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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Fluency Level 2

PART 3 · LESSON 25 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Grandma's House

The voice-over at Karim's: Leo reads the film's narration with the structure words of a told story, first, then, after that, in the end, the long and short of it; the film gets its title, Grandma's House; repetition teaches the donkey, and the donkey speaks good Arabic.

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THE STORY

Karim's flat in Heliopolis one evening, a microphone on the table and the film on the laptop; Leo reads the narration. Karim and Leo are friends of the same age and speak plainly.

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أَوَّلاً, بِيت فِي الدَّرْب الأَحْمَر.aw-WA-lan beet fi id-DARB il-'A7-mar.First, a house in al-Darb al-Ahmar.
بَعْدِين عَرُوسَة مِن الدِّلْتَا.ba3-DEEN 3a-ROO-sa min id-DIL-ta.Then a bride from the Delta.
وِفِي الآخِر.wi-fi il-'AA-khirand in the end, word for word in the last
بَعْد كِدَه أَمْرِيكِي, وِفِي الآخِر شُبَّاك.ba3d KI-da am-REE-ki wi-fi il-'AA-khir shub-BAAK.After that an American, and in the end a window.
دِلْوَقْتِي المُهِمّ, فِي جُمْلَة وَاحْدَة.dil-WA'-ti il-mu-HIMM fi GUM-la WA7-da.Now the point, in one sentence.
رِجْعِت لِشُبَّاكْهَا.RIG-3it li-shub-BAK-hacame back to her window, the she-form of come back and to her window in one word
الخُلَاصَة, تِيتَة رِجْعِت لِشُبَّاكْهَا.il-khu-LAA-sa TEE-ta RIG-3it li-shub-BAK-ha.The long and short of it, Grandma came back to her window.
دَه العُنْوَان, بِيت تِيتَة!da il-3un-WAAN beet TEE-ta!That's the title, Grandma's House!
التِّكْرَار يِعَلِّم الحُمَار.it-tik-RAAR yi-3AL-lim il-7u-MAAR.Repetition teaches the donkey.
الحُمَار بِيِتْكَلِّم عَرَبِي كْوَيِّس.il-7u-MAAR bi-yit-KAL-lim 3A-ra-bi KWAY-yis.The donkey speaks good Arabic.