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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Advanced Level 2

PART 2 · LESSON 13 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

A wrong letter

Back at window three: the notice on the wall in Standard Arabic, a number, a surname written wrong, and the verbs of a thing that gets done: it gets corrected before it gets stamped, the form gets written again, the card gets issued, the receipt needs a stamp.

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THE STORY

Window three of the district tax office again, three working days later. The notice on the wall is read by the Announcer in Standard Arabic; Leo and the tax clerk say the polite you to each other.

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الاِسْتِقْبَالُ مِنَ التَّاسِعَةِ إِلَى الثَّانِيَة.al-is-tiq-BAA-lu mi-nat-TAA-si-3a-ti I-lath-THAA-ni-ya.Reception from nine to two.
نِمْرِة حَضْرِتَك?nim-RIT 7ad-RI-tak?Your number?
وَاحِد وِأَرْبِعِين.WAA-7id wi-ar-bi-3EEN.Forty-one.
الاِسْم هِنَا مَكْتُوب غَلَط.il-ISM HI-na mak-TOOB GHA-lat.The name here is written wrong.
المُتَرْجِم كَتَبُه كِدَه.il-mu-TAR-gim ka-TA-bu KI-da.The translator wrote it like that.
قَبْل مَا يِتْخِتِم.'abl ma yit-KHI-timbefore it gets stamped
لاَزِم يِتْصَحَّح قَبْل مَا يِتْخِتِم.LAA-zim yit-SA7-7a7 'abl ma yit-KHI-tim.It must get corrected before it gets stamped.
يِتْصَحَّح هِنَا, وَلَّا أَجِي تَانِي?yit-SA7-7a7 HI-na, WAL-la A-gi TAA-ni?Does it get corrected here, or do I come again?
البِطَاقَة تِطْلَع إِمْتَى?il-bi-TAA-'a TIT-la3 IM-ta?When does the card get issued?
هِنَا, وِالبِطَاقَة تِطْلَع الخَمِيس.HI-na, wil-bi-TAA-'a TIT-la3 il-kha-MEES.Here, and the card gets issued on Thursday.

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