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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Fluency Level 3

PART 3 · LESSON 22 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

What to Show

In Leo's studio, Ramez the apprentice and Leo choose what the visitors will see at the opening: six things in one hour, the ceiling of the hall, the door of the courtyard, and Ramez's lattice screen of the second floor, last, because the last thing is the one people remember.

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THE STORY

Leo's restoration studio in a side street of al-Darb al-Ahmar, a week before the opening. Leo says the plain you to Ramez, his nineteen-year-old apprentice; Ramez says the polite you to Leo and calls him engineer.

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سَاعَة وَاحْدَة, سِتّ حَاجَات بَسّ.SAA-3a WA7-da sitt 7a-GAAT bass.One hour, six things only.
مَشْرَبِيَّة الدُّور التَّانِي, بِتَاعْتِي.mash-ra-BIY-ya id-DOOR it-TAA-ni bi-TA3-ti.The lattice screen of the second floor, mine.
دِي مَخِلْصِتْش لِسَّة.di ma-khil-SITSH LIS-sa.It isn't finished yet.
حَضْرِتَك قُلْت, اللِّي يِخَوَّف مَطْلُوب.7ad-RI-tak 'ult IL-li yi-KHAW-waf mat-LOOB.You said it yourself, what scares you is needed.
قُلْت كِدَه عَن السَّقْف.'ult KI-da 3an is-SA'F.I said that about the roof.
سَقْف القَاعَة وِبَاب الحُوش.sa'f il-'AA-3a wi-BAAB il-7OOSH.The ceiling of the hall and the door of the courtyard.
وِمَشْرَبِيِّتَك فِي الآخِر.wi-mash-ra-biy-YI-tak fi il-'AA-khir.And your screen, last.
اللِّي بِيِفْتِكْرُوهَا.IL-li bi-yif-tik-ROO-hathe one they remember
آخِر حَاجَة هِيَّ اللِّي بِيِفْتِكْرُوهَا.AA-khir 7AA-ga HIY-ya IL-li bi-yif-tik-ROO-ha.The last thing is the one they remember.