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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Intermediate Level 2

PART 3 · LESSON 28 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Mother's Day

The twenty-first of March at the Mansours': flowers for Madame Nadia while the papers wait, and even if they refuse, you apply again, and you eat; Grandma: even if the sky falls, lunch first.

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The Mansours' flat in Heliopolis, the twenty-first of March; Madame Nadia, Grandma and Leo. Leo says the polite you to both; Madame Nadia calls him Leo with the plain you, and Grandma speaks plainly to everyone.

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وَرْد, يَا لِيُو? دَه عِيد الأُمّ!ward, ya LI-yu? da 3eed il-'UMM!Flowers, Leo? It's Mother's Day!
كُلّ سَنَة وِحَضْرِتِك طَيِّبَة.kull SA-na wi-7ad-RI-tik tay-YI-ba.Every year and you're well.
وِإِنْتَ طَيِّب, يَا لِيُو.wi-IN-ta TAY-yib, ya LI-yu.And you too, Leo.
حَتَّى لَوْ مِش أُمِّي.7AT-ta law mish UM-mieven if you're not my mother
حَتَّى لَوْ مِش أُمِّي, أَكَّلْتِينِي سَنَتِين.7AT-ta law mish UM-mi, ak-kal-TEE-ni sa-na-TEEN.Even if you're not my mother, you've fed me two years.
حَتَّى لَوْ الوَرَق اِتْأَخَّر, هَتَاكُل.7AT-ta law il-WA-ra' it-'AKH-khar, ha-TAA-kul.Even if the papers are late, you'll eat.
وِحَتَّى لَوْ رَفَضُوا?wi-7AT-ta law ra-FA-du?And even if they refuse?
حَتَّى لَوْ رَفَضُوا, تِقَدِّم تَانِي.7AT-ta law ra-FA-du, ti-'AD-dim TAA-ni.Even if they refuse, you apply again.
وَلَوْ السَّمَا وِقْعِت, الغَدَا الأَوَّل.wa-LAW is-SA-ma WI'-3it, il-GHA-da il-AW-wil.Even if the sky falls, lunch first.
حَاضِر, يَا تِيتَا.7AA-dir, ya TEE-ta.Yes, Grandma.

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