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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Beginner Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 9 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

A Felucca at Sunset

A felucca on the Nile at Dokki with Salma and Karim: where do you want to go, we want to see the sunset, please captain, Salma do you want to sit at the front, I want to sit by the water, Leo do you want tea, I want this every day, do you want music, we want quiet, just the Nile.

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THE STORY

A felucca pushing off from the Dokki bank of the Nile as the sun goes down, a May evening. The boatman and Leo give each other the polite forms; Salma, Karim and Leo are friends of the same age and speak plainly.

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تِرُوحُوا فِين?ti-ROO-7u FEEN?you go where, to several people: the verb ends in a long oo sound
عَايْزِين تِرُوحُوا فِين?3ay-ZEEN ti-ROO-7u FEEN?Where do you want to go?
لَوْ سَمَحْت يَا رَيِّس.law sa-MA7T ya RAY-yisplease, captain: please to a man is word for word if you allow, then the word for skipper, how a boatman is addressed
عَايْزِين نِشُوف الغُرُوب.3ay-ZEEN ni-SHOOF il-ghu-ROOB.We want to see the sunset.
سَلْمَى, عَايْزَة تُقْعُدِي قُدَّام?SAL-ma, 3AY-za tu'-3U-di 'ud-DAAM?Salma, do you want to sit at the front?
جَنْب المَيَّة.ganb il-MAY-yaby the water: beside, then the Egyptian word for water
عَايْزَة أَقْعُد جَنْب المَيَّة.3AY-za A'-3ud ganb il-MAY-ya.I want to sit by the water.
لِيُو, عَايِز شَاي?LI-yu, 3AA-yiz SHAAY?Leo, do you want tea?
عَايْزَة شَاي يَا سَلْمَى?3AY-za SHAAY ya SAL-ma?Do you want tea, Salma?
عَايِز شَاي, وِعَايِز دَه كُلّ يُوم.3AA-yiz SHAAY, wi-3AA-yiz da kull YOOM.I want tea, and I want this every day.

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