Story #7: Learn Egyptian Arabic through stories: (The Best Age) + vocabulary list

Keywords: Egyptian Arabic, language learning, storytelling, Arabic vocabulary

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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 list أحلَى – aḥla – the most beautiful سِنّ – sinn – age / year بِنتي – binti – my daughter دِلوقتي – dilwa’ti – now شاف / يشوف To see بَشوف – bashūf – I see ضحك / بيضحك to laugh ضِحِك / يِضْحَك على to laugh at - to fool بِتضحَك – bitḍḥak – she laughs ضِحْكَة – ḍiḥka – laugh/giggle ساعَات – sa‘āt – sometimes بَحْزَن – baḥzan – I feel sad فَتْرَة -ات – fatra – period of time بَطَّل / يِبَطَّل to stop or quit something هاتبطَّل – hatbaṭṭal – will stopاتْمَنَّى - يِتْمَنَّى to hope - to wish بَتمنّى – batmannā – I wish كِبِر - 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 – sitting لَاحِظ - يِلَاحِظ to notice لاحَظت – lāḥaẓt – I noticed مُعَاقَة – mu‘āqa – disabled ذِهنِيًّا – zihniyyan – mentally تَقْرِيبًا – taqrīban – approximately عَمَّالة – ‘ammāla – continually / keeps doing ابْتَسَم - يِبْتِسِم to smile تِبتِسملها – tibitsim-lahā – she smiles at her دَلَّع - يِدَلَّع to pamper - to spoil تِدَلّع – tidalla‘ – she pamper / dote on عَسُّولَة- 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

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