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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Fluency Level 3

PART 3 · LESSON 28 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Last Run-Through

The night before the opening, in the kitchen in Maadi, Salma times Leo's speech and Grandma listens: three and a half minutes, too long; don't explain, say; speak the way you speak to me; the craftsmen, the neighbours and the family, then silence; tonight the house opens its door, and that's all; and say nothing after it.

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THE STORY

The kitchen of Leo and Salma's flat in Maadi, the night before the opening of the house. Salma and Leo say the plain you to each other; Grandma speaks plainly to everyone, and Leo says the polite you to her.

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تَلاَت دَقَايِق وِنُصّ, طَوِيلَة.ta-LAAT da-'AA-yi' wi-NUSS ta-WEE-la.Three and a half minutes, too long.
طَوِيلَة فِين, أَنْهِي حِتَّة?ta-WEE-la feen AN-hi 7IT-ta?Long where, which part?
فِي النُّصّ. مَتْفَسَّرْش, قُول.fi in-NUSS mat-fas-SARSH 'ool.In the middle. Don't explain, say.
اِتْكَلِّم زَيّ مَا بِتِتْكَلِّم مَعَايَا.it-KAL-lim zayy ma bi-tit-KAL-lim ma-3AA-ya.Speak the way you speak to me.
وِالجِيرَان وِالعِيلَة.wig-ge-RAAN wil-3EE-laand the neighbours and the family
الصَّنَايْعِيَّة وِالجِيرَان وِالعِيلَة.is-sa-nay-3IY-ya wig-ge-RAAN wil-3EE-la.The craftsmen, the neighbours and the family.
تَلاَت كِلْمَات, وِبَعْدِين سُكُوت.ta-LAAT kil-MAAT wi-ba3-DEEN su-KOOT.Three words, then silence.
اللَّيْلَة البِيت بِيِفْتَح بَابُه, وَبَسّ.il-LEE-la il-BEET bi-YIF-ta7 BAA-bu wa-BASS.Tonight the house opens its door, and that's all.
وِمَتْقُولْش حَاجَة بَعْدَهَا, دِي الأَصْعَب.wi-mat-'OOLSH 7AA-ga ba3-DA-ha di il-'AS-3ab.And say nothing after it, that's the hardest.