In Level 1, lesson 4.4, Hany wants to go into the pyramids and see the "tombs" inside them??
اَنَا عَايِزْ اَدْخُلْ جُوَّا اِلْاَهْرَامَاتْ وَاَشُوفْ اِلْمَقَابِر.
I want (masc.) to go inside the pyramids and see the tombs.
Google suggests tombs or cemeteries, lissaanmasri.com doesn't have the pl or the sg form, and the from the little reading I've done, the pyramids were regarded as tombs themselves. The ق in اِلْمَقَابِر is pronounced "q" rather than as a glottal stop, meaning it's not Egyptian? With the importance of the tourism industry to Egypt, this must be a familiar term, whatever it means, to the guides and writers of guide-books, but I'm not planning on a visit in the immediate future, so does anybody who has been already know what Hany wants to see? (It would have given Erica something interesting to talk about, while he was right there - maybe next time?)
اَنَا عَايِزْ اَدْخُلْ جُوَّا اِلْاَهْرَامَاتْ وَاَشُوفْ اِلْمَقَابِر.
Ana 'āyiz adkhol gowwa il'ahramāt w ashōf ilma'ābir.
Google suggests tombs or cemeteries, lissaanmasri.com doesn't have the pl or the sg form, and the from the little reading I've done, the pyramids were regarded as tombs themselves. The ق in اِلْمَقَابِر is pronounced "q" rather than as a glottal stop, meaning it's not Egyptian? With the importance of the tourism industry to Egypt, this must be a familiar term, whatever it means, to the guides and writers of guide-books, but I'm not planning on a visit in the immediate future, so does anybody who has been already know what Hany wants to see? (It would have given Erica something interesting to talk about, while he was right there - maybe next time?)
