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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Fluency Level 1

PART 1 · LESSON 6 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

A Wall That Sweats

A caller from Shubra at full speed: a wall that sweats, no money for a builder, which floor, why this wall of all walls, the ground is wet underneath, don't paint it, let it breathe.

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THE STORY

The studio of a Cairo morning programme, on air, the phone-in; a man from Shubra has a damp wall. On air everyone says the polite you to the caller, and he calls Leo engineer.

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يَا بَشْمُهَنْدِس, عَنْدِي حِيطَة بِتْعَرَّق.ya bash-mu-HAN-dis 3AN-di 7EE-ta bit-3AR-ra'.Engineer, I've got a wall that sweats.
بِالرَّاحَة. الحِيطَة مَالْهَا?bir-RAA-7a il-7EE-ta MAL-ha?Slowly. What's wrong with the wall?
البُويَة بِتُقَع, وِمَعَنْدِيش فِلُوس.il-BOO-ya bi-TU-'a3 wi-ma-3an-DEESH fi-LOOS.The paint falls off, and I've no money.
الدُّور الكَام, يَا أُسْتَاذ?id-DOOR ik-KAAM ya us-TAAZ?Which floor, sir?
الأَرْضِي. إِشْمِعْنَى الحِيطَة دِي?il-'AR-di ish-MI3-na il-7EE-ta di?The ground floor. Why this wall of all?
الأَرْض تَحْت مَبْلُولَة.il-'ARD ta7t mab-LOO-la.The ground underneath is wet.
طَيِّب أَدْهَنْهَا بَلَاسْتِيك?TAY-yib ad-HAN-ha ba-las-TEEK?So I paint it plastic?
لأ, سِيبْهَا تِتْنَفِّس.la' SEB-ha tit-NAF-fis.No, let it breathe.
المَحَلّ قَال بَلَاسْتِيك!il-ma-7ALL 'aal ba-las-TEEK!The shop said plastic!