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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Intermediate Level 1

PART 1 · LESSON 8 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Hibiscus Tea

Hibiscus tea in a Nubian house across the water from Aswan: sit, the tea is ready; Aswan is as warm as summer, and here it's like spring; this tea is the same as Grandma's; hibiscus, different from yours, with more sugar; your house is much prettier; is Nubian the same as Arabic.

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THE STORY

A Nubian house across the water from Aswan, afternoon, tea on the floor cushions. The host, in her fifties, speaks plainly to her guests and Leo answers politely; Leo and Salma speak plainly to each other.

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اُقْعُدُوا, الشَّاي جَاهِز.U'-3u-du, ish-SHAAY GAA-hiz.Sit down, the tea is ready.
أَسْوَان دَافْيَة زَيّ الصَّيْف.as-WAAN DAF-ya zayy is-SEEF.Aswan is as warm as summer.
الجَوّ هِنَا أَحْلَى بِكْتِير.ig-GAWW HI-na A7-la bik-TEER.The weather here is much nicer.
وِهِنَا زَيّ الرَّبِيع.wi-HI-na zayy ir-ra-BEE3.And here it's like spring.
الشَّاي دَه نَفْس شَاي تِيتَة.ish-SHAAY da nafs shaay TEE-ta.This tea is the same as Grandma's tea.
الأَلْوَان نَفْس أَلْوَان النِّيل.il-al-WAAN nafs al-WAAN in-NEEL.The colours are the same as the Nile's.
كَرْكَدِيه, غَيْر بِتَاعْكُم, فِيه سُكَّر أَكْتَر.kar-ka-DEEH, gheer bi-ta3-KUM, feeh SUK-kar AK-tar.Hibiscus, different from yours; there's more sugar in it.
بَيْت حَضْرِتِك أَحْلَى بِكْتِير.beet 7ad-RIT-ik A7-la bik-TEER.Your house is much prettier.
النُّوبِي نَفْس العَرَبِي?in-NOO-bi nafs il-3A-ra-bi?Is Nubian the same as Arabic?
لأ, لُغَة غَيْر خَالِص.la, LU-gha gheer KHAA-lis.No, a completely different language.