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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Fluency Level 1

PART 3 · LESSON 22 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Auntie, Not Madam

A windy morning in Heliopolis, Layla in the carrier without a hat: a woman in the street stops Leo, he answers with the wrong title, and learns which one her age wants.

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THE STORY

A pavement in Heliopolis, a windy March morning, Layla in the carrier on Leo's chest. The woman in the street says the plain you and calls him my son; Leo says the polite you to her.

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يَا ابْنِي, فِين طَاقِيِّة البِنْت?ya AB-ni feen ta-'IY-yit il-BINT?My son, where's the girl's hat?
صَبَاح الخِير يَا مَدَام. الجَوّ دَافِي.sa-BAA7 il-KHEER ya ma-DAAM ig-GAWW DAA-fi.Good morning, madam. It's warm.
دَافِي? الهَوَا سِكِّينَة!DAA-fi il-HA-wa sik-KEE-na!Warm? The wind is a knife!
حَضْرِتِك مَعَاكِ حَقّ, فِي الشَّنْطَة.7ad-RI-tik ma-3AA-ki 7a'' fi ish-SHAN-ta.You're right, it's in the bag.
أَنَا قَدّ أُمَّك,A-na 'add UM-makI'm your mother's age, word for word I am the size of your mother
مِش مَدَام يَا ابْنِي. أَنَا قَدّ أُمَّك, طَنْط.mish ma-DAAM ya AB-ni A-na 'add UM-mak tant.Not madam, my son. I'm your mother's age, auntie.
حَالاً يَا طَنْط.7AA-lan ya tant.Right away, auntie.
رَبِّنَا يِخَلِّيهَا.rab-BI-na yi-khal-LEE-haGod keep her, the phrase said over a child
رَبِّنَا يِخَلِّيهَا. عِنِيهَا زَيّ عِنِيك.rab-BI-na yi-khal-LEE-ha 3i-NEE-ha zayy 3i-NEEK.God keep her. She has your eyes.
شُكْراً يَا طَنْط. عَلَى رَاسْهَا.SHUK-ran ya tant 3A-la RAS-ha.Thank you, auntie. It's on her head.