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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Fluency Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 12 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The window

At the passports office window downtown, the officer asks the grounds, the notice on the wall lists the documents in Standard Arabic, and every office word gets its plain Cairene twin.

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THE STORY

The passports office downtown, a winter morning, a window with a notice beside it; Leo says the polite you to the officer, who says it back.

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سَبَب الطَّلَب إِيه?SA-bab it-TA-lab eeh?Grounds for the application?
جَوَاز مِن مَصْرِيَّة, وِتَمَن سِنِين هِنَا.ga-WAAZ min mas-RIY-ya wi-TA-man si-NEEN HI-na.Marriage to an Egyptian, and eight years here.
صُورَةٌ طِبْقَ الأَصْلِso-RA-tun TIB-'a il-'AS-lia certified copy, word for word a picture identical to the original
المُسْتَنَدَاتُ المَطْلُوبَةُ, صُورَةٌ طِبْقَ الأَصْلِ مِنْ جَوَازِ السَّفَرِ.il-mus-ta-na-DAA-tu il-mat-lo-BA-tu so-RA-tun TIB-'a il-'AS-li min ga-WAA-zi is-SA-fa-ri.Documents required: a certified copy of the passport.
يَعْنِي إِيه صُورَة طِبْق الأَصْل?YA3-ni eeh SOO-ra tib' il-'ASL?What does a certified copy mean?
نُسْخَة عَلِيهَا خِتْم إِنَّهَا صَحّ.NUS-kha 3a-LEE-ha khitm in-NA-ha sa77.A copy with a stamp on it that it's true.
وِإِثْبَات الدَّخْل يَعْنِي إِيه?wi-is-BAAT id-DAKHL YA3-ni eeh?And what does proof of income mean?
وَرَقَة بِتْقُول إِنَّك بِتِكْسَب فِلُوس.WA-ra-'a bit-'OOL IN-nak bi-TIK-sab fi-LOOS.A paper that says you earn money.
كُلّ دَه يُوم تَمَنْتَاشَر, تِسْعَة الصُّبْح.kull da yoom ta-man-TAA-shar TIS-3a is-SUB7.All this on the eighteenth, nine in the morning.