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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Beginner Level 2

PART 1 · LESSON 6 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

A Customer

A busy morning at the fabric shop: Leo at the counter serves a customer while Uncle Mahmoud works at the back: do you have white cotton, how much is the metre, eighty pounds, I want four metres, three hundred and twenty, of the blue too, how many metres, three metres, two hundred and forty.

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THE STORY

Uncle Mahmoud's fabric shop on al-Azhar street, a busy morning; Leo stands at the counter and Uncle Mahmoud is at the back. Leo and the customer, a woman older than him, say the polite you to each other.

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عَنْد حَضْرِتَك قُطْن أَبْيَض?3and 7ad-RIT-ak 'UTN AB-yad?Do you have white cotton?
أَيْوَه يَا مَدَام, دَه.AY-wa ya ma-DAAM, DA.Yes, madam, this one.
المِتْر بِكَام?il-MITR bi-KAAM?How much is the metre?
تَمَانِين جْنِيه.ta-ma-NEEN gi-NEEH.Eighty pounds.
عَايْزَة أَرْبَع مِتْر.3AY-za AR-ba3 MITR.I want four metres.
خَمَس مِتْر مِن الأَبْيَض.KHA-mas MITR min il-'AB-yad.Five metres of the white.
عَايْزَة كَام مِتْر?3AY-za kaam MITR?How many metres do you want?
تُلْتُمِيَّة.tul-tu-MIY-yathree hundred
تُلْتُمِيَّة وِعِشْرِين.tul-tu-MIY-ya wi-3ish-REEN.Three hundred and twenty.
وِمِن الأَزْرَق كَمَان.wi-min il-'AZ-ra' ka-MAAN.And of the blue too.

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