Lesson 80 · Lower intermediate · 4 min
Invoices, contracts and payment
Pointing out an invoice error, talking about delivery and payment method.
- Unreviewed: this lesson’s Darija and translations have not yet been checked by a native speaker.
In this lesson
- Point out an error politely
- Use invoicing vocabulary
- Agree payment terms
This dialogue ties together the negotiation, message and invoice from earlier lessons. The vocabulary is everyday accounting.
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This lesson hasn’t been recorded yet, and we won’t fake it with a made-up voice. Read the dialogue out loud with the help of the transliteration key.
Dialogue
- Fatima-ZahraSi Hassan, wslatni lfatura dyalkom.Mr Hassan, I’ve received your invoice.
- HassanMzyan. Wach kolchi mzyan fiha?Good. Is everything in order?
- Fatima-ZahraKayn ghalat f ttaman: l3a9d kaygoul tmanin alf, machi tes3in.There’s a mistake in the price: the contract says 80,000, not 90,000.
- HassanSme7 lina, 3ndek l7e9. Ghadi nsifet lik fatura jdida.Sorry, you’re right. I’ll send you a new invoice.
- Fatima-ZahraW fou9ach ghadi twsel ssel3a lkhra?And when will the rest of the goods arrive?
- HassanSsimana jaya, inchallah. W lkhlas?Next week, God willing. And payment?
- Fatima-ZahraGhadi nkhelsso b virement, f tlatin yom.We’ll pay by bank transfer, within thirty days.
- HassanMafhoum. Chokran 3la tti9a dyalkom.Understood. Thank you for your trust.
How to read the transliteration
Darija is written here in Latin letters, the way many Moroccans text. A few symbols stand for sounds English, French and Swedish don't have:
- 3
- a tight sound from the throat (Arabic ع)
- 7
- a breathy h, stronger than English h (ح)
- 9
- a k made deep in the throat (ق)
- gh
- like a French r (غ)
- kh
- like the ch in Scottish loch or German Bach (خ)
- ch
- like English sh (ش)
Vocabulary
- lfaturaالفاتورة
- the invoice
- wslatniوصلاتني
- I received (it reached me)
- ghalatغلط
- a mistake
- l3a9dالعقد
- the contract
- kaygoulكيقول
- it says
- tes3inتسعين
- ninety
- jdid / jdidaجديد / جديدة
- new (m. / f.)
- ssel3aالسلعة
- the goods
- lkhlasالخلاص
- payment
- virementالفيرمون
- bank transfer
- tti9aالثقة
- trust
- 3ndek l7e9عندك الحق
- you’re right
Repeat after me
Read each phrase out loud, then cover it and say it from memory.
Si Hassan, wslatni lfatura dyalkom.
سي حسن، وصلاتني الفاتورة ديالكم.
Mr Hassan, I’ve received your invoice.
Kayn ghalat f ttaman: l3a9d kaygoul tmanin alf, machi tes3in.
كاين غلط فالتمن: العقد كيقول تمانين ألف، ماشي تسعين.
There’s a mistake in the price: the contract says 80,000, not 90,000.
W fou9ach ghadi twsel ssel3a lkhra?
وفوقاش غادي توصل السلعة اللخرا؟
And when will the rest of the goods arrive?
Ghadi nkhelsso b virement, f tlatin yom.
غادي نخلصو بالفيرمون، فتلاتين يوم.
We’ll pay by bank transfer, within thirty days.
Quiz
Your turn
Point out a mistake in an invoice and propose a payment method.
Show an example answer
Kayn ghalat f lfatura: ttarikh machi s7i7. Ghadi nkhelsso b virement.
كاين غلط فالفاتورة: التاريخ ماشي صحيح. غادي نخلصو بالفيرمون.
There’s a mistake in the invoice: the date isn’t right. We’ll pay by bank transfer.
Summary
Lfatura, l3a9d, ghalat, ssel3a, lkhlas, virement — and “3ndek l7e9” to admit a mistake.
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