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Fi mahatit el-qatr At the train station
Ashraf Sadek Published in The Egyptian Gazette on 23 - 08 - 2010

Christie wi zoogha Richard qararro yerouhi eskinderia ashaan el-gaw harr awei fi elqahira.
Homa rahu mahattit misr ashaan yessalou alla mawaeed el-qottorat wei
assaar el-tazakir li eskinderia.
Christie and her husband Richard decided to go to Alexandria because the weather
is very hot in Cairo.
They went to the main train station to enquire about the train times
and ticket prices.
Christie: Sabah el-kheir.
Christie: Good morning.
Mowazaf shibaak el-tazaakir:
Sabah el-nur.
Ticket office employee: Good morning to you.
Christie: Anna wie zoogi Richard aawzeen nrouh eskindria.
Emta el-qatr el-leggai yeqoom wei bakaam eltazkara?
Christie: My husband Richard and I want to go to
Alexandria. When will the next train be leaving, and how
much is a single ticket?
Mowazaf shibaak el-tazaakir: El-qatr el-leggai yeqoom
el-saat ashara wei noss.
Dahqatr mubaashir wei mukaiaf elhawaa
wei yeoussal eskindriya el-saah wahada ella asharaa.
Weebaadin feih qatr el-saah heidashir wei rubbie.
Baas daah beiouqaf fi banha wei tanta wei damanhour.
Howa be yeoussal mahattit sedi gabr fi
eskinderiya el-saat etnein ella asharaa.
Ticket office employee: The next train leaves at 10:30am. It
is a direct, air-conditioned train.
It arrives in Alexandria at 12:50. The following train
leaves at 11:15. But, it makes stops at Banha, Tanta and
Damanhour.
It arrives at Sedi Gabr Station in Alexandria at
1:50.
Richard: Tayyeb heiya eltazkara bekaam fe qatr el-saa
heidashir wei rubbie?
Richard: OK. How much is
the ticket for the 11:15 train?
Mowazaf shibaak el-tazaakir:
Daraga owla be khamsa
wei arbaeen genneih. Daraga
thaniya be khamsa wei talaateen genneih. Enta awez tehgiz
kaam tazkkara?
Ticket office employee:
First class costs LE45. Second
class costs LE35. How many
tickets do you want to book?
Richard: Tazkartein daraga
thaniya. Wahda leia, wei wahdah
le zoogati.
Richard: Two tickets. One for me and one for my wife.
Mowazaf shibaak el-tazaakir: Etfadl. El-qatr beqoum
min alla raseef raqam arbaa elsaa heidashir wei rubbie beil zabt.
Rehla saeeda inshaallah.
Ticket office employee: Here you are. The train leaves from Platform No.4 at 11:15 sharp. Have a safe trip.
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