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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Intermediate Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 13 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Tickets and a Camel

At the pyramids Leo buys four tickets, turns down a camel man politely, then strikes a deal within the limit his father set: he told me not to pay more than fifty.

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THE STORY

The Giza plateau on a bright morning: the ticket window, then the camel men after the gate, Leo's parents behind him. Leo speaks politely to the cashier and to the camel man, strangers older than him.

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أَرْبَع تَزَاكِر, لَوْ سَمَحْتِ.AR-ba3 ta-ZAA-kir, law sa-MA7-ti.Four tickets, please.
بِكَام الجَمَل?bi-KAAM ig-GA-mal?How much is the camel?
اِتْفَضَّل, الجِمَال بَعْد البَوَّابَة.it-FAD-dal, ig-gi-MAAL ba3d il-baw-WAA-ba.Here you are, the camels are after the gate.
جَمَل لِلبَاشَا, وِجَمَل لِلمَدَام!GA-mal lil-BAA-sha, wi-GA-mal lil-ma-DAAM!A camel for the pasha, and a camel for madame!
كَتَّر خِير حَضْرِتَك.KAT-tar kheer 7ad-RI-takyour kindness is much, word for word may your good increase
لأ, شُكْراً, كَتَّر خِير حَضْرِتَك.la', SHUK-ran, KAT-tar kheer 7ad-RI-tak.No, thank you, your kindness is much.
وِالبَاشَا يِرْكَب بِمِيَّة بَسّ!wil-BAA-sha YIR-kab bi-MIY-ya bass!And the pasha rides for a hundred only!
مَا أَدْفَعْش.ma ad-FA3SHnot to pay, word for word I do not pay
قَال لِي مَا أَدْفَعْش أَكْتَر مِن خَمْسِين.'AAL li ma ad-FA3SH AK-tar min kham-SEEN.He told me not to pay more than fifty.
خَمْسِين? مَاشِي, هِدِيَّة لِلبَاشَا.kham-SEEN? MAA-shi, hi-DIY-ya lil-BAA-sha.Fifty? All right, a gift for the pasha.

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