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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Intermediate Level 2

PART 1 · LESSON 3 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Supper at Nine

Salma comes home pale after a dawn start, and Madame Nadia and Leo tell her what she needs to do and what she'd better do: eat, sleep early, and wake her at six.

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THE STORY

The Mansours' kitchen in Heliopolis at nine in the evening. Salma is back from a dawn start at the museum; her mother and Leo fuss. Madame Nadia speaks plainly to both; Leo and Salma speak plainly to each other.

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وِشِّك أَصْفَرّ, لَازِم تَاكْلِي.WISH-shik AS-farr, LAA-zim TAK-li.You look pale, you need to eat.
أَنَا تَعْبَانَة أَوِي.A-na ta3-BAA-na A-wi.I'm very tired.
الأَوِّل لَازِم آخُد دُشّ, يَا مَامَا.il-AW-wil LAA-zim AA-khud dushsh, ya MAA-ma.First I need a shower, Mum.
مَامْتِك مَعَاهَا حَقّ, أَحْسَن تَاكْلِي.MAM-tik ma-3AA-ha 7a'', A7-san TAK-li.Your mother is right, you'd better eat.
مِش إِنْتَ كَمَان, يَا لِيُو!mish IN-ta ka-MAAN, ya LI-yu!Not you too, Leo!
لَازِم تِرْتَاحِي شْوَيَّة.LAA-zim tir-TAA-7i SHWAY-ya.You need to rest a bit.
أَحْسَن مَتْكَلِّمْهَاش قَبْل الأَكْل.A7-san mat-kal-lim-HAASH 'abl il-AKL.You'd better not talk to her before the meal.
أَخِيراً حَدّ فَاهِمْنِي.a-KHEE-ran 7add fa-HIM-ni.At last, someone who understands me.
لَازِم تِنَامِي بَدْرِي, الجْرُوب سَبْعَة.LAA-zim ti-NAA-mi BAD-ri, il-groob SAB-3a.You need to sleep early, the group is at seven.
يَبْقَى أَحْسَن تِصَحِّينِي سِتَّة.YAB-'a A7-san ti-sa7-7EE-ni SIT-ta.Then you'd better wake me at six.