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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Fluency Level 3

PART 3 · LESSON 23 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Ramez Wants Out

A week before the opening, Ramez wants his lattice screen taken off the programme: his hands don't listen. Leo talks him back: hands listen when you breathe, don't be afraid, you'll manage, a mistake isn't the end of the world, I trust you, and the screen is worth it.

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THE STORY

Leo's restoration studio in al-Darb al-Ahmar, a week before the opening of the house. 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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شِيل مَشْرَبِيِّتِي مِن البِرْنَامِج.sheel mash-ra-biy-YI-ti min il-bir-NAA-mig.Take my screen off the programme.
حَصَل إِيه, يَا رَامِز?7A-sal eeh ya RAA-miz?What happened, Ramez?
إِيدِي مَبِتِسْمَعْش الكَلاَم.EE-di ma-bi-tis-MA3SH ik-ka-LAAM.My hands don't listen.
لَمَّا تِتْنَفِّس.LAM-ma tit-NAF-fiswhen you breathe
الإِيد بِتِسْمَع لَمَّا تِتْنَفِّس.il-'EED bi-TIS-ma3 LAM-ma tit-NAF-fis.Hands listen when you breathe.
قُدَّام أُسْتَاذ فَتْحِي, قُدَّام الكُلّ.'ud-DAAM us-TAAZ FAT-7i 'ud-DAAM ik-KULL.In front of Mister Fathi, in front of everybody.
مَتْخَافْش, هَتِعْرَف.mat-KHAAFSH ha-TI3-raf.Don't be afraid, you'll manage.
وِلَوْ فِيه غَلْطَة?wi-LAW feeh GHAL-ta?And if there's a mistake?
الغَلْطَة مِش آخِر الدُّنْيَا.il-GHAL-ta mish AA-khir id-DUN-ya.A mistake isn't the end of the world.
أَنَا وَاثِق فِيك, وِالمَشْرَبِيَّة تِسْتَاهِل.A-na WAA-si' feek wil-mash-ra-BIY-ya tis-TAA-hil.I trust you, and the screen is worth it.