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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Fluency Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 13 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The translation office

At a certified translation office downtown, the clerk fills in Leo's form aloud and Leo introduces himself in five sentences: name, nationality, profession, eight years in Cairo, married with a daughter.

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THE STORY

A certified translation office downtown, a weekday morning, Leo's birth certificate on the counter; Leo and the clerk say the polite you to each other.

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الاِسْم, الجِنْسِيَّة, المِهْنَة, وِالعِنْوَان.a-LISM ig-gin-SIY-ya il-MIH-na wil-3in-WAAN.Name, nationality, profession and address.
اِسْمِي لِيُو مِيتْشِل, أَمْرِيكِي.IS-mi LI-yu MET-shil am-REE-ki.My name is Leo Mitchell, American.
بَقَالِي تَمَن سِنِين هِنَا.ba-'AA-li TA-man si-NEEN HI-naI have been here eight years, word for word it has lasted to me eight years here
مُهَنْدِس تَرْمِيم, بَقَالِي تَمَن سِنِين هِنَا.mu-HAN-dis tar-MEEM ba-'AA-li TA-man si-NEEN HI-na.A restoration architect, I've been here eight years.
مِتْجَوِّز, وِعَنْدِي بِنْت.mit-GAW-wiz wi-3AN-di bint.Married, and I have a daughter.
اِتْعَلِّمْت عَرَبِي فِين, يَا بَشْمُهَنْدِس?it-3al-LIMT 3A-ra-bi feen ya bash-mu-HAN-dis?Where did you learn Arabic, engineer?
فِي مَطْبَخ, مَعَ تِيتَة وِمُدَرِّسَة.fi MAT-bakh MA-3a TEE-ta wi-mu-dar-RI-sa.In a kitchen, with a grandmother and a teacher.
مَدْرَسَة غَرِيبَة, يَا بَشْمُهَنْدِس.mad-RA-sa gha-REE-ba ya bash-mu-HAN-dis.An unusual school, engineer.
التَّرْجَمَة جَاهْزَة بَعْد يُومِين.it-tar-GA-ma GAH-za ba3d yo-MEEN.The translation is ready in two days.