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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Advanced Level 1

PART 1 · LESSON 7 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Window at Lazoghly

At the window of the marriage office for foreigners at Lazoghly, Downtown, a clerk checks Leo and Salma's file and gives them a date: how long a paper is valid, within two weeks, no later than nine, before the date.

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THE STORY

The window of the marriage office for foreigners at Lazoghly, Downtown, a weekday morning. Leo and Salma hand their file to a clerk. The clerk and Leo say the polite you to each other; Leo and Salma speak plainly.

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اللِّي بَعْدُه. المَلَفّ لَو سَمَحْت.IL-li BA3-du. il-ma-LAFF law sa-MA7T.Next. The file, please.
صَبَاح الخِير, وَرَق جَوَاز أَجْنَبِي.sa-BAA7 il-KHEER, WA-ra' ga-WAAZ ag-NA-bi.Good morning, the papers for a foreigner's marriage.
الشَّهَادَة الطِّبِّيَّة طِلْعِت إِمْتَى?ish-sha-HAA-da it-tib-BIY-ya TIL-3it IM-ta?The medical certificate, when was it issued?
طِلْعِت مِن تَلاَت أَسَابِيع.TIL-3it min ta-LAAT a-sa-BEE3.It was issued three weeks ago.
صَالْحَة لِمُدِّة.SAL-7a li-MUD-ditvalid for a period of, in the feminine for the certificate
صَالْحَة لِمُدِّة تَلاَت شُهُور, تَمَام.SAL-7a li-MUD-dit ta-LAAT shu-HOOR, ta-MAAM.Valid for three months, fine.
وِالعَقْد يِبْقَى إِمْتَى?wil-3A'D YIB-'a IM-ta?And when can the contract be?
مِش بَعْد تِسْعَة.mish ba3d TIS-3ano later than nine, word for word not after nine
خِلاَل أُسْبُوعَيْن, وِتِيجُو مِش بَعْد تِسْعَة.khi-LAAL us-boo-3EEN, wi-TEE-gu mish ba3d TIS-3a.Within two weeks, and you come no later than nine.
وِالرَّسْم يِتْدَفَع قَبْل المَعَاد.wir-RASM yit-DA-fa3 'abl il-ma-3AAD.And the fee gets paid before the date.