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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Intermediate Level 1

PART 3 · LESSON 27 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

A Hundred Years Ago

The old house on the West Bank of Luxor with its owner: my grandfather built it a hundred years ago, my father lived in it long ago, the roof fell last year in the winter rain, the door broke two months ago, and the walls will stand another hundred years.

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THE STORY

An old mud-brick house on the West Bank of Luxor, its owner showing Leo the rooms. The owner, an old man, speaks plainly to Leo; Leo answers politely.

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مِن مِيت سَنَة.min MEET SA-naa hundred years ago: from, then a hundred years
جِدِّي بَنَى البِيت دَه مِن مِيت سَنَة.GID-di BA-na il-BEET da min MEET SA-na.My grandfather built this house a hundred years ago.
وِمِين كَان سَاكِن فِيه?wi-MEEN kaan SAA-kin feeh?And who lived in it?
جِيت مَصْر مِن سَنَتِين.GEET masr min sa-na-TEEN.I came to Egypt two years ago.
أَبُويَا زَمَان, وِبَعْدِين مَحَدِّش.a-BOO-ya za-MAAN, wi-ba3-DEEN ma-7AD-dish.My father long ago, and then no one.
وِالسَّقْف وِقِع إِمْتَى?wis-SA'F WI-'i3 IM-ta?And when did the roof fall?
السَّنَة اللِّي فَاتِت.is-SA-na IL-li FAA-titlast year: the year that passed
السَّنَة اللِّي فَاتِت, فِي مَطَر الشِّتَا.is-SA-na IL-li FAA-tit, fi MA-tar ish-SHI-ta.Last year, in the winter rain.
وِالبَاب اِتْكَسَر إِمْتَى?wil-BAAB it-KA-sar IM-ta?And when did the door break?
مِن شَهْرِين, الخَشَب كَان تَعْبَان.min shah-REEN, il-KHA-shab kaan ta3-BAAN.Two months ago, the wood was tired.

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