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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Fluency Level 1

PART 1 · LESSON 7 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

A Small Correction

Mr. Fathi, Leo's old boss, phones the show to correct a word live: by the way, with respect, you said cement; the mortar is lime; you're right, with your permission, no offence, I learned something.

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THE STORY

The studio of a Cairo morning programme, on air, the phone-in; the caller is the boss of the restoration workshop where Leo once worked. Mr. Fathi says the plain you to Leo; Leo says the polite you to him.

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فَتْحِي مِن الوَرْشَة, لِيُو يِعْرَفْنِي.FAT-7i min il-WAR-sha LI-yu yi3-RAF-ni.Fathi, from the workshop; Leo knows me.
أُسْتَاذ فَتْحِي! شَرَّفْتِنَا.us-TAAZ FAT-7i shar-raf-TI-na.Mr. Fathi! You honour us.
عَلَى فِكْرَة, قُلْت أَسْمَنْت.3A-la FIK-ra 'ult as-MANT.By the way, you said cement.
لأ, أَنَا قُلْت جِير.la' A-na 'ult geer.No, I said lime.
مَعَ احْتِرَامِي, المُونَة جِير.MA-3a a7-ti-RAA-mi il-MOO-na geer.With respect, the mortar is lime.
حَضْرِتَك مَعَاك حَقّ.7ad-RI-tak ma-3AAK 7a''.You're right.
الوَرْشَة بِتِتْكَلِّم كِدَه?il-WAR-sha bi-tit-KAL-lim KI-da?Is that how the workshop talks?
بَعْد إِذْنِك, كِدَه عَلِّمْنَاه.ba3d IZ-nik KI-da 3al-lim-NAAH.With your permission, that's how we taught him.
مِن غِير زَعَل, اِتْعَلِّمْت حَاجَة.min gheer ZA-3al it-3al-LIMT 7AA-ga.No offence; I learned something.