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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Fluency Level 3

PART 3 · LESSON 25 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Fountain

The morning of the opening, in the courtyard: the fountain isn't running, the workshop's electrician is sick till Sunday, and Leo takes it on himself, let me, I have my tools, on my responsibility, forty minutes with Mister Fathi next to him. It runs, and sounds like rain.

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THE STORY

The courtyard of the restored house in al-Darb al-Ahmar, the morning of the opening. Leo says the polite you to Mister Fathi, the boss of the workshop, who says the plain you and calls him engineer; Ramez the apprentice says the polite you to Leo.

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النَّافُورَة مِش شَغَّالَة.in-na-FOO-ra mish shagh-GHAA-la.The fountain isn't running.
الكَهْرَبَائِي عَيَّان لِحَدّ الحَدّ.ik-kah-ra-BAA-'i 3ay-YAAN li-7ADD il-7ADD.The electrician is sick till Sunday.
خَلِّينِي أَنَا, العِدَّة مَعَايَا.khal-LEE-ni A-na il-3ID-da ma-3AA-ya.Let me, I have my tools with me.
عَلَى مَسْؤُولِيّتِي.3A-la mas-'o-LIYY-tion my responsibility
عَلَى مَسْؤُولِيّتِي, وِحَضْرِتَك جَنْبِي.3A-la mas-'o-LIYY-ti wi-7ad-RI-tak GAN-bi.On my responsibility, and you next to me.
أَرْبِعِين دِقِيقَة, وَلاَ دِقِيقَة زِيَادَة.ar-bi-3EEN di-'EE-'a WA-la di-'EE-'a zi-YAA-da.Forty minutes, not a minute more.
سِيبْهَا عَلَيَّ, يَا أُسْتَاذ فَتْحِي.SEB-ha 3a-LAY-ya ya us-TAAZ FAT-7i.Leave it to me, Mister Fathi.
شَغَّالَة! صُوتْهَا زَيّ المَطَرَة.shagh-GHAA-la SOT-ha zayy il-MA-ta-ra.It's running! It sounds like rain.
مَشُفْت حَاجَة, الكَهْرَبَائِي جِه.ma-SHUFT 7AA-ga ik-kah-ra-BAA-'i gih.I saw nothing, the electrician came.