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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Beginner Level 2

PART 1 · LESSON 7 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The First Cold Morning

The first cold morning of a Cairo winter, on the balcony with Madame Nadia: good morning and its answer, it's cold, it's winter now, Cairo is cold in winter, in Chicago there's snow, here there's no snow, in summer the weather is very hot, I like winter.

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THE STORY

The balcony of the Mansours' flat in Heliopolis, the first cold morning of the winter. Madame Nadia speaks to Leo plainly, by his name; Leo answers her politely.

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صَبَاح الخِير, لِيُو.sa-BAA7 il-KHEER, LI-yu.Good morning, Leo.
الجَوّ بَرْد!ig-GAWW BARDit's cold, word for word the weather cold
صَبَاح النُّور. الجَوّ بَرْد!sa-BAA7 in-NOOR. ig-GAWW BARD!Good morning. It's cold!
أَيْوَه, دِلْوَقْتِي الشِّتَا.AY-wa, dil-WA'-ti ish-SHI-ta.Yes, it's winter now.
الشِّتَا? فِي مَصْر?ish-SHI-ta? fi MASR?Winter? In Egypt?
القَاهِرَة بَرْد فِي الشِّتَا.il-qaa-HI-ra BARD fish-SHI-ta.Cairo is cold in winter.
مَطَرَة شُوَيَّة وِرِيح.MA-ta-ra shu-WAY-ya wi-REE7.A little rain, and wind.
فِي شِيكَاغُو تَلْج.fi shi-KAA-gho TALG.In Chicago there's snow.
تَلْج! هِنَا مَفِيش تَلْج.TALG! HI-na ma-FEESH TALG.Snow! Here there's no snow.
وِفِي الصِّيف?wi-fis-SEEF?And in summer?

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