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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Fluency Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 6 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Writing the Word

In the kitchen in Maadi at night, Salma cuts Leo's three pages down to one story: the shape of a word at an Egyptian table, asking the room's leave, one story, the wish, and sitting down.

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THE STORY

The kitchen of Leo and Salma's flat in Maadi, late at night, three handwritten pages on the table. Husband and wife speak plainly to each other.

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كَتَبْت تَلاَت صَفَحَات.ka-TABT ta-LAAT sa-fa-7AAT.I've written three pages.
كِلْمِة السُّفْرَة حِكَايَة وَاحْدَة.KIL-mit is-SUF-ra 7i-KAA-ya WA7-da.The table word is one story.
أَنْهِي حِكَايَة يَعْنِي?AN-hi 7i-KAA-ya YA3-ni?Which story, then?
أَوِّل جُمْعَة, لَمَّا أَكَّلِتَك.AW-wil GUM-3a LAM-ma ak-KA-li-tak.Your first Friday, when she fed you.
قُلْت شُكْراً سِتّ مَرَّات.'ult SHUK-ran sitt mar-RAAT.I said thank you six times.
دِي الحِكَايَة, بَعْدِين الدُّعَا.di il-7i-KAA-ya ba3-DEEN id-DU-3a.That's the story, then the wish.
أَبْدَأ إِزَّاي, يَا سَلْمَى?AB-da' iz-ZAAY ya SAL-ma?How do I start, Salma?
عَن إِذْنْكُم.3an IZN-kumwith your leave, all of you
عَن إِذْنْكُم, كِلْمِتِين.3an IZN-kum kil-mi-TEEN.With your leave, two words.
رَبِّنَا يِخَلِّيكِي لِينَا.rab-BI-na yi-khal-LEE-ki LEE-namay God keep you for us, to a woman

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