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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Advanced Level 1

PART 1 · LESSON 5 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The List of Papers

On Karim's laptop at the Mansours', the marriage office's page lists the papers a foreigner needs, in Standard Arabic, and Karim puts them into Egyptian: the noun chain that names a document, certificate of no objection, copy of the passport, medical examination certificate.

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THE STORY

The Mansours' living room in Heliopolis, an evening in November, Karim's laptop open on the marriage office's page. The page is read in Standard Arabic; Karim and Leo, friends of the same age, speak plainly.

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قَايْمِة مَكْتَب الجَوَاز.'AY-mit MAK-tab ig-ga-WAAZthe marriage office's list: list, office, marriage, chained
دِي قَايْمِة مَكْتَب الجَوَاز, اِسْمَع.di 'AY-mit MAK-tab ig-ga-WAAZ, IS-ma3.This is the marriage office's list, listen.
شَهَادَةُ عَدَمِ مُمَانَعَةٍ مِنَ السِّفَارَةِ.sha-HAA-da-tu 3A-da-mi mu-MAA-na-3a-tin MI-na is-si-FAA-ra-ti.A certificate of no objection from the embassy.
يَعْنِي إِيه بِالمَصْرِي?YA3-ni eeh bil-MAS-ri?What does it mean in Egyptian?
وَرَقَة مِن سِفَارْتَك إِنَّك مِش مِتْجَوِّز.WA-ra-'a min si-FAR-tak IN-nak mish mit-GAW-wiz.A paper from your embassy that you're not married.
وِشَهَادِة الفَحْص الطِّبِّي, مِن أَيّ مَعْمَل?wi-sha-HAA-dit il-FA7S it-TIB-bi, min ayy MA3-mal?And the medical examination certificate, from any lab?
مِن مُسْتَشْفَى المَكْتَب, وِسَلْمَى كَمَان.min mus-TASH-fa il-MAK-tab, wi-SAL-ma ka-MAAN.From the office's hospital, and Salma too.
صُورِة جَوَاز السَّفَر.SOO-rit ga-WAAZ is-SA-fara copy of the passport, word for word picture of the pass of travel
وِصُورِة جَوَاز السَّفَر, وِأَرْبَع صُوَر.wi-SOO-rit ga-WAAZ is-SA-far, wi-'AR-ba3 SU-war.And a copy of the passport, and four photos.
وِنُسْخِتَيْن مِن كُلّ حَاجَة, دِي مَصْر.wi-nus-khi-TEEN min kull 7AA-ga, di masr.And two copies of everything, this is Egypt.