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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Beginner Level 2

PART 3 · LESSON 22 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Bargaining

Leo bargains for a brass lamp in the Khan while Salma watches: how much is this lamp, four hundred, too expensive, is this one cheaper, that one is smaller, two hundred and fifty, last price, you're Egyptian now, better than an Egyptian.

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THE STORY

A lamp shop in the Khan el-Khalili, Salma at the door watching; Leo says the polite you to the shopkeeper, who is older than him, and the plain you to Salma.

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لَوْ سَمَحْت.law sa-MA7Tplease, word for word if you permit, to a man
بِكَام الفَانُوس دَه, لَوْ سَمَحْت?bi-KAAM il-fa-NOOS DA, law sa-MA7T?How much is this lamp?
رُبْعُمِيَّة جْنِيه.rub-3u-MIY-ya gi-NEEH.Four hundred pounds.
رُبْعُمِيَّة! غَالِي أَوِي.rub-3u-MIY-ya! GHAA-li 'A-wi.Four hundred! Too expensive.
أَرْخَص شُوَيَّة, لَوْ سَمَحْت.AR-khas shu-WAY-ya, law sa-MA7T.A little cheaper, please.
دَه نَحَاس, شُغْل إِيد.da na-7AAS, SHUGHL EED.It's brass, handmade.
وِدَه أَرْخَص?wi-DA AR-khas?And this one, is it cheaper?
دَه أَصْغَر, تُلْتُمِيَّة.da AS-ghar, tul-tu-MIY-ya.That one is smaller, three hundred.
آخِر كَلاَم.AA-khir ka-LAAMlast price, word for word last talk
مِيتِين وِخَمْسِين, آخِر كَلاَم.mi-TEEN wi-kham-SEEN, AA-khir ka-LAAM.Two hundred and fifty, last price.

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