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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Fluency Level 2

PART 2 · LESSON 12 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Three commands

On the balcony with Grandma and the basil, Leo brings a client in a hurry, a quarrelsome neighbour and a budget, and gets three proverbs that command nobody and everyone: walk straight, stay away from trouble, stretch your legs as far as your blanket.

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THE STORY

The balcony of the Heliopolis flat on a spring afternoon, Grandma's basil in its pots and Layla's toys on the floor. Grandma speaks plainly and calls Leo my son; Leo says the polite you to her.

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عَمِيل عَايِز البِيت قَبْل العِيد.3a-MEEL 3AA-yiz il-BEET 'abl il-3EED.A client wants the house before the Feast.
اِمْشِي عَدْل.IM-shi 3adlwalk straight
اِمْشِي عَدْل يِحْتَار عَدُوَّك فِيك.IM-shi 3adl yi7-TAAR 3a-DUW-wak feek.Walk straight and your enemy will be puzzled by you.
حَضْرِتِك بِتْقُولِي اِمْشِي لِمِين?7ad-RI-tik bit-'OO-li IM-shi li-MEEN?You're telling whom to walk?
لِأَيّ حَدّ يِسْمَع يَا اِبْنِي.li-AYY 7add YIS-ma3 ya IB-ni.To anyone who hears, my son.
وِالجَار اللِّي بِيِتْخَانِق?wig-GAAR IL-li bi-yit-KHAA-ni'?And the neighbour who quarrels?
اِبْعِد عَن الشَّرّ.IB-3id 3an ish-SHARRstay away from trouble
اِبْعِد عَن الشَّرّ وِغَنِّي لُه.IB-3id 3an ish-SHARR wi-GHAN-ni lu.Stay away from trouble and sing to it.
وِفُلُوس العَمِيل بَعْد الصِّيف?wi-fu-LOOS il-3a-MEEL ba3d is-SEEF?And the client's money after the summer?
مِدّ رِجْلِيك.midd rig-LEEKstretch your legs

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