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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Fluency Level 3

PART 3 · LESSON 24 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Speech on Paper

In the kitchen in Heliopolis, Madame Nadia reads the speech Leo wrote for the printed programme while the Announcer reads the invitation: the honoured attendees, the restored house is a historic monument. On paper the Standard Arabic stays; in the courtyard Leo will say everyone, and the house is old and standing.

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THE STORY

The kitchen of the Mansours' flat in Heliopolis, an evening before the opening. Leo says the polite you to Madame Nadia, a retired Arabic teacher; she calls him Leo with the plain you. The Announcer reads the printed invitation in Standard Arabic.

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السَّاعَةَ السَّادِسَةَ مَسَاءً.is-sa-3A-ta is-sa-DI-sa-ta ma-SAA-'anthe sixth hour in the evening, the way paper says six
تَتَشَرَّفُ الوَرْشَةُ بِدَعْوَتِكُم, السَّاعَةَ السَّادِسَةَ مَسَاءً.ta-ta-shar-RA-fu il-war-SHA-tu bi-da3-WA-ti-kum is-sa-3A-ta is-sa-DI-sa-ta ma-SAA-'an.The workshop has the honour of inviting you, at six in the evening.
السَّادَة الحُضُور? قُول يَا جَمَاعَة.is-SAA-da il-7u-DOOR 'ool ya ga-MAA-3a.The honoured attendees? Say everyone.
البَيْتُ المُرَمَّمُ أَثَرٌ تَارِيخِيّ.il-BEE-tu il-mu-ram-MA-mu A-sa-run ta-re-KHIYY.The restored house is a historic monument.
بِالمَصْرِي, البِيت قَدِيم وِوَاقِف.bil-MAS-ri il-BEET 'a-DEEM wi-WAA-'if.In Egyptian, the house is old and standing.
أَكْتِب وَاحْدَة وِأَقُول وَاحْدَة?AK-tib WA7-da wi-a-'OOL WA7-da?I write one and say another?
وَأَنَا أَرَاجِع الاِتْنِين.wa-A-na a-RAA-gi3 a-lit-NEEN.And I check both.
زَيّ تَلاَمْذَة حَضْرِتِك.zayy ta-LAM-za 7ad-RI-tik.Like your students.
زَيّ دَايْماً, يَا لِيُو.zayy DAY-man ya LI-yu.Like always, Leo.