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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Fluency Level 3

PART 3 · LESSON 26 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Filming the Opening

Karim and Mona set up to film the opening in the courtyard: two microphones, both the speech and the neighbours, not only the hall but the rooms too, whether the speech or the mistakes. It is the documentary's last scene: the man who came to draw one house.

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THE STORY

The courtyard of the restored house in al-Darb al-Ahmar, the afternoon of the opening. Karim films, Mona does the sound. The three friends say the plain you to each other.

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مِيكْرُفُونَيْن, وَاحِد جَنْب النَّافُورَة.mek-ru-fo-NEEN WAA-7id ganb in-na-FOO-ra.Two microphones, one by the fountain.
بَصَوَّر الكِلْمَة وِالجِيرَان, الاِتْنِين.ba-SAW-war ik-KIL-ma wig-ge-RAAN a-lit-NEEN.I'm filming both the speech and the neighbours.
مِش بَسّ القَاعَة.mish bass il-'AA-3anot only the hall
مِش بَسّ القَاعَة, الأُوَض كَمَان.mish bass il-'AA-3a il-'U-wad ka-MAAN.Not only the hall, the rooms too.
سَوَاء الكِلْمَة أَوْ الغَلَطَات.sa-WAA' ik-KIL-ma aw il-gha-la-TAAT.Whether the speech or the mistakes.
لاَ غَلَطَات وَلاَ حَاجَة.la gha-la-TAAT WA-la 7AA-ga.Neither mistakes nor anything.
دَايْماً فِيه غَلَطَات, عَشَان كِدَه التَّسْجِيل.DAY-man feeh gha-la-TAAT 3a-SHAAN KI-da it-tas-GEEL.There are always mistakes, that's what a recording is for.
وِدِي آخِر لَقْطَة فِي الفِيلْم.wi-di AA-khir LA'-ta fi il-FEELM.And it's the film's last scene.
الرَّاجِل اللِّي جِه يِرْسِم بِيت وَاحِد.ir-RAA-gil IL-li gih YIR-sim beet WAA-7id.The man who came to draw one house.