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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Fluency Level 2

PART 2 · LESSON 13 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The hare and the tortoise

At Layla's bedtime in Maadi Leo tells the hare and the tortoise, and Salma makes him say whenever and when the way a Cairene tale does: whenever he sees her he laughs, when she had enough she said let's race, when he woke she was at the line.

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THE STORY

Layla's bedroom in the Maadi flat at bedtime, the light low. Leo and Salma, husband and wife, speak plainly to each other; Layla never speaks.

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مِش جُحَا لِلَيْلَى, حِكَايَة بِحَيَوَانَات.mish GU-7a li-LEE-la, 7i-KAA-ya bi-7a-ya-wa-NAAT.Not Goha for Layla, a tale with animals.
وِلَمَّا زِهْقِت مِنُّه?wi-LAM-ma ZIH-'it MIN-nu?And when she had enough of him?
لَمَّا زِهْقِت قَالِت لُه, نِتْسَابِق!LAM-ma ZIH-'it 'AA-lit lu, nit-SAA-bi'!When she had enough she said to him, let's race!
وِالأَرْنَب عَمَل إِيه?wil-'AR-nab 3A-mal eeh?And what did the hare do?
جِرِي, وِكُلّ مَا يِبُصّ وَرَاه هِيَّ بِعِيدَة.GI-ri, wi-KULL ma yi-BUSS wa-RAAH HIY-ya bi-3EE-da.He ran, and whenever he looked back she was far away.
فَنَام تَحْت الشَّجَرَة?fa-NAAM ta7t ish-SHA-ga-ra?So he slept under the tree?
لَمَّا صِحِي.LAM-ma SI-7iwhen he woke
وِلَمَّا صِحِي, السِّلِحْفَة عَنْد الخَطّ.wi-LAM-ma SI-7i, is-si-LI7-fa 3and il-KHATT.And when he woke, the tortoise was at the line.
الصَّبْر طَيِّب, وِلَيْلَى نَامِت.is-SABR TAY-yib, wi-LEE-la NAA-mit.Patience is good, and Layla's asleep.