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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Intermediate Level 2

PART 2 · LESSON 11 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Date

At the Mansours' table Karim announces the wedding date, the last Thursday of January at a hall on the Nile, and the family asks what if: what if it rains, what if Grandma won't come, what if the hall is booked.

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THE STORY

Supper at the Mansours' flat in Heliopolis, a January evening. Karim has set his wedding date with Mona and tells his parents; Leo is at the table. Karim speaks plainly to his parents; Leo says the polite you to Madame Nadia and Uncle Mahmoud.

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كَرِيم, الفَرَح إِمْتَى?ka-REEM, il-FA-ra7 IM-ta?Karim, when's the wedding?
آخِر خَمِيس فِي يِنَايِر.AA-khir kha-MEES fi yi-NAA-yirthe last Thursday of January
اِخْتَرْنَا آخِر خَمِيس فِي يِنَايِر, فِي قَاعَة عَلَى النِّيل.ikh-TAR-na AA-khir kha-MEES fi yi-NAA-yir, fi 'AA-3a 3A-la in-NEEL.We've chosen the last Thursday of January, at a hall on the Nile.
يِنَايِر? وِلَوْ الدُّنْيَا مَطَّرِت?yi-NAA-yir? wi-LAW id-DUN-ya mat-TA-rit?January? And what if it rains?
اِفْرِضِي مَطَّرِت يَا مَامَا, القَاعَة لِيهَا سَقْف.if-RI-di mat-TA-rit ya MAA-ma, il-'AA-3a LEE-ha sa'f.Suppose it rains, Mum, the hall has a roof.
وِلَوْ تِيتَة مَاجَتْش فِي البَرْد?wi-LAW TEE-ta ma-GATSH fi il-BARD?And what if Grandma doesn't come in the cold?
اِفْرِض نِبْعَت لِيُو, هَتِيجِي عَشَان لِيُو.IF-rid NIB-3at LI-yu, ha-TEE-gi 3a-SHAAN LI-yu.Suppose we send Leo, she'll come for Leo.
وِلَوْ القَاعَة مَحْجُوزَة?wi-LAW il-'AA-3a ma7-GOO-za?And what if the hall is booked?
مَحْجُوزَة لِينَا, دَفَعْت العَرَبُون الصُّبْح.ma7-GOO-za LEE-na, da-FA3T il-3a-ra-BOON is-SUB7.Booked for us, I paid the deposit this morning.