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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Beginner Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 13 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Tickets at Ramses Station

At the ticket window at Ramses station Leo buys the Alexandria tickets: three tickets, two tickets please, for when, the eight o'clock train, one way or return, return after two days, two and a half hours, two seats by the window, the Standard Arabic announcement, platform four.

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THE STORY

The ticket window at Ramses station in Cairo, a June morning; Leo and the cashier use the polite forms with each other, and the loudspeaker speaks Standard Arabic.

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تَلاَت تَذَاكِر لِإِسْكِنْدِرِيَّة.TA-lat ta-ZAA-kir li-'is-kin-di-RIY-ya.Three tickets to Alexandria.
تَذْكَرْتِين, مِن فَضْلِك.taz-kar-TEEN, min FAD-lik.Two tickets, please.
لِإِمْتَى, يَا فَنْدِم?li-'IM-ta, ya FAN-dim?For when, sir?
قَطْر السَّاعَة تَمَانْيَة.'atr is-SAA-3a ta-MAN-ya.The eight o'clock train.
رَايِح بَسّ وَلاَّ رَايِح جَايّ?RAA-yi7 bass WAL-la RAA-yi7 gayy?One way or return?
رَايِح جَايّ, بَعْد يُومِين.RAA-yi7 gayy, ba3d yu-MEEN.Return, after two days.
السِّكَّة سَاعْتِين وِنُصّ.is-SIK-ka sa3-TEEN wi-NUSS.The journey is two and a half hours.
كُرْسِيِّين جَنْب الشِّبَّاك.kur-siy-YEEN ganb ish-shib-BAAK.Two seats by the window.
القِطَارُ يُغَادِرُ مِنَ الرَّصِيفِ رَقْمِ أَرْبَعَة.al-qi-TAA-ru yu-GHAA-di-ru MI-na ar-ra-SEE-fi RAQ-mi ar-BA-3a.The train departs from platform number four.
رَصِيف أَرْبَعَة, شُكْراً.ra-SEEF ar-BA-3a, SHUK-ran.Platform four, thank you.