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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Intermediate Level 1

PART 1 · LESSON 5 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Best Shop in Luxor

The Luxor bazaar, a scarf for Madame Nadia: come in, the best shop in Luxor; the best or the most expensive; the cheapest in the bazaar; how much is the most beautiful one; three hundred, for you two hundred; a hundred and seventy, and it's the best.

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THE STORY

A shop in the Luxor bazaar, late morning, Leo looking for a scarf for Madame Nadia. The shopkeeper and his customers use the polite you with each other; Leo and Salma speak plainly.

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اِتْفَضَّل, أَحْسَن مَحَلّ فِي الأُقْصُر.it-FAD-dal, AH-san ma-7ALL fi il-'U'-sur.Come in, the best shop in Luxor.
دِي أَجْمَل حَاجَة فِي المَحَلّ.di AG-mal 7AA-ga fi il-ma-7ALL.This is the most beautiful thing in the shop.
أَحْسَن, وَلاَّ أَغْلَى?AH-san, WAL-la AGH-la?The best, or the most expensive?
بُصّ الطَّرْحَة دِي.buss it-TAR-7a dilook at this scarf
أَرْخَص مَحَلّ فِي السُّوق, بُصّ الطَّرْحَة دِي.AR-khas ma-7ALL fi is-SOO', buss it-TAR-7a di.The cheapest shop in the bazaar; look at this scarf.
بِكَام أَجْمَل وَاحْدَة?bi-KAAM AG-mal WA7-da?How much is the most beautiful one?
عَنْد حَضْرِتَك أَرْخَص مِن دِي?3and 7ad-RIT-ak AR-khas min di?Do you have cheaper than this?
تُلْتُمِيَّة, وِلِحَضْرِتَك مِيتِين.tul-tu-MIY-ya, wi-li-7ad-RIT-ak mi-TEEN.Three hundred; for you, two hundred.
المَحَلّ التَّانِي قَال مِيَّة وِخَمْسِين.il-ma-7ALL it-TAA-ni 'aal MIY-ya wi-kham-SEEN.The other shop said a hundred and fifty.
يَعْنِي دِي الأَرْخَص, وِدِي الأَحْسَن.YA3-ni di il-AR-khas, wi-di il-AH-san.So that one is the cheapest, and this one is the best.

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