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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Fluency Level 2

PART 3 · LESSON 24 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Nobody but Grandma

Editing night at Karim and Mona's flat, the cut on the laptop: nobody but a carpenter will watch three hours of doors, a story must have an ending, no ending but the house opening, it hasn't opened yet, then Grandma at the window and nothing but her, a dome from a grain, forty minutes and not a minute more.

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THE STORY

Karim and Mona's flat in Heliopolis late one evening, the film on the laptop. Karim, Mona and Leo are friends of the same age and speak plainly.

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مَحَدِّش هَيِتْفَرَّج.ma-7AD-dish ha-yit-FAR-ragnobody will watch, the one-word nobody and the ha- future
مَحَدِّش هَيِتْفَرَّج غِير نَجَّار.ma-7AD-dish ha-yit-FAR-rag gheer nag-GAAR.Nobody but a carpenter will watch it.
دَه فِيلْم تَسْجِيلِي, مِش فَرَح.da feelm tas-GEE-li mish FA-ra7.It's a documentary, not a wedding.
وِالحِكَايَة لَازِم لِيهَا نِهَايَة.wil-7i-KAA-ya LAA-zim LEE-ha ni-HAA-ya.And a story must have an ending.
مَفِيش نِهَايَة غِير البِيت يِفْتَح.ma-FEESH ni-HAA-ya gheer il-BEET YIF-ta7.There is no ending but the house opening.
بَسّ البِيت مَفَتَحْش لِسَّه.bass il-BEET ma-fa-TA7SH LIS-sa.But the house hasn't opened yet.
وِمَفِيش غِيرْهَا.wi-ma-FEESH GHER-haand nothing but her, the other-than word with her on the end
يِبْقَى تِيتَة عَلَى الشُّبَّاك, وِمَفِيش غِيرْهَا.YIB-'a TEE-ta 3A-la ish-shub-BAAK wi-ma-FEESH GHER-ha.Then Grandma at the window, and nothing but her.
وِمَحَدِّش غِير تِيتَة يِنْفَع.wi-ma-7AD-dish gheer TEE-ta YIN-fa3.And nobody but Grandma would do.
مِن الحَبَّة قُبَّة.min il-7AB-ba 'UB-baa dome out of a grain, the heart of the proverb

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