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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Fluency Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 15 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The form

In the kitchen in Heliopolis, Madame Nadia checks Leo's application box by box: the applicant's name in four parts, place of birth, address, and the Standard Arabic the form speaks.

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THE STORY

Madame Nadia's kitchen in Heliopolis, an afternoon, the application on the table and a pen in her hand; she calls Leo by his name with the plain you, and he answers politely.

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اِسْمُ مُقَدِّمِ الطَّلَبِ, الجِنْسِيَّةُ, المِهْنَةُ.IS-mu mu-'ad-DI-mi it-TA-la-bi ig-gin-siy-YA-tu il-mih-NA-tu.The applicant's name, nationality, profession.
يَعْنِي اِسْمَك إِنْتَ, رُبَاعِي.YA3-ni IS-mak IN-ta ru-BAA-3i.Meaning your name, you, in four parts.
لِيُو مِيتْشِل, عَنْدِي اِتْنِين بَسّ.LI-yu MET-shil 3AN-di it-NEEN bass.Leo Mitchell, I only have two.
اِسْم أَبُوك, وِجِدَّك, وِالعِيلَة.ism a-BOOK wi-GID-dak wil-3EE-la.Your father's name, your grandfather's, and the family's.
لِيُو جِيمْس رُوبِرْت مِيتْشِل.LI-yu geems ro-BIRT MET-shil.Leo James Robert Mitchell.
مَحَلّ المِيلاَدma-7ALL il-me-LAADplace of birth, word for word the place of the birth
مَحَلّ المِيلاَد, المَدِينَة وِالبَلَد بَسّ.ma-7ALL il-me-LAAD il-ma-DEE-na wil-BA-lad bass.Place of birth: the city and the country only.
وِمَحَلّ الإِقَامَة, المَعَادِي وَلَّا هِنَا?wi-ma-7ALL il-'i-'AA-ma il-ma-3AA-di WAL-la HI-na?And the address: Maadi or here?
المَعَادِي, عَنْدَك بَيْت بَقَى.il-ma-3AA-di 3AN-dak beet BA-'a.Maadi, you have a home now.
وِاكْتِب بِالفُصْحَى, مِش بِالمَصْرِي.WIK-tib bil-FUS-7a mish bil-MAS-ri.And write in Standard, not in Egyptian.