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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Intermediate Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 2 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES Free

Karim's Room or a Hotel

Madame Nadia offers Karim's old room for Leo's parents and Leo relays what they asked: they asked me to book a hotel, no trouble at all, the house is hers, dinner here every day.

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Lesson 2 · Karim's Room or a Hotel

Egyptian Arabic · 30 minutes

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The Mansours' flat in Heliopolis, an afternoon in November; Madame Nadia has heard that Leo's parents are coming. Leo speaks to her politely, with the polite you; she calls him by his name.

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أَهْلَك هَيِقْعُدُوا مَعَانَا طَبْعاً.AH-lak ha-YI'-3u-du ma-3AA-na TAB-3an.Your parents will stay with us, of course.
أُوضَة كَرِيم فَاضْيَة.OO-dat ka-REEM FAD-ya.Karim's room is empty.
طَلَبُوا مِنِّي.TA-la-bu MIN-nithey asked me to
بَسّ طَلَبُوا مِنِّي أَحْجِز فُنْدُق.bass TA-la-bu MIN-ni A7-giz FUN-du'.But they asked me to book a hotel.
فُنْدُق? هِنَا فِيه مَكَان.FUN-du'? HI-na FEEH ma-KAAN.A hotel? There's room here.
مَامَا مِش عَايْزَة تِتْعِب حَضْرِتِك.MAA-ma mish 3AY-za TIT-3ib 7ad-RIT-ik.Mum doesn't want to trouble you.
وَلاَ تَعَب وَلاَ حَاجَة.WA-la TA-3ab WA-la 7AA-gano trouble at all, neither tiredness nor anything
وَلاَ تَعَب وَلاَ حَاجَة, البِيت بِيتْهَا.WA-la TA-3ab WA-la 7AA-ga, il-BEET BET-ha.No trouble at all, the house is hers.
بَابَا طَلَب مِنِّي فُنْدُق عَلَى النِّيل.BAA-ba TA-lab MIN-ni FUN-du' 3A-la in-NEEL.Dad asked me for a hotel on the Nile.
طَيِّب, بَسّ العَشَا هِنَا كُلّ يَوْم.TAY-yib, bass il-3A-sha HI-na kull yoom.All right, but dinner here every day.
اِتَّفَقْنَا, هَاقُول لُهُم.it-ta-FA'-na, ha-'OOL LU-hum.Agreed, I'll tell them.