَّر!da ka-REEM, su-GHAY-yar!This is Karim, small!
وِدِي تِيتَة, فِي البَلَد.wi-DI TEE-ta, fi il-BA-lad.And this is Grandma, in the village.
عَنْدَك.3AN-dakyou have, to a man: word for word at you
عَنْدَك إِخْوَات?3AN-dak ikh-WAAT?Do you have brothers and sisters?
عَنْدِك إِخْوَات?3AN-dik ikh-WAAT?Do you have brothers and sisters?
عَنْدِي.3AN-diI have, word for word at me
عَنْدِي أُخْت.3AN-di ukht.I have a sister.
مَعَنْدِيش أَخّ.ma-3an-DEESH akhkh.I don't have a brother.
هِيَّ فِي شِيكَاغُو.HEY-ya fi shi-KAA-gu.She's in Chicago.

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