المفروض مندوب التوصيل يتصل بيا قبل ما ييجي.

The courier is supposed to call me before coming.

Breakdown of المفروض مندوب التوصيل يتصل بيا قبل ما ييجي.

• يتصل ب: to call
• ييجي: to come
• قبل ما: before
• المفروض: supposed to; expected to

Questions & Answers about المفروض مندوب التوصيل يتصل بيا قبل ما ييجي.

What does المفروض mean here?

In Egyptian Arabic, المفروض is a very common way to say supposed to, should, or is expected to.

So المفروض مندوب التوصيل يتصل بيا means something like:

• The delivery person is supposed to call me
• The delivery person should call me

Literally, المفروض comes from the idea of what is assumed / what is required, but in everyday speech it works like a fixed expression.

A useful comparison:

• المفروض ييجي بدري = He’s supposed to come early
• كان المفروض يتصل = He was supposed to call

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Why is it مندوب التوصيل and not المندوب التوصيل?

Because this is an iḍāfa structure, often called a noun-noun possession/association phrase.

مندوب التوصيل literally means something like:

• representative of the delivery
• more naturally: the delivery agent / delivery guy / courier

In an iḍāfa:

• the first noun usually does not take ال
• the whole phrase becomes definite because the second noun is definite

So:

• مندوب التوصيل = the delivery representative/person

This is why مندوب does not have ال here.

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