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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Fluency Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 16 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Handing in

At the passports office, the officer takes the complete file, fingerprints Leo and gives him a receipt: the application is decided within ninety days, in Standard Arabic, and the plain come back with this receipt.

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THE STORY

The passports office downtown, the eighteenth, nine in the morning; the file goes over the counter; Leo and the officer say the polite you to each other.

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المَلَفّ كَامِل, الصُّوَر وِالنُّسَخ وِالسِّجِلّ.il-ma-LAFF KAA-mil is-SU-war win-NU-sakh wis-si-GILL.The file is complete: the photos, the copies and the register.
البَصْمَة, إِيدَك اليِمِين, وِبَعْدِين الشِّمَال.il-BAS-ma EE-dak il-yi-MEEN wi-ba3-DEEN ish-shi-MAAL.Fingerprints: your right hand, then the left.
وِبَعْدِين إِيه, لَو سَمَحْت?wi-ba3-DEEN eeh law sa-MA7T?And then what, please?
مُدَّةٍ لاَ تَتَجَاوَزُ تِسْعِينَ يَوْماً.mud-DA-tin la ta-ta-ga-WA-zu tis-3EE-na YOO-mana period not exceeding ninety days
الرَّدُّ خِلاَلَ مُدَّةٍ لاَ تَتَجَاوَزُ تِسْعِينَ يَوْماً.ir-RAD-du khi-LAA-la mud-DA-tin la ta-ta-ga-WA-zu tis-3EE-na YOO-man.The reply within a period not exceeding ninety days.
تِسْعِين يُوم بِالظَّبْط?tis-3EEN yoom biz-ZABT?Ninety days exactly?
أَقَلّ يِمْكِن, وِهَتِيجِي لَك رِسَالَة.a-'ALL YIM-kin wi-ha-TEE-gi lak ri-SAA-la.Maybe less, and you'll get a message.
وِلَو مَا جَاتْش?wi-LAW ma gaatsh?And if it doesn't come?
اِبْقَى تَعَالَى بِالوَصْل دَه.IB-'a ta-3AA-la bil-WASL dacome back with this receipt
اِبْقَى تَعَالَى بِالوَصْل دَه, وِمَا تْضَيَّعُهْش.IB-'a ta-3AA-la bil-WASL da wi-ma tday-ya-3UHSH.Then come back with this receipt, and don't lose it.