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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Fluency Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 5 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Cake and the Inscription

At the pastry shop in Heliopolis, Leo orders the cake for Grandma's ninetieth and learns what goes on it, the full name with its title: the titles Cairenes give one another, Madame, Mister and engineer, on paper and aloud.

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THE STORY

A pastry shop in Heliopolis, a weekday afternoon. Leo and the shopkeeper, an older man, say the polite you to each other; the shopkeeper calls him engineer, then sir.

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عَايِز تُورْتَة لِيُوم السَّبْت.3AA-yiz TOR-ta li-YOOM is-SABT.I want a cake for Saturday.
نِكْتِب عَلِيهَا إِيه, يَا بَشْمُهَنْدِس?NIK-tib 3a-LEE-ha eeh ya bash-mu-HAN-dis?What do we write on it, engineer?
تِيتَة فَوْزِيَّة.TEE-ta fo-ZIY-ya.Grandma Fawzeya.
الاِسْم بِاللَّقَب.a-LISM bil-LA-'abthe name with the title
عَلَى التُّورْتَة, الاِسْم بِاللَّقَب.3A-la it-TOR-ta a-LISM bil-LA-'ab.On the cake, the name with the title.
مَدَام فَوْزِيَّة, مِش تِيتَة.ma-DAAM fo-ZIY-ya mish TEE-ta.Madame Fawzeya, not Grandma.
وِتَحْتْهَا عُقْبَال المِيَّة.wi-TA7T-ha 3u'-BAAL il-MIY-ya.And under it, may you reach a hundred.
تِسْعِين شَمْعَة مِش هَتِخُشّ.tis-3EEN SHAM-3a mish ha-ti-KHUSH.Ninety candles won't fit.
هَتْقُول إِنّهَا مِش رَقَم.hat-'OOL INN-ha mish RA-'am.She'll say she's not a number.
كُلّهُم بِيقُولُوا كِدَه, يَا أُسْتَاذ.KULL-hum be-'OO-lu KI-da ya us-TAAZ.They all say that, sir.