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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Fluency Level 1

PART 2 · LESSON 14 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

A pack and a rabbit

The bill at the cafe: six teas and two coffees, the loser pays, the loser is the American, a pack and a half, what does pack mean, a thousand pounds and a million is a rabbit, nobody here has seen a rabbit, the bill is only a hundred and fifty, I've no change, only a two-hundred note, broke like us, on the iron, keep the change for the next loss.

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THE STORY

Mr. Sabry's cafe at the end of the night, the glasses counted. Mr. Sabry says the plain you to Leo and Zizo and calls Leo engineer; Leo answers him politely; Zizo and Leo speak plainly to each other.

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سِتّ شَايَات وِقَهْوَتِين. الخَسْرَان يِدْفَع.sitt sha-YAAT wi-'ah-wa-TEEN il-khas-RAAN YID-fa3.Six teas and two coffees. The loser pays.
الخَسْرَان هُوَّ الأَمْرِيكَانِي, بَاكُو وِنُصّ!il-khas-RAAN HUW-wa il-'am-re-KAA-ni BAA-ku wi-NUSS!The loser is the American, a pack and a half!
بَاكُو يَعْنِي إِيه?BAA-ku YA3-ni eeh?What does pack mean?
أَلْف جْنِيه. وِالمَلْيُون أَرْنَب.alf gneeh wil-mal-YOON AR-nab.A thousand pounds. And a million is a rabbit.
وِمَحَدِّش هِنَا شَاف أَرْنَب.wi-ma-7AD-dish HI-na shaaf AR-nab.And nobody here has seen a rabbit.
الحِسَاب مِيَّة وِخَمْسِين بَسّ.il-7i-SAAB MIY-ya wi-kham-SEEN bass.The bill is only a hundred and fifty.
وَرَقَة بِمِيتِينWA-ra-'a bi-me-TEENa two-hundred note
مَعَنْدِيش فَكَّة, وَرَقَة بِمِيتِين بَسّ.ma-3an-DEESH FAK-ka WA-ra-'a bi-me-TEEN bass.I've no change, only a two-hundred note.
مَفْلِس زَيِّنَا, عَ الحَدِيدَة!MAF-lis zay-YI-na 3a il-7a-DEE-da!Broke like us, on the iron!
خَلِّي البَاقِي لِلْخَسَارَة الجَايَّة.KHAL-li il-BAA-'i lil-kha-SAA-ra ig-GAY-ya.Keep the change for the next loss.