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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Fluency Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 10 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Film, and Grandma's Answer

Karim plays the clip on the television and the birthday girl answers it standing: thanking from the heart, thanks to someone by name, and ending on a proverb from the village.

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THE STORY

The courtyard of the old house in al-Darb al-Ahmar on the evening of the ninetieth, a television on a chair and the whole family around it. Grandma speaks plainly to everyone; Leo says the polite you to her; Karim and Leo speak plainly.

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وِدِلْوَقْتِي فِيلْم صُغَيَّر.wi-dil-WA'-ti feelm su-GHAY-yar.And now, a short film.
دِي أَنَا! مِين صَوَّرْنِي?di A-na meen saw-WAR-ni?That's me! Who filmed me?
كَرِيم, عَلَى الفَطِيرَة.ka-REEM 3A-la il-fa-TEE-ra.Karim did, over the pastry.
مِن كُلّ قَلْبِي.min kull 'AL-bifrom all my heart
مُتْشَكِّرَة إِنّكُم جِيتُوا, مِن كُلّ قَلْبِي.mut-shak-KI-ra INN-kum GEE-tu min kull 'AL-bi.Thank you all for coming, from my heart.
بِفَضْل دَه, البَيْت لُه حِيطَان.bi-FADL da il-BEET lu 7e-TAAN.Thanks to this one, the house has walls.
وِبِفَضْل سَلْمَى, فِيه لَيْلَى.wi-bi-FADL SAL-ma feeh LEE-la.And thanks to Salma, there's Layla.
زَيّ مَا بِيقُولُوا.zayy ma be-'OO-luas they say
زَيّ مَا بِيقُولُوا, البَيْت مِش طُوب.zayy ma be-'OO-lu il-BEET mish toob.As they say, a house isn't bricks.
البَيْت اللِّي عَلَى السُّفْرَة.il-BEET IL-li 3A-la is-SUF-ra.A house is who's at the table.

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