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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Intermediate Level 1

PART 1 · LESSON 7 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

A Felucca at Sunset

A felucca at Aswan with a Nubian captain: where did you come from today, we came by train and it took three hours, how long did you stay, we stayed three days, the group went to the hotel, we'll sail till the sun goes down, forty years with his father.

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THE STORY

A felucca on the Nile at Aswan, an hour before sunset; the Nubian captain, in his sixties, speaks plainly to the young couple, and Leo answers politely. Leo and Salma speak plainly to each other.

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جِيتُوا مِنِين النَّهَارْدَه?GEE-tu mi-NEEN in-na-HAR-da?Where did you come from today?
خَدِت سَاعَة وِنُصّ.KHA-dit SAA-3a wi-NUSS.It took an hour and a half.
جِينَا بِالقَطْر, خَدِت تَلاَت سَاعَات.GEE-na bil-'ATR, KHA-dit ta-LAAT sa-3AAT.We came by train; it took three hours.
وِقَعَدْتُوا قَدّ إِيه?wi-'a-3AD-tu 'add eeh?And how long did you stay?
قَعَدْنَا تَلاَت أَيَّام.'a-3AD-na ta-LAAT ay-YAAM.We stayed three days.
هُمَّا رَاحُوا الفُنْدُق.HUM-ma RAA-7u il-FUN-du'.They went to the hotel.
الجْرُوب رَاحُوا الفُنْدُق, وِإِحْنَا هِنَا.ig-GROOB RAA-7u il-FUN-du', wi-I7-na HI-na.The group went to the hotel, and we are here.
هَنِمْشِي سَاعَة, لِحَدّ مَا الشَّمْس تِغِيب.ha-NIM-shi SAA-3a, li-7ADD ma ish-SHAMS ti-GHEEB.We'll sail an hour, till the sun goes down.
حَضْرِتَك اِتْعَلِّمْت مِن وَالْدَك?7ad-RIT-ak it-3al-LIMT min WAL-dak?Did you learn from your father?
أَرْبِعِين سَنَة مَعَاه, وِهُوَّ مَعَ أَبُوه.ar-bi-3EEN SA-na ma-3AAH, wi-HUW-wa MA-3a a-BOOH.Forty years with him, and he with his father.