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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Fluency Level 2

PART 3 · LESSON 21 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Carpenter's Door

Abdo the carpenter, next door to the old house, on camera: the house was built before his grandfather's time, they say by a fabric merchant; the doors were made here; the window was kept thirty years; and the carpenter's own door is falling apart.

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THE STORY

Abdo's carpentry shop beside the old house in al-Darb al-Ahmar, a weekday morning; Karim films. Leo says the polite you to Abdo, who calls him by name with the plain you; Karim and Leo speak plainly.

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بِنْصَوَّر يَا عَمّ عَبْدُه, مِن الأَوِّل.bin-SAW-war ya 3amm 3AB-du min il-'AW-wil.We're filming, Abdo, from the beginning.
اِتْبَنَى.it-BA-nawas built, the it- in front of the verb for build
البِيت اِتْبَنَى قَبْل جِدِّي.il-BEET it-BA-na 'abl GID-di.The house was built before my grandfather's time.
بِيقُولُوا تَاجِر قُمَاش بَنَاه.be-'OO-lu TAA-gir 'u-MAASH ba-NAAH.They say a fabric merchant built it.
البِيبَان اِتْعَمَلِت هِنَا, بِإِيد جِدِّي.il-be-BAAN it-3A-ma-lit HI-na bi-EED GID-di.The doors were made here, by my grandfather's hands.
وِالشُّبَّاك الخَشَب رَاح فِين?wish-shub-BAAK il-KHA-shab raa7 feen?And where did the wooden window go?
اِتْحَفَظ.it-7A-fazwas kept, the it- on the verb for keep
اِتْحَفَظ هِنَا تَلَاتِين سَنَة.it-7A-faz HI-na ta-la-TEEN SA-na.It was kept here for thirty years.
تَلَاتِين سَنَة, وِمَحَدِّش سَأَل?ta-la-TEEN SA-na wi-ma-7AD-dish SA-'al?Thirty years, and nobody asked?
بِيقُولُوا قُطَّة وِلْدِت فِيه مَرَّتِين.be-'OO-lu 'UT-ta WIL-dit feeh mar-ra-TEEN.They say a cat had kittens in it twice.

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