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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Beginner Level 2

PART 3 · LESSON 29 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Picnic by the Nile

The whole family on a blanket at the Qanater gardens: what a beautiful day, last winter was cold, next summer Alexandria, next year Sham el-Nessim here again, last year I was in Chicago, this year you're with us by the Nile, next week work, who wants an egg.

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THE STORY

The gardens at the Qanater on Sham el-Nessim, the Mansours on a blanket by the Nile; Karim and Salma speak plainly with Leo, and Madame Nadia calls him Leo with the plain you.

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يَا سَلاَم, يُوم جَمِيل!ya sa-LAAM, yoom ga-MEEL!Oh, what a beautiful day!
اللِّي فَات.IL-li faatlast, word for word the one that passed
الشِّتَا اللِّي فَات كَان بَرْد.ish-SHI-ta IL-li faat kaan BARD.Last winter was cold.
الصِّيف الجَايّ.is-SEEF ig-GAYYnext summer, word for word the summer, the coming one
الصِّيف الجَايّ هَنْرُوح إِسْكِنْدِرِيَّة.is-SEEF ig-GAYY han-ROO7 is-kin-di-RIY-ya.Next summer we'll go to Alexandria.
وِالسَّنَة الجَايَّة?wi-is-SA-na ig-GAY-ya?And next year?
وِالشَّهْر الجَايّ?wi-ish-SHAHR ig-GAYY?And next month?
السَّنَة الجَايَّة, هِنَا تَانِي.is-SA-na ig-GAY-ya, HI-na TAA-ni.Next year, here again.
السَّنَة اللِّي فَاتِت كُنْت فِي شِيكَاغُو.is-SA-na IL-li FAA-tit KUNT fi shi-KAA-gho.Last year I was in Chicago.
وِالسَّنَة دِي إِنْتَ مَعَانَا.wi-is-SA-na di IN-ta ma-3AA-na.And this year you're with us.

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