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Misr hebbat el-neel -Egypt is the gift of the Nile
Ashraf Sadek Published in The Egyptian Gazette on 20 - 08 - 2010

Richard we miraatuh Christie rahoo yerkabou markeb wei yetfassahu fil-neel
youm el-gomaa baad waagbet el-fitar.
Richard and his wife Christie went on a felucca (small boat) ride on the Nile on Friday after the iftar meal, which marks the end of dawn-to-dusk fasting
during Ramadan.
Richard: Asalam Alykoum ya raees. Ana wei zoogti
Christie awzeen neagger felucca aashan netfassah fei nahr elneel shweiyah.
Richard: Peace be with you, boss. My wife Cristie and I want to hire a boat so we can relax on the River Nile for a while.
Maraakbi: Wei allekum elsallam.
Ahlan wa sahlaan. Elmarkeb, 'weish el-kheir', moreiha wei amman.
Momken troho beiha leghaiyet el-manial wei nergaa tani leghaiet qasr el-neel
kheilal noss saah. Eih raayek?
Boatman: Peace be with you too.
Welcome. The boat, 'Good Omen', is comfortable and safe.
You can take it to el-Manial and return back to Qasr Al-Nil within
half an hour. What do you think?
Christie: Bekaam el-noss saah fei 'weish el-kheir' ya raees?
Christie: How much does it cost to hire 'Good Omen' for half an hour, boss?
Maraakbi: Mein gheir floos khalis.
Laken aashan khaterkom, haakhud khamastasher geneih
bass.
Boatman: No money at all.
But, for your sake, I will only take LE15 from you.
Richard: Khalass. Momken neshrab shai wei ehnna fil
markeb.
Richard: OK. Is it OK to drink tea while we're riding the boat?
Maraakbi: Aywah tabaan.
Wei momken taklou samaak kaman laou tehiboo.
Boatman: Of course you can.
Also, you can eat fish if you want.
Christie: Laa. Shokran.
Ehna maana teen shooki we manga. Ehnaa awzeen shai
bass.
Christie: No thanks. We've got some prickly pears and
mangoes. We only want tea.
Maraakbi: Tayyeb etfadallou maaiya aashan nemshi baqqah.
Alla fikrah, entom minein? Boatman: Ok. Come with me, we have to go now.
By the way, where are you from?
Richard: Ana min America. (I'm from the US).
Christie: Ana min America kaman. (I'm also from the US).
Wei enta minein ya raees? (And where are you from
boss?
Maraakbi: Ana min masr, om el-duniya. I am from Egypt, the mother of the world.

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