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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Beginner Level 3

PART 3 · LESSON 21 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Desert Road

Karim's car runs hot at a rest stop on the desert road to Hurghada: the car is hot, it's not broken, the engine light is on, the air conditioning isn't working, fine, tea, and we wait.

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THE STORY

A rest stop halfway down the desert road to Hurghada, an August afternoon; Karim's car is steaming, and two friends of the same age speak plainly to each other.

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العَرَبِيَّة.il-3a-ra-BIY-yathe car, a she in Arabic
كَرِيم, العَرَبِيَّة سُخْنَة.ka-REEM, il-3a-ra-BIY-ya SUKH-na.Karim, the car is hot.
المُوتُور سُخْن.il-mu-TOOR SUKHN.The engine is hot.
مِش بَايْظَة. سُخْنَة بَسّ.mish BAY-za. SUKH-na bass.It's not broken. It's just hot.
لَمْبِة المُوتُور.LAM-bit il-mu-TOORthe engine light, word for word the light of the engine
لَمْبِة المُوتُور وَالْعَة.LAM-bit il-mu-TOOR WAL-3a.The engine light is on.
تِلِيفُونِي بَايِظ.ti-li-FOO-ni BAA-yiz.My phone is broken.
اللَّمْبَة بَايْظَة. دَايْماً وَالْعَة.il-LAM-ba BAY-za. DAY-man WAL-3a.The light is broken. It's always on.
التَّكْيِيف.it-tak-YEEFthe air conditioning
وِالتَّكْيِيف مِش شَغَّال.wit-tak-YEEF mish shagh-GHAAL.And the air conditioning isn't working.

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