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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Fluency Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 14 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The file

At the kitchen table in Maadi, Salma lays out every paper of the file and checks it with Leo: copied, certified, stamped, translated, signed, paid, ready, and the photos in which nobody smiles.

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THE STORY

The kitchen table in Leo and Salma's flat in Maadi, a Friday morning, the papers laid out in a row; husband and wife speak plainly to each other.

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جَوَاز السَّفَر مِتْصَوَّر وِمُوَثَّق.ga-WAAZ is-SA-far mit-SAW-war wi-mu-WAS-sa'.The passport: copied and certified.
وِقَسِيمِة الجَوَاز مِتْصَوَّرَة وِمَخْتُومَة.wi-'a-SEE-mit ig-ga-WAAZ mit-saw-WA-ra wi-makh-TOO-ma.And the marriage certificate: copied and stamped.
وِشَهَادِة مِيلاَدَك مِتَرْجِمَة?wi-sha-HAA-dit me-LAA-dak mi-tar-GI-ma?And your birth certificate, translated?
مِتَرْجِمَة وِمَخْتُومَة, بِفِلُوس كِتِير.mi-tar-GI-ma wi-makh-TOO-ma bi-fi-LOOS ki-TEER.Translated and stamped, for a lot of money.
وِالبِطَاقَة الضَّرِيبِيَّة مَدْفُوعَة.wil-bi-TAA-'a id-da-re-BIY-ya mad-FOO-3aand the tax card paid up
السِّجِلّ مَمْضِي, وِالبِطَاقَة الضَّرِيبِيَّة مَدْفُوعَة.is-si-GILL MAM-di wil-bi-TAA-'a id-da-re-BIY-ya mad-FOO-3a.The register signed, and the tax card paid up.
وِالصُّوَر جَاهْزَة وَلَّا لأ?wis-SU-war GAH-za WAL-la la'?And the photos, ready or not?
جَاهْزَة, وِإِنْتَ مِش بِتِضْحَك فِيهَا.GAH-za wi-IN-ta mish bi-TID-7ak FEE-ha.Ready, and you're not smiling in them.
صُورِة الإِقَامَة مَا بِتِضْحَكْش.SOO-rit il-'i-'AA-ma ma bi-tid-7AKSH.A residence photo doesn't smile.
كُلّ حَاجَة خَلْصَانَة فِي أُسْبُوع.kull 7AA-ga khal-SAA-na fi us-BOO3.Everything done in a week.