Story #7: Learn Egyptian Arabic through stories: (The Best Age) + vocabulary list
Keywords: Egyptian Arabic, language learning, storytelling, Arabic vocabularyFollow and give 5 stars if on Spotify or Apple if you enjoy this podcast and would like for it to continue.........................................💬 "Want more Egyptian Arabic? Help keep this podcast alive by buying me a coffee! at ☕ coff.ee/egyptianar Shokran, every coffee counts! 😉''This story is by Sherif Rohayem أَحْلَى سِنّ بِنْتِي دِلْوَقْتِي عَنْدَها سَنَتِين، وِدَه بَحِسُّه أَجْمَل سِنّ فِي حَياة الطِّفْل. سَاعَات لَمّا بَشُوفْها وِهِيّ بِتِضْحَك ضِحْكِة الأَطْفَال اللي في سِنَّهَا، بَحْزَن شُوَيّة عَلَشَان عَارِف إِنَّها بَعْد فَتْرَة قُصَيَّرَة هَاتْبَطَّل الضِّحْكَة دِي. فَسَاعَات بَتمَنَّى إِنَّها ما تِكبَرش، فَبِهْزَار بَقُولّها: "كِدَه كِفَايَة.. بَطَّلي تِكبَري. إنْتِي حِلْوَة زَيّ مَا إنْتي."مِن كَام يُوم وَأنا قَاعِد فِي قَهْوَة، لَاحِظْت قُرَيِّب مِنّي سِتّ و بِنْتَهَا. بِنْتَهَا كانِت مُعاقَة ذِهْنِيًّا وِ تَقْرِيبًا عَنْدَهَا ١٥ سَنَة. أُمَّهَا عَمَّالَة تِبْتِسِمْلَها وِ تدَلَّع فِيهَا: "يَا عَسُّولْتِي يَا قَمَرَايَة.." وِ كَلَام مِن ده. نَفْس الكَلَام دَه أَنَا بَقُولُه لِبِنْتِي. وِزَيّ بِنْتِي، البِنْت المُعَاقَة ضِحْكِت وِ ابْتَسَمِت وِ انْبَسَطِت.وَقْتَها شُفْت أُمْنِيِّتِي حَقِيقَة قُدّامِي..........................................................Vocabulary listأحلَى – aḥla – the most beautiful سِنّ – sinn – age / year بِنتي – binti – my daughterدِلوقتي – dilwa’ti – nowشاف / يشوف To see بَشوف – bashūf – I seeضحك / بيضحك to laugh ضِحِك / يِضْحَك على to laugh at - to fool بِتضحَك – bitḍḥak – she laughs ضِحْكَة – ḍiḥka – laugh/giggle ساعَات – sa‘āt – sometimesبَحْزَن – baḥzan – I feel sad فَتْرَة -ات – fatra – period of timeبَطَّل / يِبَطَّل to stop or quit something هاتبطَّل – hatbaṭṭal – will stopاتْمَنَّى - يِتْمَنَّى to hope - to wish بَتمنّى – batmannā – I wishكِبِر - يِكْبَر to grow - to get bigger ما تِكبَرش – ma tikbarsh – doesn’t grow up بِهزار – bihizār – jokingly / playfully كِده كِفَايَة – kida kifāya – that’s enough بَطّلي – baṭṭali – stop (fem.)قَعَد - يِقْعُد to sit - to stay قاعِد – ‘ā‘id – sittingلَاحِظ - يِلَاحِظ to notice لاحَظت – lāḥaẓt – I noticed مُعَاقَة – mu‘āqa – disabled ذِهنِيًّا – zihniyyan – mentallyتَقْرِيبًا – taqrīban – approximately عَمَّالة – ‘ammāla – continually / keeps doingابْتَسَم - يِبْتِسِم to smile تِبتِسملها – tibitsim-lahā – she smiles at herدَلَّع - يِدَلَّع to pamper - to spoil تِدَلّع – tidalla‘ – she pamper / dote onعَسُّولَة- عَسُّولَتي – ‘asūltī – my sweetie قَمَرَايّة – ’amrayya – little moon (endearing) كلام من دَه– kalām min dah – words of this sort انبَسَطِت – inbasatit – she enjoyed / was happy أُمْنِيّة- ات – umniyya – wish حَقيقَة – ḥaqī’a – reality قُدّامي – ‘uddāmī – in front of me.......................Follow us on Instagram: @learnegyptianarabicpodcast Feel free to reach out with questions or inquiries about online Arabic classes at: egyptianarabicpodcast@gmail.com#learnegyptian #learnarabic #arabiclanguage #egyptianarabicstory......................Follow and give 5 stars to the podcast if on Spotify or Apple and you enjoy this podcast and would like for it to continue.........................................💬 "Want more Egyptian Arabic? Help keep this podcast alive by buying me a coffee! at ☕ coff.ee/egyptianar Shokran, every coffee counts! 😉''