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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Intermediate Level 3

PART 3 · LESSON 22 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Salma's Warning

On a bench in the museum garden Salma tells Leo what her mother said: may God complete it with good, and you should have spoken to my father first.

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THE STORY

A bench in the garden of the Egyptian Museum, a cool November morning. Leo and Salma, engaged since the felucca, speak plainly to each other.

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أَنَا قُلْت لِمَامَا.A-na 'ult li-MAA-ma.I told Mum.
وِمَامْتِك قَالِت إِيه?wi-mam-TIK 'AA-lit eeh?And what did your mum say?
رَبِّنَا يِتَمِّم بِخَيْر.rab-BI-na yi-TAM-mim bi-KHEERmay God complete it with good: word for word, our Lord completes with good
قَالِت رَبِّنَا يِتَمِّم بِخَيْر.'AA-lit rab-BI-na yi-TAM-mim bi-KHEER.She said may God complete it with good.
وِبَعْدِين قَالِت إِنّ كَان لاَزِم تِكَلِّم بَابَا أَوَّل.wi-ba3-DEEN 'AA-lit inn kaan LAA-zim ti-KAL-lim BAA-ba AW-wil.And then she said that you should have spoken to Dad first.
كَان لاَزِم أَكَلِّمُه أَوَّل.kaan LAA-zim a-kal-LI-mu AW-wil.I should have spoken to him first.
عَنْدِنَا الرَّاجِل بِيكَلِّم الأَب أَوَّل.3an-DI-na ir-RAA-gil bi-yi-KAL-lim il-ABB AW-wil.With us the man speaks to the father first.
وِبَابَاكِي قَال إِيه?wi-ba-BAA-ki 'aal eeh?And what did your dad say?
مَا قَالْش حَاجَة.ma 'AALSH 7AA-ga.He said nothing.
خَلاَص, هَكَلِّمُه صَحّ, مَعَ بَابَا وِمَامَا.kha-LAAS, ha-kal-LI-mu sa77, MA-3a BAA-ba wi-MAA-ma.All right, I'll speak to him properly, with Mum and Dad.