Todd wei Mary kano masheen fi Sharia Emad Eddin fi wassat el-balad youm el Gomaa baad el-dhur embareih. Dah kan youm eid el-milad fi Masr. Homa kano bardaneen awey ashaan el-gaw kan saaqie. Homa shaffo qahwa. Todd azzam Mary alla kobyat shai bi laban, elli kol el-masreen wa al-aganib behibou yeshrabouh fi el-shetta. Todd and Mary were walking in Emad Eddin Street in downtown Cairo on Friday afternoon Yesterday was Christmas Day in Egypt. They were feeling cold because the air was chilly. They saw a coffee shop selling hot drinks. Todd invited Mary to a cup of milky tea, which all Egyptians and foreigners like to drink in the winter. Todd talab min el-qahwagi: Etnein shai bil laban sokhnenin, laou samahat. Todd asked the coffee shop attendant: Two cups of steaming tea with milk, please. Qahwagi: Hadir. Fih kaman shokolata sukhna, qahwa turki, sahlab wei qirfa bil laban sukhna. Andi homos el-sham bil el-shatta wei el-lamoon, lou bithibouh. Attendant: There is also hot chocolate, Turkish coffee, salep and hot cinnamon with milk. I also have chickpeas with hot pepper and lime, if you like. Mary: Ana awza shokolata laou samahat. Wei baadein, ashrab sahlab bil bonduq. Todd: Ana bardoh awzah zai Mary shokolata, wei baadein akhud homos el-sham bil el-shattah wei lamoon. Mary: I want hot chocolate, please. After it, I'll have a glass of salep with nuts. Todd: I want hot chocolate like Mary, after which I will have chickpeas with hot pepper and lime juice. Qahwagi: Bil hanna weil sheffa. Attendant: Bon appètit. Todd: Howa el-bonn betgebuh menin? Todd: From where do you get the coffee? Attendant: Shofi ya akhi. El-bonn beigi min el-yemen aw el-barazeel. El-kilo tamanha arbeen genih masri wei el-tiin behawli arbeen allaf genih. Attendant: Look, my brother. The coffee beans come from Yemen or Brazil. A kilo of coffee costs forty Egyptian pounds and a tonne of beans goes for forty thousand Egyptian pounds. Useful words: sukhn (hot), bared (cold), asseir (juice), tazza (fresh), qassab (sugarcane), kobbaya (glass), Masri (Egyptian), agnabi (foreigner, female agnabiya, pl. aganib), kibeer (big [opposite sagheer]), manga (mango), farawla (strawberry), bortuqal (orange), lamoun (lemon), gazzar (carrot), gawafa (guava) tamr hendi (tamarind), kharoub (carob), tiin (tonne). [email protected]