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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Fluency Level 1

PART 3 · LESSON 25 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

When One Restores an Old House

The comedy night at the rooftop cafe: Nour warms the room, hands Leo the microphone for three minutes about old houses, and Zizo heckles from the floor.

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THE STORY

The rooftop cafe over Downtown on its comedy night, a microphone and forty people on plastic chairs. Nour, Zizo and Leo are the same age and speak plainly, on stage and off it.

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يَا جَمَاعَة, مِين هِنَا مِن وِسْط البَلَد?ya ga-MAA-3a meen HI-na min wist il-BA-lad?Everyone, who's here from Downtown?
صَقَّفُوا يَا شَبَاب, أَنَا مُتْوَتَّر.sa'-'A-fu ya sha-BAAB A-na mut-WAT-tar.Applaud, folks, I'm nervous.
دَه رَاجِل الرَّادْيُو, خُدُوا بَالْكُم مِنُّه.da RAA-gil ir-RAD-yu KHU-du BAK-kum MIN-nu.He's the radio man, go easy on him.
الوَاحِد لَمَّا يِرَمِّم بِيت قَدِيم, البِيت مِش عَايْزُه.il-WAA-7id LAM-ma yi-RAM-mim beet 'a-DEEM il-BEET mish 3AY-zuWhen one restores an old house, the house doesn't want him.
زَيّ زِيزُو بِالظَّبْط!zayy ZEE-zu biz-ZABT!Just like Zizo!
كَمِّل, النَّاس بِتِضْحَك.KAM-mil in-NAAS bi-TID-7ak.Keep going, they're laughing.
وِلَمَّا يِخَلَّص, بِيقُولُولُه كَان أَحْسَن.wi-LAM-ma yi-KHAL-las be-'o-LOO-lu kaan A7-san.And when one finishes, they tell him it was better.