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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Intermediate Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 10 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Sayed at the Door

Sayed the doorman has the whole building's verdict on Leo's parents: they said your mother is like a star, she said the building is prettier than its photos, he asked me whether the lift is older than me, a hundred years like me, and Dad asked me to give you this.

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THE STORY

The door of the Mansours' building in Heliopolis, the evening after the parents' first visit; Sayed the doorman has heard every neighbour. Sayed calls Leo Mr. Engineer and the two speak politely to each other.

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أَهْلاً يَا بَشْمُهَنْدِس!AH-lan ya bash-mu-HAN-dis!Welcome, Mr. Engineer!
العِمَارَة كُلَّهَا بِتِتْكَلِّم!il-3i-MAA-ra kul-LA-ha bi-tit-KAL-lim!The whole building is talking!
بِتْقُول إِيه يَا عَمّ سَيِّد?bit-'OOL eeh ya 3amm SAY-yid?What does it say, Sayed?
قَالُوا إِنّ مَامْتَك زَيّ نِجْمَة.'AA-lu inn MAM-tak zayy NIG-ma.They said your mother is like a star.
قَالِت العِمَارَة أَحْلَى مِن صُوَرْهَا.'AA-lit il-3i-MAA-ra A7-la min su-WAR-ha.She said the building is prettier than its photos.
سَأَلْنِي إِذَا الأَسَانْسِير أَقْدَم مِنِّي.sa-'AL-ni I-za il-a-san-SEER A'-dam MIN-ni.He asked me whether the lift is older than me.
سَأَلْنِي العِمَارَة عُمْرَهَا كَام.sa-'AL-ni il-3i-MAA-ra 3UM-ra-ha kaam.He asked me how old the building is.
مِيت سَنَة, زَيِّي!meet SA-na, ZAY-yi!A hundred years, like me!
بَابَا طَلَب مِنِّي أَدِّي لِحَضْرِتَك دَه.BAA-ba TA-lab MIN-ni AD-di li-7ad-RI-tak da.Dad asked me to give you this.