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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Intermediate Level 1

PART 1 · LESSON 3 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Hotel in Luxor

The group's hotel in Luxor: the rooms are ready, twelve rooms and the keys please, I used to come here every winter, I used to run around and my father used to go to the temples, breakfast is from six.

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THE STORY

The desk of the group's hotel in Luxor, seven in the morning. Salma checks her group in and remembers the winters she came here as a child; the clerk and the guests use the polite you with each other, Leo and Salma speak plainly.

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أَهْلاً, أُوَض الجْرُوب جَاهْزَة.AH-lan, U-wad ig-GROOB GAH-za.Hello; the group's rooms are ready.
حَضْرِتِك مَعَ الجْرُوب?7ad-RIT-ik MA-3a ig-GROOB?Are you with the group?
الأُوضَة جَاهْزَة?il-OO-da GAH-za?Is the room ready?
اِتْنَاشَر أُوضَة, وِالمَفَاتِيح لَوْ سَمَحْت.it-NAA-shar OO-da, wil-ma-fa-TEE7 law sa-MA7T.Twelve rooms, and the keys please.
كُنْت بَاجِي هِنَا.KUNT BAA-gi HI-naI used to come here
كُنْت بَاجِي هِنَا كُلّ شِتَا.KUNT BAA-gi HI-na kull SHI-ta.I used to come here every winter.
وِكُنْتِ بِتِعْمِلِي إِيه?wi-KUN-ti bi-ti3-MI-li eeh?And what did you use to do?
كُنْت بَاجْرِي, وِبَابَا كَان بِيرُوح المَعَابِد.KUNT BAG-ri, wi-BAA-ba kaan bi-ROO7 il-ma-3AA-bid.I used to run around, and my father used to go to the temples.
وِكُنْتِ بِتْحِبِّي المَعَابِد?wi-KUN-ti bit-7IB-bi il-ma-3AA-bid?And did you use to like the temples?
كُنْت بَاكْرَهْهَا, وِدِلْوَقْتِي هِيَّ شُغْلِي.KUNT bak-RAH-ha, wi-dil-WA'-ti HIY-ya SHUGH-li.I used to hate them; now they're my job.

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