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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Beginner Level 2

PART 2 · LESSON 18 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Back to Cairo

Uncle Mahmoud's car at night on the road home, fog: so the village, I liked it very much, what did you like, the oven and the ducks, the cold didn't please me, did you like me, I liked you very much Grandma, the fog is heavy, slowly, an hour left.

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THE STORY

Uncle Mahmoud's car on the agricultural road back to Cairo, a winter night, fog over the fields; Grandma in the front, Leo in the back. Grandma and Uncle Mahmoud speak plainly to Leo; he says the polite you to them.

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هَا يَا لِيُو, البَلَد?HAA ya LI-yu, il-BA-lad?So, Leo, the village?
عَجَبِتْنِي.3a-ga-BIT-niit pleased me, said of a she-thing
عَجَبِتْنِي أَوِي.3a-ga-BIT-ni AW-i.I liked it very much.
الفُرْن عَجَبْنِي.il-FURN 3a-GAB-ni.I liked the oven.
شُكْراً يَا عَمّ مَحْمُود.SHUK-ran ya 3amm ma7-MOOD.Thank you, Uncle Mahmoud.
عَجَبَك إِيه يَا لِيُو?3a-GA-bak EEH ya LI-yu?What did you like, Leo?
الفُرْن وِالبَطّ!il-FURN wil-BATT!The oven and the ducks!
وِالبَرْد يَا اِبْنِي?wil-BARD ya IB-ni?And the cold, my son?
مَعَجَبْنِيش.ma-3a-gab-NEESHit didn't please me
البَرْد مَعَجَبْنِيش!il-BARD ma-3a-gab-NEESH!The cold didn't please me!

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