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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Beginner Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 2 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES Free

Plans for the Year

On the balcony in Heliopolis, Karim asks Leo what he is planning for his year in Cairo: to work at the workshop, to speak only Arabic in the evenings, to live in a flat of his own in Dokki, near the metro and the Nile.

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Lesson 2 · Plans for the Year

Egyptian Arabic · 30 minutes

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The balcony of the Mansours' flat in Heliopolis, an evening in late April. Karim and Leo, friends of the same age, speak plainly to each other; Salma adds a word as a woman.

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نَاوِي تِعْمِل إِيه?NAA-wi TI3-mil EEH?what are you planning to do? The planning word, then you do without its b sound, then what
سَنَة فِي مَصْر! نَاوِي تِعْمِل إِيه?SA-na fi MASR! NAA-wi TI3-mil EEH?A year in Cairo! What are you planning to do?
نَاوِي أَشْتَغَل فِي الوَرْشَة.NAA-wi ash-TA-ghal fi il-WAR-sha.I'm planning to work at the workshop.
وِبِاللِّيل يَا لِيُو?wi-bill-LEEL ya LI-yu?And in the evening, Leo?
نَاوِي أَتْكَلِّم عَرَبِي بَسّ.NAA-wi at-KAL-lim 3A-ra-bi BASS.I'm planning to speak only Arabic.
مَعَايَا كَمَان?ma-3AA-ya ka-MAAN?With me too?
نَاوْيَة أَشْتَغَل بُكْرَة.NAW-ya ash-TA-ghal BUK-ra.I'm planning to work tomorrow.
وِنَاوِي تِسْكُن فِين?wi-NAA-wi TIS-kun FEEN?And where are you planning to live?
لِوَحْدِي.li-WA7-diof my own, on my own
فِي شَقَّة لِوَحْدِي, فِي الدُّقِّي.fi SHA'-'a li-WA7-di, fi id-DU'-'i.In a flat of my own, in Dokki.
الدُّقِّي? حِلْو, جَنْب المِتْرُو.id-DU'-'i? 7ILW, ganb il-MIT-ru.Dokki? Good, near the metro.
جَنْب المِتْرُو, وِجَنْب النِّيل.ganb il-MIT-ru, wi-ganb in-NEEL.Near the metro, and near the Nile.