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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Beginner Level 2

PART 2 · LESSON 15 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The fields

A walk through the fields with Uncle Mahmoud to a farmer, his old friend: welcome, this is Leo from America, what do you grow, clover wheat and oranges, who planted the trees, my father and my uncles planted them, forty years ago, we picked these this morning, we ate oranges in Cairo.

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THE STORY

The fields outside Grandma's village in the Delta, a winter morning: clover, wheat, orange trees. The farmer, Uncle Mahmoud's old friend, is older than Leo; Leo says the polite you to him and the farmer welcomes him as a guest.

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مَحْمُود! أَهْلاً وَسَهْلاً!ma7-MOOD! AH-lan wa-SAH-lan!Mahmoud! Welcome!
دَه لِيُو, مِن أَمْرِيكَا.da LI-yu, min am-REE-ka.This is Leo, from America.
أَهْلاً وَسَهْلاً يَا لِيُو!AH-lan wa-SAH-lan ya LI-yu!Welcome, Leo!
حَضْرِتَك بِتِزْرَع إِيه?7ad-RIT-ak bi-TIZ-ra3 EEH?What do you grow?
بَرْسِيم وِقَمْح وِبُرْتُقَان.bar-SEEM wi-'AM7 wi-bur-tu-'AAN.Clover, wheat and oranges.
البُرْتُقَان حِلْو أَوِي!il-bur-tu-'AAN 7ILW AW-i!The oranges are very sweet!
مِين زَرَع الشَّجَر?meen ZA-ra3 ish-SHA-gar?Who planted the trees?
زَرَعُوا.za-RA-3uthey planted
أَبُويَا وِعْمَامِي زَرَعُوا.a-BOO-ya wi-3ma-MEE za-RA-3u.My father and my uncles planted them.
مِن أَرْبِعِين سَنَة!min ar-bi-3EEN SA-na!Forty years ago!

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