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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Fluency Level 1

PART 2 · LESSON 11 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Coffee by its sugar

Mr. Sabry's cafe in a Downtown passage, the first orders: welcome engineer, what will you drink, a coffee please, plain, a whiff, just right or extra, just right for him and mint tea for me, strong or light, extra sugar as always, what's the one with milk and cinnamon, that's the milk drink, for the winter, tonight coffee.

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THE STORY

Mr. Sabry's cafe in a passage off a Downtown square, a Tuesday night in October. Mr. Sabry says the plain you to Leo and calls him engineer; Leo answers him politely, and Leo and Karim speak plainly to each other.

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أَهْلاً يَا بَشْمُهَنْدِس, تِشْرَب إِيه?AH-lan ya bash-mu-HAN-dis TISH-rab eeh?Welcome, engineer. What will you drink?
عَايِز قَهْوَة, لَوْ سَمَحْت.3AA-yiz 'AH-wa law sa-MA7T.I'd like a coffee, please.
عَ الرِّيحَة3a ir-REE-7aa whiff of sugar, word for word on the smell
سَادَة, عَ الرِّيحَة, مَظْبُوط, وَلَّا زِيَادَة?SAA-da 3a ir-REE-7a maz-BOOT WAL-la zi-YAA-da?Plain, a whiff, just right, or extra?
هُوَّ مَظْبُوط, وَأَنَا شَاي بِالنَّعْنَاع.HUW-wa maz-BOOT wa-A-na shaay bin-na3-NAA3.Just right for him, and mint tea for me.
تَقِيل وَلَّا خَفِيف, يَا كَرِيم?ta-'EEL WAL-la kha-FEEF ya ka-REEM?Strong or light, Karim?
تَقِيل, سُكَّر زِيَادَة, زَيّ كُلّ مَرَّة.ta-'EEL SUK-kar zi-YAA-da zayy kull MAR-ra.Strong, extra sugar, as always.
وِإِيه اللِّي بِاللَّبَن وِالقِرْفَة?wi-EEH IL-li bil-LA-ban wil-'IR-fa?And what's the one with milk and cinnamon?
دَه سَحْلَب, لِلشِّتَا. اللَّيْلَة قَهْوَة.da SA7-lab lish-SHI-ta il-LEE-la 'AH-wa.That's the milk drink, for the winter. Tonight, coffee.