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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Fluency Level 1

PART 2 · LESSON 16 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Oh my white day

The Waiter drops a tray and nothing breaks: oh my white day, what's this, what happened, oh no, not one glass broke, can I say oh my white day, at a wedding yes, that's the soft one, you're an engineer, say unbelievable, or really, with your eyebrows, really, is that it, that's it, now help the man.

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THE STORY

Mr. Sabry's cafe, a tray of glasses on the floor and not one of them broken. The Waiter and Leo say the polite you to each other; Zizo and Leo speak plainly.

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يَا نْهَار أَبْيَض! الصِّينِيَّة!ya nhaar AB-yad is-se-NIY-ya!Oh my white day! The tray!
إِيه دَه? حَصَل إِيه?eeh da 7A-sal eeh?What's this? What happened?
وَلَا كُبَّايَة اِتْكَسَرِتWA-la kub-BAA-ya it-KA-sa-ritnot one glass broke
يَا خَبَر! وَلَا كُبَّايَة اِتْكَسَرِت!ya KHA-bar WA-la kub-BAA-ya it-KA-sa-rit!Oh no! Not one glass broke!
مُمْكِن أَقُول يَا نْهَار أَبْيَض?MUM-kin a-'OOL ya nhaar AB-yad?Can I say oh my white day?
فِي فَرَح, أَيْوَه. دِي الخَفِيفَة.fi FA-ra7 AY-wa di il-kha-FEE-fa.At a wedding, yes. That's the soft one.
قُول مِش مُمْكِن'ool mish MUM-kinsay unbelievable, word for word not possible
حَضْرِتَك مُهَنْدِس, قُول مِش مُمْكِن!7ad-RI-tak mu-HAN-dis 'ool mish MUM-kin!You're an engineer, say unbelievable!
وَلَّا بِجَدّ? بِحَوَاجْبَك.WAL-la bi-GADD bi-7a-WAG-bak.Or really? With your eyebrows.
بِجَدّ? خَلَاص كِدَه?bi-GADD kha-LAAS KI-da?Really? Is that it?

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