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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Fluency Level 1

PART 3 · LESSON 23 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

A Word with Two Doors

The rooftop cafe before the show: Nour the comedian meets the radio man who plays backgammon, Zizo makes a quip, and Nour shows Leo how a word with two meanings works.

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THE STORY

A rooftop cafe above a Downtown building, an hour before the comedy night; Nour, Zizo and Leo are the same age and speak plainly to each other.

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إِنْتَ رَاجِل الرَّادْيُو?IN-ta RAA-gil ir-RAD-yu?You're the radio man?
بَلْعَب, زِيزُو بِيِكْسَب.BAL-3ab ZEE-zu bi-YIK-sab.I play, Zizo wins.
بَاكْسَبُه فِي الطَّاوْلَة وِعَلَى الطَّاوْلَة.bak-SA-bu fi it-TAW-la wi-3A-la it-TAW-la.I beat him at backgammon and on the table.
دِي قَافْيَة. طَاوْلَة لِعْبَة وِتَرَابِيزَة.di 'AF-ya TAW-la LI3-ba wi-ta-ra-BEE-za.That's a quip. Backgammon is a game and a table.
كِلْمَة لِيهَا بَابِين?KIL-ma LEE-ha ba-BEENa word with two doors, word for word a word that has two doors
يَعْنِي القَافْيَة كِلْمَة لِيهَا بَابِين?YA3-ni il-'AF-ya KIL-ma LEE-ha ba-BEEN?So a quip is a word with two doors?
وِتِدْخُل مِن البَاب الغَلَط.wi-TID-khul min il-BAAB il-GHA-lat.And you go in by the wrong door.
أَنَا فَاضِي اللَّيْلَة.A-na FAA-di il-LEE-la.I'm free tonight.
فَاضِي مِن الشُّغْل, وَلَّا مِن جُوَّه?FAA-di min ish-SHUGHL WAL-la min GUW-wa?Free of work, or empty inside?
بَلَاش قَافْيَة, عَنْدِي صُدَاع.ba-LAASH 'AF-ya 3AN-di su-DAA3.No quips, I've got a headache.