Syrian Arabic: The process takes a long time.

[scetis]

I'm talking to someone who is trying to come to Canada as a refugee. I want to tell him that "the process takes a long time" (meaning the application process).

What is the best way of phrasing this (The process can take years). Would عملية be the best word or إجرئات?

 

[elroy]

The word that is used is معاملة.

المعاملة بدا وقت كتير
المعاملة يمكن تاخد سنين

 

[langcur]

Can معاملة be used as a generic word for bureaucratic process?

Thanks

 

[elroy]

Can you give us a sentence as an example of what you mean?

 

[langcur]

Hi,

Examples:
The process of legislation in the parliament
Process of approving a construction permit by the municipality
Process of evaluating a judicial case by a law office
The process of licensing an engineer

Can the word معالجة be used to refer to the handling itself, or معالجة is only for dealing with a problem, an issue, medical problem, etc?

Thanks

 

[cherine]

I don't know if Syrians use the same word we'd use for this in Egypt, but here we use إجراءات and not معاملة.