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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Fluency Level 2

PART 1 · LESSON 2 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES Free

Goha and the Donkey

At the kitchen table in Heliopolis, Madame Nadia rehearses Leo in the tale of Goha, his son and the donkey: the scene with was and a participle, what happened in the bare past, and the end in one breath.

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Lesson 2 · Goha and the Donkey

Egyptian Arabic · 30 minutes

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The kitchen table of the Mansours in Heliopolis, an evening before a club Thursday. Madame Nadia, a retired teacher of Arabic, says the plain you to Leo by his name; Leo says the polite you to her.

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مِن الأَوِّل, وِبِالرَّاحَة.min il-AW-wil, wi-bir-RAA-7a.From the start, and slowly.
كَان جُحَا رَاكِب.kaan GU-7a RAA-kibGoha was riding
كَان جُحَا رَاكِب وِاِبْنُه مَاشِي.kaan GU-7a RAA-kib wib-NU MAA-shi.Goha was riding and his son walking.
كْوَيِّس. وِبَعْدِين حَصَل إِيه?KWAY-yis. wi-ba3-DEEN 7A-sal eeh?Good. And then what happened?
النَّاس دَايْماً بِتِتْكَلِّم.in-NAAS DAY-man bi-tit-KAL-lim.People always talk.
النَّاس قَالُوا, أَب مِن غِير قَلْب.in-NAAS 'AA-lu, abb min gheer 'alb.People said, a father without a heart.
فَجُحَا نِزِل وِرَكَّب اِبْنُه.fa-GU-7a NI-zil wi-RAK-kab IB-nu.So Goha got down and put his son on.
وِالنَّاس قَالُوا إِيه?win-NAAS 'AA-lu eeh?And what did people say?
قَالُوا, اِبْن رَاكِب وِأَبُوه مَاشِي.'AA-lu, ibn RAA-kib wi-a-BOO MAA-shi.They said, a son riding and his father walking.
وِالآخِر, فِي نَفَس وَاحِد.wil-AA-khir, fi NA-fas WAA-7id.And the end, in one breath.
جُحَا شَال الحُمَار, وِالنَّاس ضِحْكُوا.GU-7a shaal il-7u-MAAR, win-NAAS DI7-ku.Goha carried the donkey, and people laughed.