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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Intermediate Level 1

PART 3 · LESSON 23 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Bowl with the Fish

A potter's workshop in Tunis village, in the Fayoum: the pots made this morning, the son who paints them, the blue the Fayoum is famous for, the bowl that has a fish on it, and the one next to it, a gift.

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THE STORY

A potter's workshop in Tunis village, shelves of blue bowls. The potter, an older man, speaks plainly to Leo; Leo answers politely.

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الأَطْبَاق دِي اِتْعَمَلِت الصُّبْح.il-'at-BAA' di it-3A-ma-lit is-SUB7.These pots were made this morning.
مِين اللِّي بِيِرْسِمْهَا?meen IL-li bi-yir-SIM-ha?Who is the one who paints them?
اِبْنِي, اللِّي دَرَس فِي القَاهِرَة.IB-ni, IL-li DA-ras fi il-QAA-hi-ra.My son, the one who studied in Cairo.
الأَزْرَق اللِّي الفَيُّوم مَشْهُورَة بِيه.il-'AZ-ra' IL-li il-fay-YOOM mash-HOO-ra beeh.The blue the Fayoum is famous for.
الطَّبَق دَه بِكَام?it-TA-ba' da bi-KAAM?How much is this bowl?
عَايِز الطَّبَق اللِّي عَلَيْه سَمَكَة.3AA-yiz it-TA-ba' IL-li 3a-LEEH SA-ma-ka.I want the bowl that has a fish on it.
اللِّي عَلَى الرَّفّ مِش لِلْبِيع.IL-li 3a-lar-RAFF mish lil-BEE3.The one on the shelf isn't for sale.
طَيِّب, اللِّي جَنْبُه.TAY-yib, IL-li GAM-bu.Then the one next to it.
اللِّي جَنْبُه بِتَاعَك, هِدِيَّة.IL-li GAM-bu bi-TAA-3ak, hi-DEY-ya.The one next to it is yours, a gift.