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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Beginner Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 7 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Neighbour on the Landing

An older neighbour meets Leo on the stairs in Dokki: good morning, you're the new neighbour, you're not Egyptian, why are you in Cairo, because I work here, I restore old houses, and why Dokki, because the metro is near, and you speak Arabic, a little, that's why I live here.

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THE STORY

The stairs of the building in Dokki, a May morning; an older woman with a shopping bag on the landing. The neighbour speaks plainly to Leo, as an older woman may; Leo answers her politely and calls her madam.

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الجَار الجِدِيد.ig-GAAR ig-gi-DEEDthe new neighbour: neighbour, then new, each with the little word for the
صَبَاح الخِير, إِنْتَ الجَار الجِدِيد?sa-BAA7 il-KHEER, IN-ta ig-GAAR ig-gi-DEED?Good morning, you're the new neighbour?
صَبَاح النُّور يَا مَدَام.sa-BAA7 in-NOOR ya ma-DAAM.Good morning, madam.
إِنْتَ مِش مَصْرِي, لِيه فِي مَصْر?IN-ta mish MAS-ri, LEEH fi MASR?You're not Egyptian, why are you in Cairo?
عَشَان بَشْتَغَل هِنَا.3a-SHAAN bash-TA-ghal HI-na.Because I work here.
بَرَمِّم بُيُوت قَدِيمَة.ba-RAM-mim bu-YOOT 'a-DEE-ma.I restore old houses.
لِيه يَا اِبْنِي?LEEH ya IB-ni?Why, my son?
وِلِيه الدُّقِّي?wi-LEEH id-DU'-'i?And why Dokki?
عَشَان المِتْرُو قُرَيِّب.3a-SHAAN il-MIT-ru 'u-RAY-yib.Because the metro is near.
وِبِتِتْكَلِّم عَرَبِي!wi-bi-tit-KAL-lim 3A-ra-bi!And you speak Arabic!

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