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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Fluency Level 2

PART 3 · LESSON 26 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Ant and the Dove

Layla's bedtime in Maadi, the short tale tonight: an ant goes down to drink, no sooner has she gone down than the water carries her off, the dove drops her a leaf, no sooner has the hunter raised his net than the ant bites him; do good and throw it in the sea.

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THE STORY

Layla's room in the flat in Maadi at bedtime; Layla is two and half asleep. Salma and Leo are husband and wife and speak plainly.

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القُصَيَّرَة النَّهَارْدَه, هِيَّ نُصّ نَايْمَة.il-'u-say-YA-ra in-na-HAR-da HIY-ya nuss NAY-ma.The short one tonight, she's half asleep.
نَمْلَة نِزْلِت تِشْرَب.NAM-la NIZ-lit TISH-rab.An ant went down to drink.
أَوَّل مَا نِزْلِت.AW-wal ma NIZ-litno sooner had she gone down, word for word first that she went down
أَوَّل مَا نِزْلِت, المَيَّة شَالِتْهَا.AW-wal ma NIZ-lit il-MAY-ya sha-LIT-ha.No sooner had she gone down than the water carried her off.
وِالحَمَامَة عَمَلِت إِيه?wil-7a-MAA-ma 3A-ma-lit eeh?And what did the dove do?
رَمِت لَهَا وَرَقَة, وِالنَّمْلَة طِلْعِت.RA-mit LA-ha WA-ra-'a win-NAM-la TIL-3it.She dropped her a leaf, and the ant got out.
أَوَّل مَا الصَّيَّاد رَفَع الشَّبَكَة, النَّمْلَة عَضِّتُه.AW-wal ma is-say-YAAD RA-fa3 ish-SHA-ba-ka in-NAM-la 3ad-DI-tu.No sooner had the hunter raised the net than the ant bit him.
وِارْمِيه البَحْر.wir-MEEH il-BA7Rand throw it in the sea, the second half of the proverb
اِعْمِل خِير وِارْمِيه البَحْر.I3-mil kheer wir-MEEH il-BA7R.Do good and throw it in the sea.
أَوَّل مَا النَّمْلَة عَضِّت, لَيْلَى نَامِت.AW-wal ma in-NAM-la 3AD-dit LEE-la NAA-mit.No sooner had the ant bitten than Layla slept.