Learn five words for going through customs
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| Hi Chaima again, welcome to Arabic weekly words and let’s find out together this week’s topic. It’s going through customs [(3obour al jamarik)عبور الجمارك ] let’s get started. |
| The first word is |
| 1. |
| [جنسية] |
| [jinsiyya] Nationality. |
| We say the same word in [jinsiyya] |
| ف المطار كاتلاقى مع ناس من جنسيات مختلفة |
| f lmaTâr katlâqâ m‘a nâss man jinsyyât mukhtalifa. |
| At the airport, you meet people from like different nationalities like from all over the world. |
| Next word is |
| 2. |
| [جواز سفر] |
| [ppâspôr] passport. |
| In Darija, we say [ppâspôr] |
| هي بغات تسافر، ما عندهاش پاسپور، م ا |
| عندهاش ڤيز و ما عندهاش لفلوس ... م ا |
| يمكنش تسافر |
| [hiya bghât tsâfr, ma‘andhâsh pâsspôr, ma‘andhâsh lvîzâ w ma‘andhâsh lflûs ..... mâ yamknsh tsâfr.] |
| She wants to travel and she doesn’t have a passport, she doesn’t have a visa and she doesn’t have even money. So I guess she can’t travel. |
| Next word is |
| 3. |
| [استمارة تصريح] |
| [’istimâra dyâl taSrîH] Declaration form. |
| هو شرا بزاف ت الهدايا من تركيا و با ش |
| يدخلهم للمغرب خاصو يعمر الاستمارة ديا ل |
| تصريح البضائع |
| [huwa shrâ bzzâf t lhadâyâ man torkyâ, w bâsh ydakhkhalhum llmaghrib khâSSû y‘ammar l’istimâra dyâl taSriH lbaDâ’i‘.] |
| So he bought so many gifts from Turkey to bring them into Morocco. He needs to fill in the declaration form. |
| I hate this word. |
| 4. |
| ڤيزا |
| [vîzâ] |
| It means visa. That’s why most people don’t travel. So visa and in Moroccan [vîzâ] in Darija, we say visa. It’s the french one (0:01:32) visa. |
| لمغاربة باش يمشيو ل مركان خاصاهم ڤيزا |
| lmghârba bâsh yamshîw lmirikân khâSSâhum vîzâ |
| So for Moroccans to go to the United States, they need a visa. |
| 5. |
| يدكلار ي |
| [ydiklarî] |
| That’s the next word, it’s to declare and we would say [دكلار(deklare)] or [دكلار(deklara)]. |
| We just use a French word with the Arabic conjugation and we say |
| هو جايب معاه بزاف ديال البضائع ،خاص و |
| ضروري يدكلاريهم قبل ما يدخل |
| huwa jâyb m‘âh bzzâf dyâl lbaDâ’i‘, khâSSû Darûrî ydiklârîhum qbal mâ ydkhal. |
| He is bringing a lot of things with him and he has to – it’s necessary that he declares them before so he can come in. |
| Yeah that was it for going through the customs. Thank you for joining us, I am Chaima and I will see you next week. |
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