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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Intermediate Level 1

PART 2 · LESSON 15 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The First Evening of Ramadan

The first evening of Ramadan at the Mansours' table in Heliopolis: Ramadan greetings, the lantern is for you, when do we eat, when the cannon fires, when I came in I smelled the soup, when Grandma cooks the building smells it, start with a date, eat and talk after.

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THE STORY

The Mansours' dining room in Heliopolis on the first evening of Ramadan, a lantern on the table and the cannon about to fire. Madame Nadia, Uncle Mahmoud and Grandma speak plainly to Leo; Leo is polite with them.

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رَمَضَان كَرِيم.ra-ma-DAAN ka-REEMRamadan greetings, word for word Ramadan is generous
رَمَضَان كَرِيم, الفَانُوس دَه لِيك.ra-ma-DAAN ka-REEM, il-fa-NOOS da leek.Ramadan greetings; this lantern is for you.
كُلّ سَنَة وِحَضْرِتِك طَيِّبَة.kull SA-na wi-7ad-RI-tik tay-YI-ba.Many happy returns.
بِنَاكُل إِمْتَى?bi-NAA-kul IM-ta?When do we eat?
لَمَّا المَدْفَع يِضْرَب.LAM-ma il-MAD-fa3 YID-rab.When the cannon fires.
لَمَّا دَخَلْت, شَمِّيت الشُّرْبَة.LAM-ma da-KHALT, sham-MEET ish-SHUR-ba.When I came in, I smelled the soup.
لَمَّا تِيتَة تِطْبُخ, العِمَارَة بِتْشِمّ.LAM-ma TEE-ta TIT-bukh, il-3i-MAA-ra bit-SHIMM.When Grandma cooks, the building smells it.
لَمَّا تِسْمَع المَدْفَع, اِبْدَأ بِبَلَحَة.LAM-ma TIS-ma3 il-MAD-fa3, IB-da' bi-ba-LA-7a.When you hear the cannon, start with a date.
لَمَّا كَلْت أَوِّل بَلَحَة, فِهِمْت رَمَضَان.LAM-ma kalt AW-wil BA-la-7a, fi-HIMT ra-ma-DAAN.When I ate my first date, I understood Ramadan.
كُل, وِاتْكَلِّم بَعْدِين.kul, wit-KAL-lim ba3-DEEN.Eat, and talk after.