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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Intermediate Level 1

PART 3 · LESSON 25 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

It Turned Out

An evening by Lake Qarun, Karim's phone finally down: who talked to you for an hour, that was Mona, it turned out she works next to my office, it turned out she takes the same metro, how did you find out, it turns out Cairo is small.

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THE STORY

The shore of Lake Qarun in the Fayoum at dusk, Leo and Karim on the sand after a long phone call. Friends of the same age speak plainly to each other.

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مِين اللِّي كَلِّمَك سَاعَة فِي التِّلِيفُون?meen IL-li kal-LI-mak SAA-3a fi it-ti-li-FOON?Who talked to you for an hour on the phone?
دِي مُنَى, يَا لِيُو.di MU-na, ya LI-yu.That was Mona, Leo.
مُنَى صَاحْبِة سَلْمَى?MU-na SA7-bit SAL-ma?Mona, Salma's friend?
طِلْعِت.TIL-3itit turned out, for a she
طِلْعِت بِتِشْتَغَل جَنْب مَكْتَبِي.TIL-3it bi-tish-TA-ghal ganb mak-TA-bi.It turned out she works next to my office.
عِرِفْت إِنَّهَا صَاحْبِة سَلْمَى.3i-RIFT in-NA-ha SA7-bit SAL-ma.I found out that she's Salma's friend.
وِبِتْكَلِّمْهَا كُلّ يُوم?wi-bit-kal-LIM-ha kull yoom?And you talk to her every day?
وِطِلْعِت بْتَاخُد نَفْس المِتْرُو.wi-TIL-3it BTAA-khud nafs il-MIT-ru.And it turned out she takes the same metro.
وِعِرِفْت إِزَّاي?wi-3i-RIFT iz-ZAAY?And how did you find out?
عِرِفْت لَمَّا شُفْتَهَا تَلاَت مَرَّات.3i-RIFT LAM-ma shuf-TA-ha TA-lat mar-RAAT.I found out when I saw her three times.

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