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PART 1 · LESSON 1 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES Free

Two Dates on the Calendar

In Madame Nadia's kitchen, Karim brings the date the restored house opens and Madame Nadia the date that comes first, Grandma's ninetieth: the day and the month, and in, after and before with a season, a month or a holiday.

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Lesson 1 · Two Dates on the Calendar

Egyptian Arabic · 30 minutes

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Madame Nadia's kitchen in Heliopolis, a September evening, with a calendar on the wall. Karim and Leo speak plainly to each other; Leo says the polite you to Madame Nadia, who calls him Leo.

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البَيْت هَيِفْتَح فِي الرَّبِيع.il-BEET ha-YIF-ta7 fi ir-ra-BEE3.The house opens in the spring.
بَعْد شَمّ النِّسِيم.ba3d shamm in-ni-SEEMafter Sham el-Nessim
الخَمِيس اللِّي بَعْد شَمّ النِّسِيم.il-kha-MEES IL-li ba3d shamm in-ni-SEEM.The Thursday after Sham el-Nessim.
قَبْل كِدَه, فِي اِتْنَاشَر أُكْتُوبَر.'abl KI-da fi it-NAA-shar uk-TOO-bar.Before that, on the twelfth of October.
تِيتَة هَتِبْقَى تِسْعِين.TEE-ta ha-TIB-'a tis-3EEN.Grandma turns ninety.
سُفْرَة, العِيلَة كُلَّهَا, وِكِلْمَة.SUF-ra il-3EE-la kul-LA-ha wi-KIL-ma.A table, the whole family, and a word.
كِلْمِة مِين, يَا مَدَام?KIL-mit meen ya ma-DAAM?Whose word, Madame?
كِلْمِتَك إِنْتَ. هِيَّ طَلَبِتَك.kil-MI-tak IN-ta HIY-ya ta-la-BI-tak.Your word. She asked for you.
بِالعَرَبِي, قُدَّام الكُلّ, أَنَا?bil-3A-ra-bi 'ud-DAAM ik-KULL A-na?In Arabic, in front of everyone, me?
مِين غِيرَك? إِنْتَ اللِّي فِي الرَّادْيُو.meen GHEE-rak IN-ta IL-li fi ir-RAD-yu.Who else? You're the one on the radio.