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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Beginner Level 2

PART 1 · LESSON 2 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES Free

A SIM Card

At the phone company's shop in Korba, Leo buys a SIM card with Karim beside him: please, your passport, here you are, internet, the cheapest, my number, your number, his number, how much, a hundred and fifty pounds.

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Lesson 2 · A SIM Card

Egyptian Arabic · 30 minutes

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The phone company's shop in Korba, Heliopolis, on a weekday morning. Leo and the clerk are strangers and say the polite you to each other; Karim, Leo's friend, stands beside him and speaks plainly.

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شَرِيحَة, لَوْ سَمَحْت.sha-REE-7a, law sa-MA7T.A SIM card, please.
بَاسْبُور حَضْرِتَك?bas-BOOR 7ad-RIT-ak?Your passport?
اِتْفَضَّل حَضْرِتَك.it-FAD-dal 7ad-RIT-ak.Here you are.
عَايِز إِنْتَرْنِت?3AA-yiz in-tar-NIT?You want internet?
أَيْوَه, الأَرْخَص.AY-wa, il-AR-khas.Yes, the cheapest.
تِلِيفُونِي أَمْرِيكِي.ti-li-FOO-ni am-REE-ki.My phone is American.
دِي نِمْرِة حَضْرِتَك.di NIM-rit 7ad-RIT-ak.This is your number.
نِمْرِتَك إِيه?nim-RIT-ak eeh?What's your number?
دِي نِمْرِتُه.di nim-RIT-u.This is his number.
صِفْر وَاحِد صِفْر.SIFR WAA-7id SIFRzero one zero, the start of every Egyptian mobile number
نِمْرِتِي صِفْر وَاحِد صِفْر.nim-RI-ti SIFR WAA-7id SIFR.My number is zero one zero.
الشَّرِيحَة بِكَام?ish-sha-REE-7a bi-KAAM?How much is the SIM card?
مِيَّة وِخَمْسِين جْنِيه.MEE-ya wi-kham-SEEN gi-NEEH.A hundred and fifty pounds.