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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Beginner Level 2

PART 1 · LESSON 9 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Rain

A day of rain at the building's door: Sayed asks where Leo is going, it's raining, raining a lot, look at the street, a sea, then a taxi, where to, sir, al-Darb al-Ahmar, please, get in, it's cold, like Chicago.

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THE STORY

The door of the Mansours' building in Heliopolis on a morning of rain, then a taxi. Sayed, the doorman, and Leo say the polite you to each other, and Sayed calls him engineer; the taxi driver and Leo are polite too.

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يَا بَشْمُهَنْدِس.ya bash-mu-HAN-disengineer, what Egyptians call an architect
رَايِح فِين, يَا بَشْمُهَنْدِس?RAA-yi7 feen, ya bash-mu-HAN-dis?Where are you going, engineer?
رَايِح الدَّرْب الأَحْمَر.RAA-yi7 id-DARB il-'A7-mar.I'm going to al-Darb al-Ahmar.
رَايْحَة فِين?RAY-7a feen?Where are you going?
الدُّنْيَا بِتْمَطَّر!id-DUN-ya bit-MAT-tar!It's raining!
بِتْمَطَّر كِتِير?bit-MAT-tar ki-TEER?Raining a lot?
الزَّحْمَة مَجْنُونَة!iz-ZA7-ma mag-NOO-na!The traffic is crazy!
بُصّ الشَّارِع, بَحْر!BUSS ish-SHAA-ri3, BA7R!Look at the street, a sea!
يَعْنِي تَاكْسِي.YA3-ni TAK-si.Then a taxi.
رَايِح فِين, يَا بَاشَا?RAA-yi7 feen, ya BAA-sha?Where to, sir?

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