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PART 1 · LESSON 1 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES Free

Signed for a Year

Mr. Fathi, the boss of the restoration workshop, offers Leo a year's contract until next spring: sit down, your drawings are good, a whole year, until when exactly, God willing, my visa, the workshop does the papers, I want the job.

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Lesson 1 · Signed for a Year

Egyptian Arabic · 30 minutes

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Mr. Fathi's office at the restoration workshop in al-Darb al-Ahmar, late April. Mr. Fathi, about sixty, calls Leo by his name; Leo gives him the polite you and calls him Mister Fathi.

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رُسُومَاتَك.ru-so-MAA-takyour drawings, the word for drawings with the ending for your
اُقْعُد يَا لِيُو, رُسُومَاتَك حِلْوَة.U'-3ud ya LI-yu, ru-so-MAA-tak 7IL-wa.Sit down, Leo, your drawings are good.
شُكْراً يَا أُسْتَاذ فَتْحِي.SHUK-ran ya us-TAAZ FAT-7i.Thank you, Mr. Fathi.
عَقْد سَنَة.3a'd SA-naa one-year contract, word for word a contract of a year
عَايْزِين مُهَنْدِس هِنَا, عَقْد سَنَة.3ay-ZEEN mu-HAN-dis HI-na, 3a'd SA-na.We want an architect here, a one-year contract.
لِحَدّ إِمْتَى بِالظَّبْط?li-7ADD IM-ta biz-ZABT?until when exactly? Until, the word for when, then exactly
سَنَة كَامْلَة, لِحَدّ إِمْتَى بِالظَّبْط?SA-na KAM-la, li-7ADD IM-ta biz-ZABT?A whole year, until when exactly?
لِحَدّ بُكْرَة يَا أُسْتَاذ فَتْحِي.li-7ADD BUK-ra ya us-TAAZ FAT-7i.Until tomorrow, Mr. Fathi.
الرَّبِيع الجَايّ.ir-ra-BEE3 ig-GAAYYnext spring: spring, then the word for coming, which makes any time the next one
لِحَدّ الرَّبِيع الجَايّ, إِنْ شَاء الله.li-7ADD ir-ra-BEE3 ig-GAAYY, in SHAA' al-LAAH.Until next spring, God willing.
وِالفِيزَا بِتَاعْتِي?wil-FEE-za bi-TA3-ti?And my visa?
الوَرْشَة بِتِعْمِل الوَرَق. عَايِز الشُّغْل?il-WAR-sha bi-TI3-mil il-WA-ra'. 3AA-yiz ish-SHUGHL?The workshop does the papers. Do you want the job?
عَايْزُه, شُكْراً يَا فَنْدِم.3AY-zu, SHUK-ran ya FAN-dim.I want it, thank you, sir.