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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Beginner Level 3

PART 3 · LESSON 29 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Grandma Knows

Friday lunch in Heliopolis at the end of August, and Grandma has seen it all: you're happy today, I'm happy, the sea was beautiful, Salma is happy too, I'm old, my son, not blind, are you pleased, Madame Nadia, we're all pleased, eat, happy people eat too.

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THE STORY

Friday lunch at the Mansours' flat in Heliopolis, late August; Grandma speaks plainly to everyone and calls Leo my son, Leo is polite with her and with Madame Nadia, and Madame Nadia calls him Leo.

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إِنْتَ مَبْسُوط النَّهَارْدَه.IN-ta mab-SOOT in-na-HAR-da.You're happy today.
مَبْسُوط. البَحْر كَان حِلْو.mab-SOOT. il-BA7R kaan 7ILW.I'm happy. The sea was beautiful.
وِسَلْمَى مَبْسُوطَة كَمَان.wi-SAL-ma mab-SOO-ta ka-MAAN.And Salma is happy too.
يَا تِيتَا, حَضْرِتِك عَارْفَة?ya TEE-ta, 7ad-RIT-ik 3AR-fa?Grandma, you know?
أَنَا عَجُوزَة, يَا ابْنِي, مِش عَمْيَا.A-na 3a-GOO-za, YAB-ni, mish 3AM-ya.I'm old, my son, not blind.
أَنَا مَبْسُوطَة مِنَّك, يَا لِيُو.A-na mab-SOO-ta MIN-nak, ya LI-yu.I'm pleased with you, Leo.
وِحَضْرِتِك مَبْسُوطَة, يَا مَدَام نَادْيَة?wi-7ad-RIT-ik mab-SOO-ta, ya ma-DAAM NAD-ya?And are you pleased, Madame Nadia?
مَبْسُوطَة. كُلِّنَا مَبْسُوطِين.mab-SOO-ta. kul-LI-na mab-su-TEEN.I'm pleased. We're all pleased.
كُل, يَا ابْنِي. المَبْسُوطِين بِيَاكْلُوا كَمَان.kul, YAB-ni. il-mab-su-TEEN bi-YAK-lu ka-MAAN.Eat, my son. Happy people eat too.