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Egyptian Arabic Vegetable Shop Conversation

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فِي مَحَلّ الخُضَار
Fī maḥall el-khuḍār
At the Vegetable Shop
المشهد 1: دُخُول المَحَلّ
المشهد 1: دُخُول المَحَلّ
المشهد 1: دُخُول المَحَلّ
Scene 1: دُخُول المَحَلّ
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كَريم ساكِن في إسكندرية، ونِزِل الصُّبح يِشتري شُوَيّة خُضار للبيت. دَخَل مَحَلّ خُضار قريب مِن بَيته.
Karīm sākin fī Iskindiriyya, wi-nizil eṣ-ṣubḥ yishtiri shwayyet khuḍār lil-bēt. Dakhal maḥall khuḍār qarīb min bētu.
Kareem lives in Alexandria. That morning, he went out to buy some vegetables for home and entered a vegetable shop near his house.
كَريم
كَريم Karim
صَباح الخِير يا عَمّ مَحمود.
Ṣabāḥ el-khēr yā 'amm Maḥmūd.
Good morning, Uncle Mahmoud.
عَمّ مَحمود
عَمّ مَحمود Uncle Mahmoud
صَباح النُّور يا كَريم. عايِز إيه النَّهارده؟
Ṣabāḥ en-nūr yā Karīm. 'Āyiz ēh en-nahārda?
Good morning, Kareem. What would you like today?
كَريم
كَريم Karim
عايِز كِيلو طَماطِم ونُصّ كِيلو خِيار، لَو سَمَحت.
'Āyiz kīlo ṭamāṭim wi-nuṣṣ kīlo ḫiyār, law samaḥt.
I want a kilo of tomatoes and half a kilo of cucumbers, please.
عَمّ مَحمود
عَمّ مَحمود Uncle Mahmoud
حاضِر. الطَّماطِم حِلوة أَوِي النَّهارده.
Ḥāḍir. Eṭ-ṭamāṭim ḥilwa awi en-nahārda.
Sure. The tomatoes are very good today.
المشهد 2: السِّعْر
المشهد 2: السِّعْر
المشهد 2: السِّعْر
Scene 2: السِّعْر
كَريم
كَريم Karim
بِكام كِيلو الطَّماطِم؟
Bikām kīlo eṭ-ṭamāṭim?
How much is a kilo of tomatoes?
عَمّ مَحمود
عَمّ مَحمود Uncle Mahmoud
الكِيلو بِخَمْسة وعِشْرين جُنَيْه.
El-kīlo bi-ḫamsa wi-'ishrīn ginēh.
A kilo is twenty-five pounds.
كَريم
كَريم Karim
غالي شُوَيّة. مافيش نَوع أَرْخَص؟
Ghāli shwayya. Mafīsh naw' arḫaṣ?
That’s a little expensive. Isn’t there a cheaper kind?
عَمّ مَحمود
عَمّ مَحمود Uncle Mahmoud
فِيه النَّوع ده بِعِشْرين جُنَيْه، وبَرْضه كُوَيِّس.
Fīh en-naw' da bi-'ishrīn ginēh, wi-barḍu kwayyis.
There’s this kind for twenty pounds, and it’s good too.
كَريم
كَريم Karim
تَمام، هات مِنه كِيلو.
Tamām, hāt minnu kīlo.
Okay, give me a kilo of that.
المشهد 3: خُضار تاني
المشهد 3: خُضار تاني
المشهد 3: khuḍār tāni
Scene 3: vegetables another
عَمّ مَحمود
عَمّ مَحمود Uncle Mahmoud
عايِز حاجَة تاني؟
'Āyiz ḥāga tāni?
Do you want anything else?
كَريم
كَريم Karim
أَيوا، عايِز بَطاطِس وبَصَل كَمان.
Aywa, 'āyiz baṭāṭis wi-baṣal kamān.
Yes, I want potatoes and onions too.
عَمّ مَحمود
عَمّ مَحمود Uncle Mahmoud
عايِز قَدّ إيه؟
'Āyiz add ēh?
How much do you want?
كَريم
كَريم Karim
كِيلو بَطاطِس ونُصّ كِيلو بَصَل.
Kīlo baṭāṭis wi-nuṣṣ kīlo baṣal.
A kilo of potatoes and half a kilo of onions.
عَمّ مَحمود
عَمّ مَحمود Uncle Mahmoud
ماشي. عايِز فِلْفِل أَخْضَر؟ عِندي فِلْفِل طازَة.
Māshi. 'Āyiz filfil aḫḍar? 'Andi filfil ṭāza.
Okay. Do you want green peppers? I have fresh peppers.
كَريم
كَريم Karim
لا، شُكْرًا. كِده كِفايَة.
Lā, shukran. Kida kifāya.
No, thank you. That’s enough.
المشهد 4: الحِساب
المشهد 4: الحِساب
المشهد 4: الحِساب
Scene 4: الحِساب
عَمّ مَحمود
عَمّ مَحمود Uncle Mahmoud
كُلّه على بَعْضه خَمْسة وسَبْعين جُنَيْه.
Kullu 'ala ba'ḍu ḫamsa wi-sab'īn ginēh.
Altogether, it’s seventy-five pounds.
كَريم
كَريم Karim
اتْفَضَّل مِيّة جُنَيْه.
Itfaḍḍal miyya ginēh.
Here you go, one hundred pounds.
عَمّ مَحمود
عَمّ مَحمود Uncle Mahmoud
ودي خَمْسة وعِشْرين جُنَيْه الباقي.
Widi ḫamsa wi-'ishrīn ginēh el-bā'i.
And here is your twenty-five pounds change.
كَريم
كَريم Karim
شُكْرًا يا عَمّ مَحمود. أَشوفَك بُكْرة.
Shukran yā 'amm Maḥmūd. Ashūfak bukra.
Thank you, Uncle Mahmoud. See you tomorrow.
عَمّ مَحمود
عَمّ مَحمود Uncle Mahmoud
مَع السَّلامَة يا كَريم.
Ma'a s-salāma yā Karīm.
Goodbye, Kareem.
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خَرَج كَريم مِن المَحَلّ ورِجِع البيت ومعاه كُلّ الخُضار اللِّي كان عايِزُه.
Ḫarag Karīm min el-maḥall wi-rigi' el-bēt, wi-ma'āh kull el-khuḍār illi kān 'āyzu.
Kareem left the shop and went back home with all the vegetables he wanted.

Egyptian Arabic Vegetable Shop Conversation

This Egyptian Arabic Vegetable Shop Conversation follows a customer shopping for fresh vegetables in a local market. The dialogue uses natural everyday Egyptian Arabic for asking about prices, quantities, products, and making a purchase.
This lesson helps learners understand how Egyptian Arabic is used in real shopping situations. Listen to the Arabic first, then use the transliteration and English translation whenever you need extra support.

Practice This Egyptian Arabic Vegetable Shop Conversation

This Egyptian Arabic Vegetable Shop Conversation gives you practical listening experience through a natural shopping situation.

Listen to the dialogue once without reading the translation and focus on the general meaning. Then replay each sentence and repeat it aloud to improve pronunciation, listening, and speaking confidence.

Pay attention to how the customer asks about vegetables, prices, quantities, and responds naturally to the seller.

Build Your Egyptian Arabic Vocabulary

This lesson introduces useful vocabulary connected to vegetables, prices, quantities, shopping, money, and everyday market conversations.

Vocabulary from this Egyptian Arabic Vegetable Shop Conversation becomes easier to remember because each expression appears inside a realistic situation instead of as an isolated word list.

Review unfamiliar words in the Arabic Dictionary, then continue with Arabic Practice to reinforce useful vocabulary and sentence patterns.

Useful Egyptian Arabic Shopping Phrases

This conversation includes practical Egyptian Arabic phrases that learners may hear when shopping at a vegetable shop or local market.

These expressions help you understand how spoken Egyptian Arabic sounds in everyday situations rather than formal textbook Arabic.

Repeat the phrases aloud and try replacing vegetables, quantities, or prices to create your own shopping conversations.

 

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Each lesson introduces a different situation, vocabulary set, and regional dialect so you can gradually become more comfortable understanding spoken Arabic in real life.

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