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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Fluency Level 2

PART 3 · LESSON 27 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

You Know What I Did?

Leo's own story at the Zamalek story club: a cat that used to sit on his drawings, you know what I did after that, tell us, I sat in her place and you know what I felt, fleas of course, warmth, and under the tile an old kitchen; the cat is the first restorer.

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THE STORY

The reading room of a library in Zamalek on a Thursday evening, the story club. Leo says the polite you to Madame Soad and Mr. Adel, who call him by name with the plain you.

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النَّهَارْدَه مِن غِير جُحَا, حِكَايَة لِيُو.in-na-HAR-da min gheer GU-7a 7i-KAA-ya LI-yu.Tonight no Goha, Leo's story.
كَانِت بِتُقْعُد.KAA-nit bi-TU'-3udshe used to sit, was in the she-form and the b- present
قُطَّة كَانِت بِتُقْعُد عَلَى الرُّسُومَات.'UT-ta KAA-nit bi-TU'-3ud 3A-la ir-ru-so-MAAT.A cat used to sit on the drawings.
عَارْفِين عَمَلْت إِيه?3ar-FEEN 3a-MALT eehyou know what I did, asked of the whole room
عَارْفِين عَمَلْت إِيه بَعْد كِدَه?3ar-FEEN 3a-MALT eeh ba3d KI-da?You know what I did after that?
قُول لِنَا يَا لِيُو.'ool LI-na ya LI-yu.Tell us, Leo.
قَعَدْت مَكَانْهَا, وِعَارْفِين حَسِّيت بِإِيه?'a-3ADT ma-KAN-ha wi-3ar-FEEN 7as-SEET bi-EEH?I sat in her place, and you know what I felt?
بَرَاغِيت, طَبْعاً!ba-ra-GHEET TAB-3an!Fleas, of course!
دَفَا! تَحْت البَلَاطَة مَطْبَخ قَدِيم.DA-fa ta7t il-ba-LAA-ta MAT-bakh 'a-DEEM.Warmth! Under the tile, an old kitchen.
يِبْقَى القُطَّة أَوَّل مُرَمِّم!YIB-'a il-'UT-ta AW-wal mu-RAM-mim!Then the cat is the first restorer!