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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Fluency Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 20 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

For the house

At the family table in Heliopolis, the card lies on the tablecloth: Karim's word about a man at the airport with no words, Grandma's now you are completely ours, and Leo's three sentences, which come to four.

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THE STORY

The dining table in Heliopolis, a Thursday evening, tea and the card on the tablecloth; Karim and Leo speak plainly, Grandma speaks plainly to everyone, and Leo says the polite you to her.

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قَابِلْت رَاجِل فِي المَطَار مِن غِير كَلاَم.'a-BILT RAA-gil fi il-ma-TAAR min gheer ka-LAAM.I met a man at the airport with no words.
وِالنَّهَارْدَه عَنْدُه وَرَق أَكْتَر مِنِّي.win-na-HAR-da 3AN-du WA-ra' AK-tar MIN-ni.And today he has more papers than I do.
دِلْوَقْتِي إِنْتَ بِتَاعْنَا خَالِص.dil-WA'-ti IN-ta bi-TA3-na KHAA-lis.Now you're completely ours.
كُنْت ضِيف, دِلْوَقْتِي وَاحِد مِنِّنَا.kunt deef dil-WA'-ti WAA-7id min-NI-na.You were a guest, now one of us.
تَلاَت جُمَل بَسّ, سَلْمَى عَدِّتْهُم.ta-LAAT GU-mal bass SAL-ma 3ad-DIT-hum.Three sentences only, Salma counted them.
البَيْت دَه خَد رَاجِل مِن غِير كَلاَم.il-BEET da khad RAA-gil min gheer ka-LAAM.This house took in a man with no words.
وِعَلِّمُه يِقُول كُلّ حَاجَة.wi-3al-LI-mu yi-'OOL kull 7AA-ga.And taught him to say everything.
بَقَى بِتَاعِي.BA-'a bi-TAA-3iit became mine
وِالبَيْت بَقَى بِتَاعِي.wil-BEET BA-'a bi-TAA-3i.And the house became mine.
اُقْعُد يَا اِبْنِي, دِي أَرْبَع جُمَل.U'-3ud ya IB-ni di AR-ba3 GU-mal.Sit down, my son, that's four sentences.