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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Fluency Level 1

PART 1 · LESSON 5 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Did You Eat or Not

The phone-in opens and the first caller is Grandma, asking whether Leo has eaten: hello, who's with us, you're on the air, my son, my daughter, the house can wait, lentil soup, and a promise.

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THE STORY

The studio of a Cairo morning programme, on air, the phone-in; Grandma listens to the radio all morning. Grandma speaks plainly to everyone; Leo says the polite you to her; Dalia calls her Grandma on air.

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مُكَالْمَة. أَلُو, مِين مَعَانَا?mu-KAL-ma. a-LO, meen ma-3AA-na?A call. Hello, who's with us?
أَلُو يَا بِنْتِي. لِيُو مَوْجُود?a-LO ya BIN-ti. LI-yu maw-GOOD?Hello, my daughter. Is Leo there?
تِيتَا? حَضْرِتِك عَلَى الهَوَا!TEE-ta 7ad-RI-tik 3A-la il-HA-wa!Grandma? You're on the air!
أَكَلْت وَلَّا لأ, يَا بْنِي?a-KALT WAL-la la' ya bni?Did you eat or not, my son?
بِنِتْكَلِّم عَن البُيُوت!bi-nit-KAL-lim 3an il-bu-YOOT!We're talking about houses!
اِتْفَضَّلِي, سَامْعِينِك.it-fad-DA-li sam-3EE-nik.Go on, we're listening to you.
البِيت يِسْتَنَّى. عَنْدِي لُه شُرْبَة عَدْس.il-BEET yis-TAN-na 3AN-di lu SHUR-ba 3ads.The house can wait. I have lentil soup for him.
هَاجِي السَّاعَة اِتْنِين, وَعْد.HAA-gi is-SAA-3a it-NEEN wa3d.I'll come at two, promise.
وِكِدَه البِرْنَامِج عَنْدُه طَبَّاخَة.wi-KI-da il-bir-NAA-mig 3AN-du tab-BAA-kha.And so the programme has a cook.