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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Beginner Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 14 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Corniche

Salma and Leo walk the Corniche in Alexandria on a Saturday morning: where is the sea, look, what a sea, how beautiful the light is, how clean the air is, the weather is lovely, there is nothing like it, how beautiful, wait till you see the fort, let us walk slowly.

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THE STORY

The Corniche in Alexandria, a Saturday morning in June, the sea on one side; Salma and Leo are friends of the same age and speak plainly to each other.

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فِين البَحْر?feen il-BA7R?Where's the sea?
يَا لِيُو, بُصّ! البَحْر!ya LI-yu, buss! il-BA7R!Leo, look! The sea!
إِيه البَحْر دَه!eeh il-BA7R da!What a sea!
النُّور هِنَا حِلْو قَدّ إِيه!in-NUUR HI-na 7ILW 'add eeh!How beautiful the light is here!
الجَوّ حِلْو!ig-GAWW 7ILW!The weather is lovely!
وِالهَوَا نِظِيف قَدّ إِيه!wil-HA-wa ni-ZEEF 'add eeh!And how clean the air is!
مَا فِيش زَيَّهَا.ma FEESH zay-YA-hathere's nothing like it
إِسْكِنْدِرِيَّة, مَا فِيش زَيَّهَا!is-kin-di-RIY-ya, ma FEESH zay-YA-ha!Alexandria, there's nothing like it!
يَا سَلاَم!ya sa-LAAM!Wow!
إِيه الجَمَال دَه!eeh ig-ga-MAAL da!How beautiful!

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