Word
بعد ما مضيت على الورق، الموظفة قالت لي ان النسخة هتوصل على الايميل.
Meaning
After I signed the papers, the female employee told me that the copy would arrive by email.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Lesson
Breakdown of بعد ما مضيت على الورق، الموظفة قالت لي ان النسخة هتوصل على الايميل.
ال
the
يوصل
to arrive
على
on
انا
me
Questions & Answers about بعد ما مضيت على الورق، الموظفة قالت لي ان النسخة هتوصل على الايميل.
What does بعد ما mean here?
بعد ما means after or after I had in this sentence.
- بعد = after
- ما often helps introduce the following clause in Egyptian Arabic
So بعد ما مضيت على الورق means after I signed the papers.
In Egyptian Arabic, بعد ما + verb is a very common pattern:
- بعد ما وصلت = after I arrived
- بعد ما خلصت = after I finished
Why is مضيت used here? Does it really mean I signed?
Yes. مضيت here means I signed.
It comes from the verb مضى / يمضي, which in Egyptian Arabic can mean to sign a document.
So:
- مضيت على الورق = I signed the papers / I signed the document
You may also hear وقّعت from وقّع, which also means I signed. Both are common, though مضى على has a very natural official-document feeling.
Why does the sentence say على الورق? Why use على?
This is just the normal Arabic expression with this verb.
- مضى على الورق
- literally: signed on the paper
- natural meaning: signed the papers / signed the document
So على is part of the idiomatic pattern used with مضى here. English says sign the papers, but Arabic often uses a preposition in places where English does not.