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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Beginner Level 2

PART 3 · LESSON 23 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Tea at El Fishawy

Leo and Salma sit down at El Fishawy, the old cafe of the Khan: what are you drinking, mint tea for me, coffee with medium sugar, the gentleman isn't from here, I've been here five months, and he speaks Arabic, just a little, like a week, a glass of water.

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THE STORY

El Fishawy, the old mirrored cafe in the Khan el-Khalili, a Saturday afternoon; Leo says the polite you to the waiter and the plain you to Salma.

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أَهْلاً! بِتِشْرَبُوا إِيه?AH-lan! bi-tish-RA-bu EEH?Hello! What are you drinking?
شَاي بِنِعْنَاع لِيَّ.SHAAY bi-ni3-NAA3 LIY-ya.Mint tea for me.
قَهْوَة مَظْبُوط, لَوْ سَمَحْت.'AH-wa maz-BOOT, law sa-MA7T.Coffee, medium sugar, please.
البَاشَا مِش مِن هِنَا?il-BAA-sha mish min HI-na?The gentleman isn't from here?
بَقَى لِي.BA-'a liit has become to me, the words for how long you have been somewhere
خَمَس شُهُور.KHA-mas shu-HOORfive months: the number loses its ending before the thing counted
مِن شِيكَاغُو, بَسّ بَقَى لِي خَمَس شُهُور.min shi-KAA-gho, bass BA-'a li KHA-mas shu-HOOR.From Chicago, but I've been here five months.
بَقَى لَك قَدّ إِيه هِنَا?BA-'a lak 'ADD EEH HI-na?How long have you been here?
وِبِيتْكَلِّم عَرَبِي!wi-bi-yit-KAL-lim 3A-ra-bi!And he speaks Arabic!
شُوَيَّة بَسّ.shu-WAY-ya bass.Just a little.

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