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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Fluency Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 18 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

On the stairs

On the stairs in Heliopolis, Sayed asks what the papers are for, says that people leave and Leo stays, and reports that Layla said good morning to him properly; Leo closes the subject lightly.

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THE STORY

The stairs of the Mansours' building in Heliopolis, a weekday afternoon, a folder under Leo's arm; Sayed the doorman and Leo say the polite you to each other, and Sayed calls him engineer.

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وَرَق تَانِي, يَا بَشْمُهَنْدِس?WA-ra' TAA-ni ya bash-mu-HAN-dis?More papers, engineer?
آخِر وَرَق, إِنْ شَاء الله.AA-khir WA-ra' in shaa' al-LAAH.The last papers, God willing.
وِحَضْرِتَك عَايِزْهَا لِيه?wi-7ad-RI-tak 3a-YIZ-ha leeh?And why do you want it?
عَشَان مَا أَقِفْش3a-SHAAN ma a-'IFSHso I don't stand
عَشَان مَا أَقِفْش فِي الطَّابُور تَانِي.3a-SHAAN ma a-'IFSH fi it-ta-BOOR TAA-ni.So I don't stand in the queue again.
نَاس بِتِمْشِي, وِحَضْرِتَك بِتِفْضَل.naas bi-TIM-shi wi-7ad-RI-tak bi-TIF-dal.People leave, and you stay.
نِشُوف, كُلُّه بِأَوَانُه.ni-SHOOF KUL-lu bi-a-WAA-nu.We'll see, it all comes in its time.
لَيْلَى قَالِت لِي صَبَاح الخِير اِمْبَارِح.LEE-la 'AA-lit li sa-BAA7 il-KHEER im-BAA-ri7.Layla said good morning to me yesterday.
دِي أَوِّل وَرَقَة بِتَاعِتْهَا.di AW-wil WA-ra-'a bi-ta-3IT-ha.That's her first paper.