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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Advanced Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 7 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The certificate, read aloud

At the civil registry the printed birth certificate is read in Standard Arabic and Leo asks the clerk for the Cairo word of each line: was born is she got born, female is a girl, issued is it came out, two copies, one for the translation, sign here.

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THE STORY

The civil registry of Heliopolis, a counter with a printed certificate. The Announcer reads the Standard Arabic of the paper; Leo and the clerk say the polite you to each other and Leo calls him sir.

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شَهَادَةُ مِيلَاد. الاِسْم, لَيْلَى لِيُو مِيتْشِل.sha-HAA-da-tu mee-LAAD. al-ISM, LAY-la LI-yu MIT-shil.Birth certificate. The name, Layla Leo Mitchell.
وُلِدَت.WU-li-datwas born, the Standard word of the form
وُلِدَت فِي القَاهِرَة. النَّوْع, أُنْثَى.WU-li-dat fil-QAA-hi-ra. an-NAW3, UN-tha.Was born in Cairo. Sex, female.
وُلِدَت, يَعْنِي اِتْوَلَدِت, يَا أُسْتَاذ?WU-li-dat, YA3-ni it-wa-LA-dit, ya us-TAAZ?Was born, that means she got born, sir?
نَفْس الكِلْمَة, بَسّ لَابْسَة بَدْلَة.nafs il-KIL-ma, bass LAB-sa BAD-la.The same word, but in a suit.
وِأُنْثَى يَعْنِي إِيه?wi-UN-tha YA3-ni eeh?And female, what does it mean?
صَدَرَت, يَعْنِي طِلْعِت.SA-da-rat, YA3-ni TIL-3it.Issued, that means it came out.
بِنْت يَا بَشْمُهَنْدِس, بِنْت.bint ya bash-mu-HAN-dis, bint.A girl, engineer, a girl.
نُسْخِتَيْن لَوْ سَمَحْت, وَاحْدَة لِلْتَّرْجَمَة.nus-khi-TEEN law sa-MA7T, WA7-da lit-tar-GA-ma.Two copies please, one for the translation.
اِمْضِي هِنَا, وِمَبْرُوك.IM-di HI-na, wi-mab-ROOK.Sign here, and congratulations.