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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Intermediate Level 1

PART 3 · LESSON 30 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Two Years

Ramses station at seven in the morning, Salma on the platform, then lunch at the family table: how was Luxor, the project is mine, your first project, my season starts next week, in two years I learned to speak, to get upset and to make up, and Mona is coming to lunch.

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THE STORY

Ramses station at seven in the morning, Salma on the platform, then the family table in Heliopolis at lunch. Leo speaks plainly to Salma and Karim and politely to Madame Nadia and Uncle Mahmoud.

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رِجِعْت! الأُقْصُر كَانِت إِزَّاي?ri-GI3T! il-'U'-sur KAA-nit iz-ZAAY?You're back! How was Luxor?
وَحَشْتِنِي.wa-7ASH-ti-niI missed you, said to a man
وَحَشْتِينِي, يَا سَلْمَى.wa-7ash-TEE-ni, ya SAL-ma.I missed you, Salma.
البِيت جَمِيل, وِالمَشْرُوع بِتَاعِي.il-BEET ga-MEEL, wil-mash-ROO3 bi-TAA-3i.The house is beautiful, and the project is mine.
أَوِّل مَشْرُوع لِيك!AW-wil mash-ROO3 leek!Your first project!
الأُسْبُوع الجَايّ.il-us-BOO3 ig-GAAYnext week: the week, the coming one
وِمَوْسِمِي بِيِبْدَأ الأُسْبُوع الجَايّ.wi-MOO-si-mi bi-YIB-da il-us-BOO3 ig-GAAY.And my season starts next week.
اُقْعُد يَا لِيُو, وِاحْكِي لِنَا.U'-3ud ya LI-yu, WI7-ki LI-na.Sit, Leo, and tell us.
اِتْعَلِّمْت أَتْكَلِّم.it-3al-LIMT at-KAL-limI learned to speak: I learned, then I speak
فِي سَنَتِين اِتْعَلِّمْت أَتْكَلِّم, وَأَزْعَل, وَأَصَالِح.fi sa-na-TEEN it-3al-LIMT at-KAL-lim, wa-'AZ-3al, wa-'a-SAA-li7.In two years I learned to speak, to get upset, and to make up.

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