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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Beginner Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 5 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Leaving Heliopolis

Leo leaves the Mansours' flat for Dokki: Madame Nadia hands him stuffed vine leaves and bread, call us every day, don't forget Friday lunch, and Sayed takes the suitcase, calls him engineer, take care of yourself, don't eat from the street.

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THE STORY

The hall and the doorstep of the Mansours' building in Heliopolis, a May morning, a suitcase and a bag of food. Madame Nadia calls Leo by his name; Leo answers her politely with madam. Sayed and Leo give each other the polite you, and Sayed calls him engineer.

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مَحْشِي وِعِيش.MA7-shi wi-3EESHstuffed vine leaves and bread: the word for anything stuffed, then the Egyptian word for bread, which also means life
خُد دَه يَا لِيُو, مَحْشِي وِعِيش.KHUD da ya LI-yu, MA7-shi wi-3EESH.Take this, Leo, stuffed vine leaves and bread.
شُكْراً يَا مَدَام, دَه كِتِير!SHUK-ran ya ma-DAAM, da ki-TEER!Thank you, madam, that's a lot!
كَلِّمْنَا كُلّ يُوم.kal-LIM-na kull YOOM.Call us every day.
هَاكَلِّم, إِنْ شَاء الله.ha-KAL-lim, in SHAA' al-LAAH.I'll call, God willing.
مَتِنْسَاش.ma-tin-SAASHdon't forget: the not around you forget, one word
وِمَتِنْسَاش, غَدَا الجُمْعَة هِنَا.wi-ma-tin-SAASH, GHA-da ig-GUM-3a HI-na.And don't forget, Friday lunch here.
مِش هَانْسَى يَا مَدَام.mish HAN-sa ya ma-DAAM.I won't forget, madam.
هَات الشَّنْطَة يَا بَشْمُهَنْدِس.HAAT ish-SHAN-ta ya bash-mu-HAN-dis.Give me the suitcase, engineer.
خَلِّي بَالَك مِن نَفْسَك.KHAL-li BAA-lak min NAF-sak.Take care of yourself.

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