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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Intermediate Level 1

PART 2 · LESSON 16 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Grandma's Village Ramadan

Madame Nadia's kitchen before the meal, Grandma's Ramadan in the village: before we ate we ran to the roof, after we ate we drank tea at the door, before I married my mother cooked, after I married I cooked for twenty, before you came we were ten, after we eat I'll wash the dishes.

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THE STORY

Madame Nadia's kitchen in Heliopolis an hour before the Ramadan meal, Grandma on a chair by the stove. Grandma and Madame Nadia speak plainly to Leo; Leo is polite with them both.

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قَبْل مَا نَاكُل, كُنَّا بِنِجْرِي عَلَى السَّطْح.'abl ma NAA-kul, KUN-na bi-NIG-ri 3A-la is-SAT7.Before we ate, we used to run to the roof.
وِبَعْد مَا كَلْتُوا?wi-BA3D ma KAL-tu?And after you ate?
بَعْد مَا كَلْنَا, كُنَّا بِنِشْرَب شَاي.ba3d ma KAL-na, KUN-na bi-NISH-rab shaay.After we ate, we used to drink tea.
حَضْرِتِك كُنْتِ بِتِطْبُخِي?7ad-RI-tik KUN-ti bi-tit-BU-khi?Did you use to cook?
قَبْل مَا أَتْجَوِّز, أُمِّي كَانِت بِتِطْبُخ.'abl ma at-GAW-wiz, UM-mi KAA-nit bi-TIT-bukh.Before I married, my mother used to cook.
وِبَعْد مَا اِتْجَوِّزْت, طَبَخْت لِعِشْرِين.wi-BA3D ma it-gaw-WIZT, ta-BAKHT li-3ish-REEN.And after I married, I cooked for twenty.
عِشْرِين وَاحِد!3ish-REEN WAA-7id!Twenty people!
قَبْل مَا تِيجِي كُنَّا عَشَرَة, دِلْوَقْتِي حِدَاشَر.'abl ma TEE-gi KUN-na 3A-sha-ra, dil-WA'-ti 7i-DAA-shar.Before you came, we were ten; now eleven.
بَعْد مَا نَاكُل, هَاغْسِل المَوَاعِين.ba3d ma NAA-kul, HAGH-sil il-ma-wa-3EEN.After we eat, I'll wash the dishes.