Word
بعد ما الطرد اتاخر، خدمة العملاء اكدت ميعاد التوصيل المتوقع.
Meaning
After the parcel was delayed, customer service confirmed the expected delivery time.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Breakdown of بعد ما الطرد اتاخر، خدمة العملاء اكدت ميعاد التوصيل المتوقع.
بعد ماba'da mâ
after
يتاخرyit'akhkhar
to be delayed
الطردel-tard
the parcel; package
ميعاد التوصيل المتوقعmi'âd el-tawsîl el-mutawaqqa'
Questions & Answers about بعد ما الطرد اتاخر، خدمة العملاء اكدت ميعاد التوصيل المتوقع.
Why does the sentence start with بعد ما? Why not just بعد?
In Egyptian Arabic, بعد ما is a very common way to mean after when it is followed by a whole clause:
- بعد ما الطرد اتأخر = after the package got delayed
If you use بعد by itself, it more naturally goes before a noun phrase:
- بعد التأخير = after the delay
So here, because الطرد اتاخر is a full clause, بعد ما is the natural choice.
Why is اتاخر used for was delayed? Is it a passive verb?
Not exactly. اتاخر / اتأخر in Egyptian Arabic means to be late or to get delayed.
So Arabic is expressing the idea more like:
- the package got delayed
- the package was late
English often uses a passive here: was delayed.
Arabic does not need a passive form in this sentence; اتاخر already gives the right meaning naturally.
Why is there no word for was in الطرد اتاخر?
Because Arabic usually does not need a separate verb like was in this kind of sentence.
English says:
- the package was delayed
Egyptian Arabic says more literally: