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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Intermediate Level 3

PART 3 · LESSON 21 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Morning After

Leo tells Karim and Mona how the proposal went: I asked her whether, she answered that she agrees, a thousand congratulations, God bless you, may it be your children's turn, slow down.

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THE STORY

Karim and Mona's flat in Heliopolis, the morning after the felucca. Leo, Karim and Mona are friends of the same age and speak plainly to each other.

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هَا? اِحْكِي لِنَا كُلّ حَاجَة.ha? I7-ki LI-na kull 7AA-ga.Well? Tell us everything.
كَانِت هَتِتْجَوِّزْنِي.KAA-nit ha-tit-gaw-WIZ-nishe would marry me: the future with the little word for was in front
سَأَلْتَهَا إِذَا كَانِت هَتِتْجَوِّزْنِي.sa-'AL-ta-ha I-za KAA-nit ha-tit-gaw-WIZ-ni.I asked her whether she would marry me.
سَأَلْتُه إِذَا كَان مُوَافِق.sa-'AL-tu I-za kaan mu-WAA-fi'.I asked him whether he agreed.
وِهِيَّ قَالِت إِيه?wi-HIY-ya 'AA-lit eeh?And what did she say?
جَاوْبِت إِنَّهَا مُوَافْقَة.GAAW-bit in-NA-ha mu-WAAF-'a.She answered that she agrees.
قَالِت إِيه بِالظَّبْط?'AA-lit eeh biz-ZABT?What did she say exactly?
دِي سَلْمَى! أَلْف مَبْرُوك, لِيُو!di SAL-ma! alf mab-ROOK, LI-yu!That's Salma! A thousand congratulations, Leo!
اللَّه يِبَارِك فِيك.al-LAAH yi-BAA-rik FEEKGod bless you, to a man
اللَّه يِبَارِك فِيكِي, مُونَا.al-LAAH yi-BAA-rik FEE-ki, MO-na.God bless you, Mona.

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