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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Fluency Level 1

PART 2 · LESSON 13 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

A hundred times

Zizo wins and says so: I've beaten you a hundred times tonight, three times only, three times here means a hundred, he's been saying that for a thousand years, you play like a master but at losing, I'm dying of laughter, the dice love me like honey, the dice are heavy as a brick when I roll, that's the first Egyptian sentence, like the moon.

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THE STORY

Mr. Sabry's cafe, the backgammon board after three games, all of them Zizo's. Zizo, Karim and Leo are friends of the same age and speak plainly to each other.

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غَلَبْتَك مِيت مَرَّة اللَّيْلَة!gha-LAB-tak meet MAR-ra il-LEE-la!I've beaten you a hundred times tonight!
تَلاَت مَرَّات بَسّ.ta-LAAT mar-RAAT bass.Three times, only.
تَلاَت مَرَّات هِنَا يَعْنِي مِيَّة.ta-LAAT mar-RAAT HI-na YA3-ni MIY-ya.Three times here means a hundred.
بِيقُول كِدَه مِن أَلْف سَنَة.be-'OOL KI-da min alf SA-na.He's been saying that for a thousand years.
زَيّ الأُسْطَىzayy il-'US-talike a master
بِتِلْعَب زَيّ الأُسْطَى, بَسّ فِي الخْسَارَة.bi-TIL-3ab zayy il-'US-ta bass fi ilkh-SAA-ra.You play like a master, but at losing.
هَمُوت مِن الضِّحْك.ha-MOOT min id-DI7K.I'm dying of laughter.
الزَّهْر بِيحِبِّنِي زَيّ العَسَل.iz-ZAHR be-7ib-BI-ni zayy il-3A-sal.The dice love me like honey.
تَقِيل زَيّ الطُّوبَةta-'EEL zayy it-TOO-baheavy as a brick
وِالزَّهْر تَقِيل زَيّ الطُّوبَة لَمَّا أَرْمِي.wiz-ZAHR ta-'EEL zayy it-TOO-ba LAM-ma AR-mi.And the dice are heavy as a brick when I roll.

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