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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Fluency Level 2

PART 2 · LESSON 17 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The lion and the hare

At bedtime Leo tells Layla the lion and the hare, and Salma keeps him moving: the hare went slowly and came late, another lion stopped him on the road, they went up to a well and the lion jumped in; the one who digs a pit for his brother falls in it.

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THE STORY

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

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لَيْلَى عَايْزَة حِكَايَة الأَسَد.LEE-la 3AY-za 7i-KAA-ya il-'A-sad.Layla wants the lion tale.
الأَسَد بِيَاكُل حَيَوَان كُلّ يُوم.il-'A-sad bi-YAA-kul 7a-ya-WAAN kull yoom.The lion eats one animal every day.
وِيُوم الأَرْنَب?wi-YOOM il-'AR-nab?And the hare's day?
رَاح بِالرَّاحَة وِجِه مِتْأَخَّر.raa7 bir-RAA-7a wi-GIH mit-'AKH-kharwent slowly and came late
الأَرْنَب رَاح بِالرَّاحَة وِجِه مِتْأَخَّر.il-'AR-nab raa7 bir-RAA-7a wi-GIH mit-'AKH-khar.The hare went slowly and came late.
وِالأَسَد زَعَّق لُه?wil-'A-sad ZA3-3a' lu?And the lion roared at him?
قَال لُه, أَسَد تَانِي وَقَّفْنِي فِي الطَّرِيق.'al lu, A-sad TAA-ni wa'-'AF-ni fi it-ta-REE'.He told him: another lion stopped me on the road.
فَرَاحُوا فِين الاِتْنِين?fa-RAA-7u feen a-lit-NEEN?So where did the two of them go?
طِلْعُوا عَلَى بِير.TIL-3u 3A-la beerthey went up to a well
طِلْعُوا عَلَى بِير, وِالأَسَد نَطّ فِيه.TIL-3u 3A-la beer, wil-'A-sad natt feeh.They went up to a well, and the lion jumped in.

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