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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Intermediate Level 2

PART 3 · LESSON 22 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Broker

A broker on Tahrir street in Dokki shows Leo flats in one morning: it must be near the metro, it must be quiet, the rent must be under ten thousand.

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THE STORY

A broker's office on Tahrir street in Dokki, a Saturday morning in February; the broker and Leo say the polite you to each other, and the broker calls him engineer.

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حَضْرِتَك عَايِز شَقَّة إِيه?7ad-RI-tak 3AA-yiz SHA'-'a eeh?What flat do you want?
جَنْب المِتْرُو وِهَادْيَة.ganb il-MIT-ru wi-HAD-yanear the metro, and quiet
لَازِم تِكُون جَنْب المِتْرُو وِهَادْيَة.LAA-zim ti-KOON ganb il-MIT-ru wi-HAD-ya.It must be near the metro, and quiet.
يَبْقَى لَازِم تِكُون حِلْم.YAB-'a LAA-zim ti-KOON 7ILM.Then it must be a dream.
وِفِيهَا بَلَكُونَة?wi-FEE-ha ba-la-KO-na?And does it have a balcony?
الإِيجَار كَام?il-'ee-GAAR kaam?How much is the rent?
وِالإِيجَار لَازِم يِكُون تَحْت عَشَرَة.wil-'ee-GAAR LAA-zim yi-KOON ta7t 3A-sha-ra.And the rent must be under ten.
دِي بِتِسْعَة وِنُصّ.di bi-TIS-3a wi-NUSS.This one is nine and a half.
أَدْوَش شَارِع.AD-wash SHAA-ri3the noisiest street
دَه لَازِم يِكُون أَدْوَش شَارِع فِي مَصْر.da LAA-zim yi-KOON AD-wash SHAA-ri3 fi MASR.This must be the noisiest street in Egypt.

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