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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Beginner Level 2

PART 3 · LESSON 24 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Seasons

On the balcony in March, Leo asks Madame Nadia when winter ends: in March, then spring, nice but with the sandstorms, in summer forty degrees, autumn is nice, the Nile and the breeze, in winter the sun, in winter you're cold.

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THE STORY

The balcony of the flat in Heliopolis on a March morning; Leo says the polite you to Madame Nadia, and she calls him Leo with the plain you.

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الشِّتَا بِيخْلَص إِمْتَى?ish-SHI-ta bi-YIKH-las IM-ta?When does winter end?
فِي مَارِس, وِبَعْدِين الرَّبِيع.fi MAA-ris, wi-ba3-DEEN ir-ra-BEE3.In March, and then spring.
الرَّبِيع حِلْو?ir-ra-BEE3 7ILW?Is spring nice?
الخَمَاسِين.il-kha-ma-SEENthe sandstorms, the word built on fifty, for the days they can blow
حِلْو, بَسّ فِيه الخَمَاسِين.7ILW, bass FEEH il-kha-ma-SEEN.Nice, but with the sandstorms.
وِالصِّيف?wi-is-SEEF?And summer?
فِي الصِّيف الجَوّ حَرّ, أَرْبِعِين دَرَجَة.fi is-SEEF ig-GAWW 7ARR, ar-bi-3EEN DA-ra-ga.In summer it's hot, forty degrees.
أَنَا مِش بَرْدَان!A-na mish bar-DAAN!I'm not cold!
فِي شِيكَاغُو الصِّيف حِلْو.fi shi-KAA-gho is-SEEF 7ILW.In Chicago, summer is nice.
هِنَا الخَرِيف حِلْو, النِّيل وِالنِّسْمَة.HI-na il-kha-REEF 7ILW, in-NEEL wi-in-NIS-ma.Here, autumn is nice: the Nile, the breeze.

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