TO DO / TO MAKE
Dialogue 16
A: What are you doing? / What are you in the process of doing?
ما الَّذِي تَفْعَلُهُ؟ / ما الَّذِي أَنْتَ مُنْشَغِلٌ بِفِعْلِهِ الآنَ؟
Mā alladhī tafʿaluhu? / Mā alladhī anta munshaghilun bi-fiʿlihi al-āna?
B: I am writing a letter to my fiancée.
أَنَا أَكْتُبُ رِسالَةً إِلى خَطِيبَتِي
Anā aktubu risālatan ilā khaṭībatī.
A: What is your mother doing?
ما الَّذِي تَفْعَلُهُ أُمُّكَ؟
Mā alladhī tafʿaluhu ummuka?
B: She is cooking (preparing the food).
هِيَ تُعِدُّ الطَّعامَ
Hiya tuʿiddu aṭ-ṭaʿām.
A: What is your sister doing?
**ما الَّذِي تَفْعَلُهُ أُخْتُكَ؟**
Mā alladhī tafʿaluhu ukhtuka?
B: She is reading a book.
**هِيَ تَقْرَأُ كِتاباً.**
Hiya taqra'u kitāban.
A: What do you do for a living?
**ما مِهْنَتُكَ؟ / بِمَ تَعْمَلُ؟**
Mā mihnatuka? / Bimā taʿmalu?
B: I am unemployed.
**أَنَا عاطِلٌ عَنِ العَمَلِ.**
Anā ʿāṭilun ʿani al-ʿamal.
A: Why are you unemployed?
**لِماذا أَنْتَ عاطِلٌ عَنِ العَمَلِ؟**
Limādhā anta ʿāṭilun ʿani al-ʿamal?
B: I am unemployed because I cannot find work in my city.
**أَنَا عاطِلٌ لِأَنَّني لا أَسْتَطِيعُ إِيجادَ عَمَلٍ في مَدِينَتِي.**
Anā ʿāṭilun li-annanī lā astaṭīʿu ījāda ʿamalin fī madīnatī.
A: What does your father do?
**ما عَمَلُ أَبِيكَ؟**
Mā ʿamalu abīka?
B: My father is a doctor.
**أَبِي طَبِيبٌ.**
Abī ṭabīb.
A: What does your mother do?
**ما عَمَلُ أُمِّكَ؟**
Mā ʿamalu ummika?
B: My mother is a housewife.
**أُمِّي رَبَّةُ بَيْتٍ.**
Ummī rabbatu bayt.
A: What does your sister do?
**ما عَمَلُ أُخْتِكَ؟**
Mā ʿamalu ukhtika?
B: She is a hairdresser.
**هِيَ خَيّاطَةٌ / مُصَفِّفَةُ شَعْرٍ.**
Hiya khayyāṭah / Muṣaffifatu shaʿr. *(Note: "خَيَّاطَة" can mean "hairdresser" in common Moroccan dialect.)*
A: What does your brother do?
**ما عَمَلُ أَخِيكَ؟**
Mā ʿamalu akhīka?
B: He works in a factory in Casablanca.
**هُوَ يَعْمَلُ في مَصْنَعٍ في الدَّارِ البَيْضاءِ.**
Huwa yaʿmalu fī maṣnaʿin fī ad-Dār al-Bayḍā'.
**Glossary (Dialogue 17):**
* **a letter: رِسالَةٌ** - Risālah.
* **a book: كِتابٌ** - Kitāb.
* **life: حَياةٌ** - Ḥayāh.
* **a city: مَدِينَةٌ** - Madīnah.
* **a housewife: رَبَّةُ بَيْتٍ** - Rabbatu bayt.
* **a hairdresser: مُصَفِّفَةُ شَعْرٍ** - Muṣaffifatu shaʿr.
* **to do/to make: يَفْعَلُ** - Yafʿalu.
* **to cook: يُعِدُّ الطَّعامَ** - Yuʿiddu aṭ-ṭaʿām.
* **to write: يَكْتُبُ** - Yaktubu.
* **to read: يَقْرَأُ** - Yaqra'u.
* **to manage to/ to succeed in: يَسْتَطِيعُ / يَتَمَكَّنُ مِنْ** - Yastaṭīʿu / Yatamakkanu min.
* **to find: يَجِدُ** - Yajidu.
* **to work: يَعْمَلُ** - Yaʿmalu.
**TO HAVE**
**(Dialogue 19)**
A: Do you have a pen?
**هَلْ عِنْدَكَ قَلَمٌ؟**
Hal ʿindaka qalamun?
B: Yes, I have one.
**نَعَمْ، عِنْدِي وَاحِدٌ.**
Naʿam, ʿindī wāḥidun.
A: Do you have a red pen?
**هَلْ عِنْدَكَ قَلَمٌ أَحْمَرُ؟**
Hal ʿindaka qalamun aḥmaru?
B: No, I do not have a red pen.
**لا، لَيْسَ عِنْدِي قَلَمٌ أَحْمَرُ.**
Lā, laysa ʿindī qalamun aḥmaru.
A: Don't you have a car?
**أَلَيْسَ عِنْدَكَ سَيَّارَةٌ؟**
Alaysa ʿindaka sayyārah?
B: No, I don't have one.
**لا، لَيْسَتْ عِنْدِي.**
Lā, laysat ʿindī.
A: Don't you have your own house?
**أَلَيْسَ لَكَ بَيْتُكَ الخَاصُّ؟**
Alaysa laka baytuka al-khāṣṣu?
B: No, I don't have one.
**لا، لَيْسَ لي بَيْتِي الخَاصُّ.**
Lā, laysa lī baytī al-khāṣṣu.
A: Don't you have a husband?
**أَلَيْسَ لَكِ زَوْجٌ؟**
Alaysa laki zawjun?
B: No, I don't have one.
**لا، لَيْسَ لي.**
Lā, laysa lī.
A: Do you have money?
**هَلْ عِنْدَكَ نُقودٌ؟**
Hal ʿindaka nuqūdun?
B: Yes, I have some.
**نَعَمْ، عِنْدِي.**
Naʿam, ʿindī.
A: Do you have books?
**هَلْ عِنْدَكَ كُتُبٌ؟**
Hal ʿindaka kutubun?
B: Yes, I have a lot of books. Yes, I have a lot!
**نَعَمْ، عِنْدِي كَثِيرٌ مِنَ الكُتُبِ. نَعَمْ، عِنْدِي كَثِيرٌ!**
Naʿam, ʿindī kathīrun mina al-kutubi. Naʿam, ʿindī kathīrun!
A: Does your father have a car?
**هَلْ عِنْدَ أَبِيكَ سَيَّارَةٌ؟**
Hal ʿinda abīka sayyārah?
B: Yes, my father has a car.
**نَعَمْ، عِنْدَ أَبِي سَيَّارَةٌ.**
Naʿam, ʿinda abī sayyārah.
A: Does he work?
**هَلْ هُوَ يَعْمَلُ؟**
Hal huwa yaʿmalu?
B: Yes, he has a good situation (job).
**نَعَمْ، لَدَيْهِ وَضْعٌ جَيِّدٌ.**
Naʿam, ladayhi waḍʿun jayyidun.
**Glossary (20):**
* **a pen: قَلَمٌ** - Qalam.
* **red: أَحْمَرُ** - Aḥmar.
* **a car: سَيَّارَةٌ** - Sayyārah.
* **a house: بَيْتٌ / دارٌ** - Bayt / Dār.
* **my own house: بَيْتِي الخَاصُّ** - Baytī al-khāṣṣ.
* **your own house: بَيْتُكَ الخَاصُّ** - Baytuka al-khāṣṣ.
* **his own house: بَيْتُهُ الخَاصُّ** - Baytuhu al-khāṣṣ.
* **a husband: زَوْجٌ** - Zawj.
* **money: نُقودٌ / مالٌ** - Nuqūd / Māl.
* **a lot/many: كَثِيرٌ** - Kathīr.
* **a good situation: وَضْعٌ جَيِّدٌ** - Waḍʿun jayyid.
**THERE IS / THERE ARE**
**(Dialogue 21)**
A: Is there a pen in your bag?
**هَلْ يُوجَدُ قَلَمٌ في حَقِيبَتِكَ؟**
Hal yūjadu qalamun fī ḥaqībatika?
B: Yes, there are two in my bag.
**نَعَمْ، يُوجَدُ قَلَمانِ في حَقِيبَتِي.**
Naʿam, yūjadu qalamāni fī ḥaqībatī.
A: Are there apples in the basket?
**هَلْ تُوجَدُ تُفَّاحاتٌ في السَّلَّةِ؟**
Hal tūjadu tuffāḥātun fī as-sallati?
B: No, there aren't any.
**لا، لا تُوجَدُ.**
Lā, lā tūjadu.
A: What is there on the table?
**ما الَّذِي يُوجَدُ عَلَى الطّاوِلَةِ؟**
Mā alladhī yūjadu ʿalā aṭ-ṭāwilah?
B: There is a radio on the table.
**يُوجَدُ رادِيُو عَلَى الطّاوِلَةِ.**
Yūjadu rādyū ʿalā aṭ-ṭāwilah.
A: What is there on the desk?
**ما الَّذِي عَلَى المَكْتَبِ؟**
Mā alladhī ʿalā al-maktabi?
B: There is a diskette and a book on the desk.
**تُوجَدُ قُرْصٌ وَكِتابٌ عَلَى المَكْتَبِ.**
Tūjadu qurṣun wa-kitābun ʿalā al-maktabi.
A: What is there in your pocket?
**ما الَّذِي في جَيْبِكَ؟**
Mā alladhī fī jaybika?
B: There is money in my pocket.
**يُوجَدُ مالٌ في جَيْبِي.**
Yūjadu mālun fī jaybī.
A: What is there in the garden?
**ما الَّذِي في الحَدِيقَةِ؟**
Mā alladhī fī al-ḥadīqah?
B: There is a dog in the garden.
**يُوجَدُ كَلْبٌ في الحَدِيقَةِ.**
Yūjadu kalbun fī al-ḥadīqah.
A: What is there under the table?
**ما الَّذِي تَحْتَ الطّاوِلَةِ؟**
Mā alladhī taḥta aṭ-ṭāwilah?
B: There is a cat under the table.
**يُوجَدُ قِطٌّ تَحْتَ الطّاوِلَةِ.**
Yūjadu qiṭṭun taḥta aṭ-ṭāwilah.
A: What's on TV this evening?
**ما الَّذِي عَلَى التِّلْفازِ هَذا المَساءِ؟**
Mā alladhī ʿalā at-tilfāzi hādhā al-masā'i?
B: There is an interesting film this evening.
**يُعْرَضُ فِيلْمٌ مُشَوِّقٌ هَذا المَساءِ.**
Yuʿraḍu fīlmun mushawwiqun hādhā al-masā'i.
**Glossary (22):**
* **an apple: تُفَّاحَةٌ** - Tuffāḥah.
* **a basket: سَلَّةٌ** - Sallah.
* **a radio: رادِيُو** - Rādyū.
* **in: في** - Fī.
* **on: عَلَى** - ʿAlā.
* **under: تَحْتَ** - Taḥta.
* **and: وَ** - Wa.
* **there is/are: يُوجَدُ** - Yūjadu.
* **a book: كِتابٌ** - Kitāb.
* **a desk: مَكْتَبٌ** - Maktab.
* **a pocket: جَيْبٌ** - Jayb.
* **a garden: حَدِيقَةٌ** - Ḥadīqah.
* **a dog: كَلْبٌ** - Kalb.
* **a cat: قِطٌّ** - Qiṭṭ.
**TO GO**
**(Dialogue 23)**
A: Where do you go during the weekend?
**إلى أَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ خِلالَ عُطْلَةِ نِهايَةِ الأُسْبوعِ؟**
Ilā ayna tadhhabūna khilāla ʿuṭlati nihāyati al-usbūʿi?
B: During the weekend I go to the cinema.
**خِلالَ عُطْلَةِ نِهايَةِ الأُسْبوعِ أَذْهَبُ إِلَى السِّينِما.**
Khilāla ʿuṭlati nihāyati al-usbūʿi adhhabu ilā as-sīnimā.
A: Where does your father go in the evening?
**إلى أَيْنَ يَذْهَبُ أَبُوكَ المَساءَ؟**
Ilā ayna yadhhabu abūka al-masā'a?
B: In the evening my father goes to the café.
**يَذْهَبُ أَبِي المَساءَ إِلَى المَقْهى.**
Yadhhabu abī al-masā'a ilā al-maqha.
A: Where do you go on Friday?
**إلى أَيْنَ تَذْهَبُ يَوْمَ الجُمْعَةِ؟**
Ilā ayna tadhhabu yawma al-jumʿah?
B: On Friday I go to the mosque.
**يَوْمَ الجُمْعَةِ أَذْهَبُ إِلَى المَسْجِدِ.**
Yawma al-jumʿah adhhabu ilā al-masjidi.
A: Where does your sister go in the morning?
**إلى أَيْنَ تَذْهَبُ أُخْتُكَ صَباحاً؟**
Ilā ayna tadhhabu ukhtuka ṣabāḥan?
B: In the morning my sister goes to work.
**تَذْهَبُ أُخْتي صَباحاً إِلَى العَمَلِ.**
Tadhhabu ukhtī ṣabāḥan ilā al-ʿamal.
A: Do you go to school?
**هَلْ تَذْهَبُ إِلَى المَدْرَسَةِ؟**
Hal tadhhabu ilā al-madrasati?
B: No, I don't go. I am not a student.
**لا، لا أَذْهَبُ. لَسْتُ طالِباً.**
Lā, lā adhhabu. Lastu ṭāliban.
A: Do you go to the mosque?
**هَلْ تَذْهَبُ إِلَى المَسْجِدِ؟**
Hal tadhhabu ilā al-masjidi?
B: Yes, I go.
**نَعَمْ، أَذْهَبُ.**
Naʿam, adhhabu.
A: Do you go to the beach?
**هَلْ تَذْهَبُ إِلَى الشّاطِئِ؟**
Hal tadhhabu ilā ash-shāṭi'i?
B: No, I don't go.
**لا، لا أَذْهَبُ.**
Lā, lā adhhabu.
**Glossary (23):**
* **during: خِلَالَ** - Khilāl.
* **the weekend: عُطْلَةُ نِهايَةِ الأُسْبوعِ** - ʿUṭlatu nihāyati al-usbūʿ.
* **a café: مَقْهى** - Maqhā.
* **Friday: يَوْمُ الجُمْعَةِ** - Yawmu al-jumʿah.
* **a student: طالِبٌ** - Ṭālib.
* **to go: يَذْهَبُ** - Yadhhabu.
**TO GIVE**
**(Dialogue 24)**
* Give me a pen and a sheet (of paper). I want to write a letter to my fiancé.
**أَعْطِني قَلَماً وَوَرَقَةً. أُرِيدُ أَكْتُبَ رِسالَةً إِلى خَطِيبِي.**
Aʿṭinī qalaman wa-waraqah. Urīdu aktuba risālatan ilā khaṭībī.
* Give me a knife. I want to cut the bread.
**أَعْطِني سِكِّيناً. أُرِيدُ أَقْطَعَ الخُبْزَ.**
Aʿṭinī sikkīnan. Urīdu aqṭaʿa al-khubza.
* Give me a glass of water. I am thirsty.
**أَعْطِني كُوبَ ماءٍ. أَنَا عَطْشانُ.**
Aʿṭinī kūba mā'in. Anā ʿaṭshān.
* Give me my glasses. I can't see well.
**أَعْطِني نَظّارَتِي. لا أَرى جَيِّداً.**
Aʿṭinī naẓẓāratī. Lā arā jayyidan.
* Give me ten dirhams, please. I want to go to the cinema.
**أَعْطِني عَشْرَةَ دَراهِمَ، مِنْ فَضْلِكَ. أُرِيدُ أَذْهَبَ إِلَى السِّينِما.**
Aʿṭinī ʿashrata darāhima, min faḍlika. Urīdu adhhaba ilā as-sīnimā.
* My mother gives me ten dirhams every day.
**أُمِّي تُعْطِينِي عَشْرَةَ دَراهِمَ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ.**
Ummī tuʿṭīnī ʿashrata darāhima kulla yawm.
* My father gives me money every week.
**أَبِي يُعْطِينِي مالاً كُلَّ أُسْبوعٍ.**
Abī yuʿṭīnī mālan kulla usbūʿ.
* My sister gives me a book every month.
**أُخْتي تُعْطِينِي كِتاباً كُلَّ شَهْرٍ.**
Ukhtī tuʿṭīnī kitāban kulla shahr.
* My fiancé gives me a phone call every evening.
**خَطِيبِي يُهاتِفُنِي كُلَّ مَساءٍ.**
Khaṭībī yuhātifunī kulla masā'in.
* My brother gives me a gift every year.
**أَخِي يُهْدِينِي هَدِيَّةً كُلَّ سَنَةٍ.**
Akhī yuhdīnī hadiyyatan kulla sanah.
**Glossary (25):**
* **a sheet (of paper): وَرَقَةٌ** - Waraqah.
* **a letter: رِسالَةٌ** - Risālah.
* **a knife: سِكِّينٌ** - Sikkīn.
* **bread: خُبْزٌ** - Khubz.
* **a glass: كُوبٌ** - Kūb.
* **water: ماءٌ** - Mā'.
* **a glass of water: كُوبُ ماءٍ** - Kūbu mā'in.
* **to be thirsty: يَكُونُ عَطْشانَ** - Yakūnu ʿaṭshān.
* **glasses: نَظّارَةٌ** - Naẓẓārah.
* **well: جَيِّداً** - Jayyidan.
* **money: مالٌ** - Māl.
* **all/every: كُلُّ** - Kullu.
* **all (m.pl.): كُلُّ** - Kullu.
* **all (f.s.): كُلُّ** - Kullu.
* **all (f.pl.): كُلُّ** - Kullu.
* **a phone call: مُكالمَةٌ هاتِفِيَّةٌ / اِتِّصالٌ** - Mukālamah hātifiyyah / Ittiṣāl.
* **a gift: هَدِيَّةٌ** - Hadiyyah.
* **every day: كُلَّ يَوْمٍ** - Kulla yawm.
* **every week: كُلَّ أُسْبوعٍ** - Kulla usbūʿ.
* **every month: كُلَّ شَهْرٍ** - Kulla shahr.
* **every evening: كُلَّ مَساءٍ** - Kulla masā'in.
* **to give: يُعْطِي** - Yuʿṭī.
* **to cut: يَقْطَعُ** - Yaqṭaʿu.
* **to see: يَرى** - Yarā.
* **to please: يُعْجِبُ** - Yuʿjibu.
* **to offer (a gift): يُهْدِي** - Yuhdī.
**TO TAKE**
**(Dialogue 26)**
* It is raining. Take this umbrella.
**السَّماءُ تُمْطِرُ. خُذْ هَذِهِ المِظَلَّةَ.**
As-samā' tumṭiru. Khudh hādhihi al-miẓallata.
* If you go out, take your umbrella.
**إِذا خَرَجْتَ، خُذْ مِظَلَّتَكَ.**
Idhā kharajta, khudh miẓallataka.
* You are sick. Take these pills.
**أَنْتَ مَرِيضٌ. خُذْ هَذِهِ الحُبوبَ.**
Anta marīḍ. Khudh hādhihi al-ḥubūb.
* Take me with you to the cinema.
**خُذْنِي مَعَكَ إِلَى السِّينِما.**
Khudhnī maʿaka ilā as-sīnimā.
* Take me with you to the cinema. (alternative)
**اِصْطَحِبْنِي مَعَكَ إِلَى السِّينِما.**
Iṣṭaḥibnī maʿaka ilā as-sīnimā.
* Take the soap and go wash your face at the sink.
**خُذِ الصّابونَ وَاذْهَبْ إِلَى المَغْسَلَةِ لِتَغْسِلَ وَجْهَكَ.**
Khudhi aṣ-ṣābūna wa-dhhab ilā al-maghsalati litaghsila wajhaka.
* Take the knife and cut the bread.
**خُذِ السِّكِّينَ وَاقْطَعِ الخُبْزَ.**
Khudhi as-sikkīna wa-qṭaʿi al-khubza.
* Take your radio and get out of here!
**خُذْ رادِيُوَكَ وَاخْرُجْ مِنْ هُنا!**
Khudh rādyūaka wa-ukhruj min hunā!
* Give me your book and take mine.
**أَعْطِني كِتابَكَ وَخُذْ كِتابِي.**
Aʿṭinī kitābaka wa-khudh kitābī.
* Give me your husband and take mine.
**أَعْطِني زَوْجَكَ وَخُذْ زَوْجِي.**
Aʿṭinī zawjaka wa-khudh zawjī.
* Give me your wife and take mine.
**أَعْطِني زَوْجَتَكَ وَخُذْ زَوْجَتِي.**
Aʿṭinī zawjataka wa-khudh zawjatī.
* Why don't you want to take me with you?
**لِماذا لا تُرِيدُ أَنْ تَصْطَحِبَنِي مَعَكَ؟**
Limādhā lā turīdu an taṣṭaḥibanī maʿaka?
* Take this glass of water to your father!
**خُذْ كُوبَ الماءِ هذا إِلى أَبِيكَ!**
Khudh kūba al-mā'i hādhā ilā abīka!
**Glossary (27-28):**
* **an umbrella: مِظَلَّةٌ** - Miẓallah.
* **pills: حُبوبٌ** - Ḥubūb.
* **soap: صابونٌ** - Ṣābūn.
* **a face: وَجْهٌ** - Wajh.
* **a radio: رادِيُو** - Rādyū.
* **here: هُنا** - Hunā.
* **from here: مِنْ هُنا** - Min hunā.
* **Masculine: mine: خاصَّتِي / لي** - Khāṣṣatī / Lī.
* **yours (m.s.): خاصَّتُكَ / لَكَ** - Khāṣṣatuka / Laka.
* **his: خاصَّتُهُ / لَهُ** - Khāṣṣatuhu / Lahu.
* **ours: خاصَّتُنا / لَنا** - Khāṣṣatunā / Lanā.
* **yours (m.pl.): خاصَّتُكُمْ / لَكُمْ** - Khāṣṣatukum / Lakum.
* **theirs (m.): خاصَّتُهُمْ / لَهُمْ** - Khāṣṣatuhum / Lahum.
* **Feminine: mine: خاصَّتِي / لي** - Khāṣṣatī / Lī.
* **yours (f.s.): خاصَّتُكِ / لَكِ** - Khāṣṣatuki / Laki.
* **hers: خاصَّتُها / لَها** - Khāṣṣatuhā / Lahā.
* **ours: خاصَّتُنا / لَنا** - Khāṣṣatunā / Lanā.
* **yours (f.pl.): خاصَّتُكُنَّ / لَكُنَّ** - Khāṣṣatukunna / Lakunna.
* **theirs (f.): خاصَّتُهُنَّ / لَهُنَّ** - Khāṣṣatuhunna / Lahunna.
* **if: إِذا** - Idhā.
* **to rain: يُمْطِرُ** - Yamṭiru / Tumṭiru (the sky).
* **to take: يَأْخُذُ** - Ya'khudhu.
* **to go out: يَخْرُجُ** - Yakhruju.
* **to take (someone) along: يَصْطَحِبُ** - Yaṣṭaḥibu.
* **to wash: يَغْسِلُ** - Yaghsilu.
**TO LIKE / TO LOVE**
**(Dialogue 29)**
A: What do you like to do during your free time?
**ما الَّذِي تُحِبُّ أَنْ تَفْعَلَهُ خِلَالَ أَوْقاتِ فَراغِكَ؟**
Mā alladhī tuḥibbu an tafʿalahu khilāla awqāti farāghika?
B: During my free time I like to watch Egyptian films on TV.
**خِلَالَ أَوْقاتِ فَراغِي أُحِبُّ مُشاهَدَةَ الأَفْلامِ المِصْرِيَّةِ عَلَى التِّلْفازِ.**
Khilāla awqāti farāghī uḥibbu mushāhadata al-aflāmi al-miṣriyyati ʿalā at-tilfāzi.
A: Do you like swimming?
**هَلْ تُحِبُّ السِّباحَةَ؟**
Hal tuḥibbu as-sibāḥah?
B: No. I prefer to sing and dance.
**لا. أُحِبُّ بَلْ أَغْنِي وَأَرْقُصُ.**
Lā. Uḥibbu bal aghnī wa-arquṣu.
A: What do you think of Amine?
**ما رَأْيُكَ فِي أَمِينٍ؟**
Mā ra'yu-ka fī Amīn?
B: I like him. I like him (he pleases me).
**أَنَا أُحِبُّهُ. هُوَ يُعْجِبُنِي.**
Anā uḥibbuhu. Huwa yuʿjibunī.
A: Do you like him or do you love him?
**هَلْ هُوَ يُعْجِبُكَ أَمْ أَنْتَ تُحِبُّهُ؟**
Hal huwa yuʿjibuka am anta tuḥibbuhu?
B: Both!
**كِلاهُما!**
Killāhumā!
A: And what do you think of Brahim?
**وَما رَأْيُكَ فِي بِراهيمَ؟**
Wa-mā ra'yuka fī Bra-hīma?
B: I hate him.
**أَنَا أَكْرَهُهُ.**
Anā akrahuhu.
A: Why?
**لِماذا؟**
Limādhā?
B: Because he hates me, too.
**لِأَنَّهُ هُوَ أَيْضاً يَكْرَهُنِي.**
Li-annahu huwa ayḍan yakrahunī.
A: What do you dream of?
**ما الَّذِي تَحْلُمُ بِهِ؟**
Mā alladhī taḥlumu bihi?
B: I dream of a beautiful wife. I dream of a handsome husband.
**أَحْلُمُ بِزَوْجَةٍ جَمِيلَةٍ. أَحْلُمُ بِزَوْجٍ جَمِيلٍ.**
Aḥlumu bizawjatin jamīlah. Aḥlumu bizawjin jamīl.
A: What else?
**وما الْآخَرُ؟**
Wa-mā al-ākharu?
B: I also dream of a pretty house of my own.
**أَحْلُمُ أَيْضاً بِبَيْتٍ جَمِيلٍ خاصٍّ بِي.**
Aḥlumu ayḍan bibaytin jamīlin khāṣṣin bī.
**Glossary (30):**
* **during: خِلَالَ** - Khilāl.
* **a moment: وَقْتٌ** - Waqt.
* **free time: أَوْقاتُ فَراغٍ** - Awqātu farāgh.
* **rather/prefer: بَلْ** - Bal.
* **why: لِماذا** - Limādhā.
* **because: لِأَنَّ** - Li-anna.
* **also/too: أَيْضاً** - Ayḍan.
* **still/yet: أَيْضاً / ما زالَ** - Ayḍan / Mā zāla.
* **what else: ما الْآخَرُ** - Mā al-ākhar.
* **pretty/handsome (m): جَمِيلٌ** - Jamīl.
* **pretty (f): جَمِيلَةٌ** - Jamīlah.
* **of my own: خاصٌّ بِي** - Khāṣṣun bī.
* **of your own (m.s.): خاصٌّ بِكَ** - Khāṣṣun bika.
* **of his own: خاصٌّ بِهِ** - Khāṣṣun bihi.
* **of her own: خاصٌّ بِها** - Khāṣṣun bihā.
* **of our own: خاصٌّ بِنا** - Khāṣṣun binā.
* **of your own (pl.): خاصٌّ بِكُمْ** - Khāṣṣun bikum.
* **of their own (m.): خاصٌّ بِهِمْ** - Khāṣṣun bihim.
* **to like/love: يُحِبُّ** - Yuḥibbu.
* **to watch: يُشاهِدُ** - Yushāhidu.
* **to swim: يَسْبَحُ** - Yasbaḥu.
* **to sing: يُغَنِّي** - Yughannī.
* **to dance: يَرْقُصُ** - Yarquṣu.
* **to think: يَعْتَقِدُ / يَظُنُّ** - Yaʿtaqidu / Yaẓunnu.
* **to hate: يَكْرَهُ** - Yakrah.
* **to dream: يَحْلُمُ** - Yaḥlumu.
**TO KNOW (BE ACQUAINTED WITH)**
**(Dialogue 36)**
A: Do you know Fatima?
**هَلْ تَعْرِفُ فاطِمَةَ؟**
Hal taʿrifu Fāṭimata?
B: Yes, I know her.
**نَعَمْ، أَعْرِفُها.**
Naʿam, aʿrifuhā.
A: What does she do?
**ما عَمَلُها؟**
Mā ʿamaluhā?
B: She is a teacher.
**هِيَ مُدَرِّسَةٌ.**
Hiya mudarrisah.
A: Teacher of what?
**مُدَرِّسَةُ ماذا؟**
Mudarrisatu mādhā?
B: She is an English teacher.
**هِيَ مُدَرِّسَةُ لُغَةٍ إِنْجْلِيزِيَّةٍ.**
Hiya mudarrisatu lughatin inglīziyyah.
A: I want to learn English. Can she teach it to me?
**أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَتَعَلَّمَ الإِنْجْلِيزِيَّةَ. هَلْ يُمْكِنُها أَنْ تُعَلِّمَنِيَ إِيَّاها؟**
Urīdu an ataʿallama al-inglīziyyah. Hal yumkinuhā an tuʿallimaniyya iyyāhā?
B: I don't know. But I will tell her that.
**لا أَعْلَمُ. لكِنَّنِي سَأَقُولُ لَها ذَلِكَ.**
Lā aʿlamu. Lākinnanī sa-aqūlu lahā dhālika.
A: Thank you. I really want to study English.
**شُكْرَاً. أَنَا أُرِيدُ دِراسَةَ الإِنْجْلِيزِيَّةِ حَقَّاً.**
Shukran. Anā urīdu dirāsata al-inglīziyyati ḥaqqan.
B: Where do you want to study English?
**أَيْنَ تُرِيدُ دِراسَةَ الإِنْجْلِيزِيَّةِ؟**
Ayna turīdu dirāsata al-inglīziyyati?
A: At home.
**في المَنْزِلِ.**
Fī al-manzili.
**Glossary (37):**
* **teacher: مُدَرِّسٌ / أُسْتاذٌ** - Mudarris / Ustādh.
* **at home: في المَنْزِلِ** - Fī al-manzil.
* **to know (a person): يَعْرِفُ** - Yaʿrifu.
* **to learn / to teach: يَتَعَلَّمُ / يُعَلِّمُ** - Yataʿallamu (to learn) / Yuʿallimu (to teach).
* **to study: يَدْرُسُ** - Yadrusu.
**TO SMILE**
**(Dialogue 38)**
A: Why are you crying?
**لِماذا تَبْكِي؟**
Limādhā tabkī?
B: I am not crying. I am smiling.
**أَنَا لا أَبْكِي. أَنَا أَبْتَسِمُ.**
Anā lā abkī. Anā abtasimu.
A: Why are you smiling?
**لِماذا تَبْتَسِمُ؟**
Limādhā tabtasimu?
B: I am smiling because there is something funny!
**أَبْتَسِمُ لِأَنَّ هُناكَ شَيْئَاً مُضْحِكاً!**
Abtasimu li-anna hunāka shay'an muḍḥikan!
A: Where?
**أَيْنَ؟**
Ayna?
B: On TV. Look!
**عَلَى التِّلْفازِ. اُنْظُرْ!**
ʿAlā at-tilfāzi. Unẓur!
A: Ah, it's true. It's really comical!
**آه، صَحِيحٌ. إِنَّهُ مُضْحِكٌ جِدَّاً!**
Āh, ṣaḥīḥ. Innahu muḍḥikun jiddan!
A: You have a handsome face!
**لَدَيْكَ وَجْهٌ جَمِيلٌ!**
Ladayka wajhun jamīl!
B: Thank you.
**شُكْرَاً.**
Shukran.
A: You also have beautiful eyes!
**لَدَيْكَ أَيْضَاً عَيْنَانِ جَمِيلَتانِ!**
Ladayka ayḍan ʿaynāni jamīlatāni!
B: Thank you.
**شُكْرَاً.**
Shukran.
A: You also have a beautiful smile!
**لَدَيْكَ أَيْضَاً ابْتِسامَةٌ جَمِيلَةٌ!**
Ladayka ayḍan ibtisāmatun jamīlah!
B: Thank you!
**شُكْرَاً!**
Shukran!
**Glossary (39):**
* **some: بَعْضُ** - Baʿḍ.
* **something: شَيْءٌ ما** - Shay'un mā.
* **true: صَحِيحٌ / حَقِيقِيٌّ** - Ṣaḥīḥ / Ḥaqīqiyy.
* **really: حَقَّاً / جِدَّاً** - Ḥaqqan / Jiddan.
* **comical: مُضْحِكٌ** - Muḍḥik.
* **a face: وَجْهٌ** - Wajh.
* **also: أَيْضَاً** - Ayḍan.
* **again/also: أَيْضَاً** - Ayḍan.
* **a smile: ابْتِسامَةٌ** - Ibtisāmah.
* **thank you: شُكْرَاً** - Shukran.
* **to smile: يَبْتَسِمُ** - Yabtasimu.
**(Verb Conjugation - Present Tense)**
* **I smile: أَنَا أَبْتَسِمُ** - Anā abtasimu.
* **You (m.s.) smile: أَنْتَ تَبْتَسِمُ** - Anta tabtasimu.
* **He smiles: هُوَ يَبْتَسِمُ** - Huwa yabtasimu.
* **We smile: نَحْنُ نَبْتَسِمُ** - Naḥnu nabtasimu.
* **You (pl.) smile: أَنْتُمْ تَبْتَسِمُونَ** - Antum tabtasimūna.
* **They smile: هُمْ يَبْتَسِمُونَ** - Hum yabtasimūna.
**BREAKFAST**
**(Dialogue 39)**
A: Are you sleeping?
**هَلْ أَنْتَ نائِمٌ؟**
Hal anta nā'imun?
B: No, I am not sleeping. I am awake.
**لا، لَسْتُ نائِماً. أَنَا مُسْتَيْقِظٌ.**
Lā, lastu nā'iman. Anā mustayqiẓ.
A: At what time do you wake up?
**في أَيِّ ساعَةٍ تَسْتَيْقِظُ؟**
Fī ayyi sāʿatin tastayqiẓu?
B: I usually wake up at seven o'clock.
**أَسْتَيْقِظُ عادَةً في السّاعَةِ السّابِعَةِ.**
Astayqiẓu ʿādatan fī as-sāʿati as-sābiʿah.
A: What do you do when you get out of bed?
**ما الَّذِي تَفْعَلُهُ عِنْدَما تَخْرُجُ مِنَ السَّرِيرِ؟**
Mā alladhī tafʿaluhu ʿindamā takhruju mina as-sarīri?
B: When I get out of bed, I take a shower, then I have my breakfast.
**عِنْدَما أَخْرُجُ مِنَ السَّرِيرِ، أَأْخُذُ دُشَّاً، ثُمَّ أَتَناوَلُ فُطورِي.**
ʿIndamā akhruju mina as-sarīri, ā'khudhu dushshan, thumma atanāwalu fuṭūrī.
A: Where do you have your breakfast?
**أَيْنَ تَتَناوَلُ فُطورَكَ؟**
Ayna atanāwalu fuṭūraka?
B: I have my breakfast in the dining room.
**أَتَناوَلُ فُطورِي في غُرْفَةِ الطَّعامِ.**
Atanāwalu fuṭūrī fī ghurfati aṭ-ṭaʿām.
A: What do you have for breakfast?
**ما الَّذِي تَتَناوَلُهُ في الفُطورِ؟**
Mā alladhī atanāwaluhu fī al-fuṭūr?
B: Generally, I eat a little bread and I drink coffee.
**عَمومَاً، آكُلُ قَلِيلَاً مِنَ الخُبْزِ وَأَشْرَبُ قَهْوَةً.**
ʿUmūman, ākulu qalīlan mina al-khubzi wa-ashrabu qahwatan.
A: Don't you eat cheese?
**أَلا تَأْكُلُ جُبْناً؟**
Alā ta'kulu jubnan?
B: No.
**لا.**
Lā.
A: Don't you drink milk?
**أَلا تَشْرَبُ حَلِيباً؟**
Alā tashrabu ḥalīban?
B: No.
**لا.**
Lā.
**Glossary (40):**
* **breakfast: الفُطورُ** - Al-fuṭūr.
* **lunch: الغَداءُ** - Al-ghadā'.
* **dinner: العَشاءُ** - Al-ʿashā'.
* **cheese: جُبْنٌ** - Jubn.
* **milk: حَلِيبٌ** - Ḥalīb.
* **awake: مُسْتَيْقِظٌ** - Mustayqiẓ.
* **usually: عادَةً / في العادَةِ** - ʿĀdatan / Fī al-ʿādah.
* **a shower: دُشٌّ** - Dushsh.
* **the dining room: غُرْفَةُ الطَّعامِ** - Ghurfatu aṭ-ṭaʿām.
* **to sleep: يَنامُ** - Yanāmu.
* **to wake up: يَسْتَيْقِظُ** - Yastayqiẓu.
* **to get out: يَخْرُجُ** - Yakhruju.
* **to take: يَأْخُذُ** - Ya'khudhu.
* **to eat: يَأْكُلُ** - Ya'kulu.
* **to drink: يَشْرَبُ** - Yashrabu.
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**TO SIT DOWN**
**(Dialogue 41)**
A: Why have you remained standing? Sit down!
**لِماذا بَقِيتَ واقِفَاً؟ اِجْلِسْ!**
Limādhā baqīta wāqifan? Ijlis!
B: I remained standing because there is no chair in this room!
**بَقِيتُ واقِفَاً لِأَنَّهُ لا تُوجَدُ كُرْسِيٌّ في هَذِهِ الغُرْفَةِ!**
Baqītu wāqifan li-annahu lā tūjadu kursiyyun fī hādhihi al-ghurfati!
A: Why don't you sit on the floor, then, like me?
**لِماذا لا تَجْلِسُ إِذاً عَلَى الأَرْضِ، مِثْلِي؟**
Limādhā lā tajlisu idhan ʿalā al-arḍi, mithlī?
B: Alright. I will sit on the floor, like you.
**حَسَناً. أَجْلِسُ عَلَى الأَرْضِ، مِثْلَكَ.**
Ḥasanan. Ajlisu ʿalā al-arḍi, mithlaka.
A: Where is the television?
**أَيْنَ التِّلْفازُ؟**
Ayna at-tilfāzu?
B: It is in the living room.
**هُوَ في الصَّالونِ.**
Huwa fī aṣ-ṣālūni.
A: Where are the children?
**أَيْنَ الأَوْلادُ؟**
Ayna al-awlādu?
B: They are in the sitting room.
**هُمْ في غُرْفَةِ الجُلوسِ.**
Hum fī ghurfati al-julūsi.
A: Where is your husband?
**أَيْنَ زَوْجُكَ؟**
Ayna zawjuka?
B: He is in the bathroom.
**هُوَ في الحَمَّامِ.**
Huwa fī al-ḥammāmi.
**Glossary (42):**
* **why: لِماذا** - Limādhā.
* **standing: واقِفَاً** - Wāqifan.
* **a chair: كُرْسِيٌّ** - Kursiyy.
* **a room: غُرْفَةٌ** - Ghurfah.
* **on the floor: عَلَى الأَرْضِ** - ʿAlā al-arḍ.
* **like: مِثْلُ / كَما** - Mithl / Kamā.
* **alright: حَسَناً / مُوافِقٌ** - Ḥasanan / Muwāfiq.
* **the living room: الصَّالونُ** - Aṣ-ṣālūn.
* **the sitting room: غُرْفَةُ الجُلوسِ** - Ghurfatu al-julūs.
* **the bathroom: الحَمَّامُ** - Al-ḥammām.
* **to remain/stay: يَبْقى** - Yabqā.
* **to sit down: يَجْلِسُ** - Yajlisu.
**TO PLAY**
**(Dialogue 43)**
A: Hey, stop! Where are you going?
**أَيُّها، تَوَقَّفْ! إِلى أَيْنَ تَذْهَبُ؟**
Ayyuhā, tawaqqaf! Ilā ayna tadhhabu?
B: I am going out.
**أَنَا أَخْرُجُ.**
Anā akhruju.
A: What for?
**لِماذا؟ / لِفِعْلِ ماذا؟**
Limādhā? / Li-fiʿli mādhā?
B: I want to play football with my friends.
**أُرِيدُ أَلْعَبَ كُرَةَ القَدَمِ مَعَ أَصْدِقائِي.**
Urīdu alʿaba kurata al-qadami maʿa aṣdiqā'ī.
A: And who is going to wash your clothes when you come back?
**وَ مَنْ سَيَغْسِلُ مَلابِسَكَ عِنْدَما تَعودُ؟**
Wa-man sayaghsilu malābisaka ʿindamā taʿūdu?
B: I will wash them myself.
**سَأَغْسِلُها بِنَفْسِي.**
Sa-aghsiluhā binafsī.
**Glossary (43):**
* **a friend (m): صَدِيقٌ** - Ṣadīq.
* **a friend (f): صَدِيقَةٌ** - Ṣadīqah.
* **friends (m/mixed): أَصْدِقاءُ** - Aṣdiqā'.
* **friends (f): صَدِيقاتٌ** - Ṣadīqāt.
* **who: مَنْ** - Man.
* **a piece of clothing: مَلْبَسٌ** - Malbas.
* **to stop (oneself): يَتَوَقَّفُ** - Yatawaqqafu.
* **to play: يَلْعَبُ** - Yalʿabu.
**TO WAIT**
**(Dialogue 44)**
A: Wait! What are you doing?
**اِنْتَظِرْ! ما الَّذِي تَفْعَلُهُ؟**
Intaẓir! Mā alladhī tafʿaluhu?
B: I am cleaning the floor.
**أَنَا أُنَظِّفُ الأَرْضِيَّةَ.**
Anā unaẓẓifu al-arḍiyyata.
A: You are cleaning it with water without soap?
**أَتُنَظِّفُها بِماءٍ بِلا صابونٍ؟**
Atunaẓẓifuhā bimā'in bilā ṣābūnin?
B: Yes, it's water without soap.
**نَعَمْ، هَذا ماءٌ بِلا صابونٍ.**
Naʿam, hādhā mā'un bilā ṣābūnin.
A: Why?
**لِماذا؟**
Limādhā?
B: I don't have soap.
**لَيْسَ عِنْدِي صابونٌ.**
Laysa ʿindī ṣābūnun.
A: Why didn't you tell me?
**لِماذا لَمْ تُخْبِرْنِي؟**
Limādhā lam tukhbirnī?
B: I forgot to tell you.
**نَسِيتُ أَنْ أُخْبِرَكَ.**
Nasītu an ukhbiraka.
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**Glossary (45):**
* **the floor: الأَرْضِيَّةُ** - Al-arḍiyyah.
* **water: الماءُ** - Al-mā'.
* **soap: الصّابونُ** - Aṣ-ṣābūn.
* **without: بِلا / دُونَ** - Bilā / Dūna.
* **to wait: يَنْتَظِرُ** - Yantaẓiru.
* **to clean: يُنَظِّفُ** - Yunaẓẓifu.
* **to forget: يَنْسى** - Yansā.
**TO DIE**
**(Dialogue 46)**
A: Where do you live?
**أَيْنَ تَسْكُنُونَ؟**
Ayna taskunūna?
B: I live in Mohammedia.
**أَسْكُنُ في مُحَمَّدِيَّةٍ.**
Askunu fī Muḥammadiyyah.
A: Is it good to live in Mohammedia?
**هَلْ مِنَ الجَيِّدِ العَيْشُ في مُحَمَّدِيَّةٍ؟**
Hal mina al-jayyidi al-ʿayshu fī Muḥammadiyyah?
B: Yes.
**نَعَمْ.**
Naʿam.
A: Do you live with your parents?
**هَلْ تَعِيشُ مَعَ والِدَيْكَ؟**
Hal taʿīshu maʿa wālidayka?
B: No. I live in my own house.
**لا. أَعِيشُ في بَيْتِي الخَاصِّ.**
Lā. Aʿīshu fī baytī al-khāṣṣ.
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A: Do you want to die?
**هَلْ تُرِيدُ أَنْ تَموتَ؟**
Hal turīdu an tamūta?
B: Why?
**لِماذا؟**
Limādhā?
A: But this milk that you are drinking is poisoned!
**لَكِنَّ هذا الحَلِيبَ الَّذِي تَشْرَبُهُ مَسْمُومٌ!**
Lākinna hādhā al-ḥalība alladhī tashrabuhu masmūmun!
B: I didn't know that. I don't want to die. So I won't drink this poisoned milk.
**لَمْ أَكُنْ أَعْلَمُ ذَلِكَ. لا أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَموتَ. إِذاً لَنْ أَشْرَبَ هذا الحَلِيبَ المَسْمُومَ.**
Lam akun aʿlamu dhālika. Lā urīdu an amūta. Idhan lan ashraba hādhā al-ḥalība al-masmūma.
A: You have already drunk some, haven't you?
**لَقَدْ شَرِبْتَ مِنْهُ سابِقَاً، أَلَيْسَ كَذا؟**
Laqad sharibta minhu sābiqan, alaysa kadhā?
B: No, not at all. But I was about to drink it.
**لا، أَبَدَاً. لكِنَّنِي كُنْتُ عَلى وَشْكِ شُرْبِهِ.**
Lā, abadan. Lākinnanī kuntu ʿalā washki shurbihi.
A: So you almost died.
**إِذاً كِدْتَ تَموتُ.**
Idhan kiddta tamūtu.
B: Thank God! You arrived at the right moment!
**الحَمْدُ لِلهِ! لَقَدْ جِئْتَ في الوَقْتِ المُناسِبِ!**
Al-ḥamdu lillāh! Laqad ji'ta fī al-waqti al-munāsibi!
**Glossary (47):**
* **good: جَيِّدٌ** - Jayyid.
* **parents: الوالِدانِ** - Al-wālidāni.
* **milk: الحَلِيبُ** - Al-ḥalīb.
* **poisoned: مَسْمُومٌ** - Masmūm.
* **so/then: إِذاً** - Idhan.
* **already: سابِقَاً / قَبْلَ** - Sābiqan / Qabl.
* **not at all: أَبَدَاً / البَتَّةَ** - Abadan / Al-battah.
* **but: لَكِنَّ** - Lākinna.
* **to be about to do: يَكونُ عَلى وَشْكِ** - Yakūnu ʿalā washki.
* **Thank God: الحَمْدُ لِلهِ** - Al-ḥamdu lillāh.
* **At the right moment: في الوَقْتِ المُناسِبِ** - Fī al-waqti al-munāsib.
* **to live/reside: يَسْكُنُ** - Yaskunu.
* **to arrive: يَصِلُ / يَقْدَمُ** - Yaṣilu / Yaqdamu.
* **to live (a life): يَعِيشُ** - Yaʿīshu.
* **to die: يَموتُ** - Yamūtu.
* **to drink: يَشْرَبُ** - Yashrabu.
* **to almost do: يَكادُ** - Yakādu.
**TO ASK**
**(Dialogue 49)**
A: I would like to ask you a question.
**أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَسْأَلَكَ سُؤالاً.**
Urīdu an as'alaka su'ālan.
B: What is your question?
**ما هُوَ سُؤالُكَ؟**
Mā huwa su'āluka?
A: Do you like Amina?
**هَلْ تُحِبُّ أَمِينَةَ؟**
Hal tuḥibbu Amīnata?
B: I cannot answer that question.
**لا أَسْتَطِيعُ الإِجابَةَ عَلى هَذا السُّؤالِ.**
Lā astaṭīʿu al-ijābata ʿalā hādhā as-su'āli.
A: I have another question, then.
**إِذاً لَدَيَّ سُؤالٌ آخَرُ.**
Idhan ladayya su'ālun ākharu.
B: Yes?
**نَعَمْ؟**
Naʿam?
A: Are you going to marry Amina?
**هَلْ سَتَتَزَوَّجُ أَمِينَةَ؟**
Hal satatazawwaju Amīnata?
B: I cannot answer that question, either.
**لا أَسْتَطِيعُ الإِجابَةَ عَلى هَذا السُّؤالِ أَيْضَاً.**
Lā astaṭīʿu al-ijābata ʿalā hādhā as-su'āli ayḍan.
A: Alright. But I have another question.
**حَسَناً. لَكِنَّ لَدَيَّ سُؤالٌ آخَرُ.**
Ḥasanan. Lākinna ladayya su'ālun ākharu.
B: Yes?
**نَعَمْ؟**
Naʿam?
A: Can I marry Amina?
**هَلْ يُمْكِنُنِي أَنْ أَتَزَوَّجَ أَمِينَةَ؟**
Hal yumkinunī an atazawwaja Amīnata?
B: No!
**لا!**
Lā!
A: Why not?
**لِماذا لا؟**
Limādhā lā?
B: Amina is my fiancée!
**أَمِينَةُ خَطِيبَتِي!**
Amīnatu khaṭībatī!
**Glossary (49):**
* **then/so: إِذاً** - Idhan.
* **other/another: آخَرُ** - Ākhar.
* **not... either: أَيْضَاً لا** - Ayḍan lā.
* **alright: حَسَناً / مُوافِقٌ** - Ḥasanan / Muwāfiq.
* **but: لَكِنَّ** - Lākinna.
* **why not: لِماذا لا** - Limādhā lā.
* **to ask/pose (a question): يَضَعُ / يَطْرَحُ (سُؤالاً)** - Yaḍaʿu / Yaṭraḥu (su'ālan).
**TO RUN**
**(Dialogue 50)**
A: Where do you live?
**أَيْنَ تَسْكُنُ؟**
Ayna taskunu?
B: I live in the countryside.
**أَسْكُنُ في الرِّيفِ.**
Askunu fī ar-rīfi.
A: And you work in the city, don't you?
**وَأَنْتَ تَعْمَلُ في المَدِينَةِ، أَلَيْسَ كَذَلِكَ؟**
Wa-anta taʿmalu fī al-madīnati, alaysa kadhālika?
B: Yes.
**نَعَمْ.**
Naʿam.
A: So your workplace is far from your home!
**إِذاً مَكانُ عَمَلِكَ بَعِيدٌ عَنْ مَنْزِلِكَ!**
Idhan makānu ʿamalika baʿīdun ʿan manzilika!
B: Yes.
**نَعَمْ.**
Naʿam.
A: How do you get to your office?
**كَيْفَ تَصِلُ إلى مَكْتَبِكَ؟**
Kayfa taṣilu ilā maktabika?
B: I leave the house early in the morning.
**أَغادِرُ المَنْزِلَ مُبَكِّرَاً في الصَّباحِ.**
Aghādiru al-manzila mubakkiran fī aṣ-ṣabāḥ.
A: And then what?
**وَ ثُمَّ ماذا بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ؟**
Wa thumma mādhā baʿda dhālika?
B: Then I take a taxi to go to the nearest bus stop.
**ثُمَّ آخُذُ تاكْسِي لِلذَّهابِ إلى أَقْرَبِ مَوْقِفِ أُتوبيسٍ.**
Thumma ākhudhu tāksī lil-dhahābi ilā aqrabi mawqifi utūbīs.
A: Then I take the bus to get to the city.
**ثُمَّ آخُذُ الأُتوبيسَ لِلْوَصُولِ إلى المَدِينَةِ.**
Thumma ākhudhu al-utūbīsa lil-waṣūli ilā al-madīnati.
A: And after that?
**وَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ؟**
Wa baʿda dhālika?
B: And then I go on foot all the way to the office where I work.
**وَ ثُمَّ أَمْشِي عَلى الأَقْدامِ حَتَّى أَصِلَ إلى المَكْتَبِ الَّذِي أَعْمَلُ فيهِ.**
Wa thumma amshī ʿalā al-aqdāmi ḥattā aṣila ilā al-maktabi alladhī aʿmalu fīhi.
A: Do you always go on foot all the way to the office?
**هَلْ تَمْشِي دائِماً عَلى الأَقْدامِ حَتَّى المَكْتَبِ؟**
Hal tamshī dā'iman ʿalā al-aqdāmi ḥattā al-maktabi?
B: Yes, sometimes I run to get there on time!
**نَعَمْ، أَحْيانَاً أَجْرِي لِكَيْ أَصِلَ في الوَقْتِ!**
Naʿam, aḥyānan ajrī li-kay aṣila fī al-waqti!
**Glossary (51):**
* **the countryside: الرِّيفُ** - Ar-rīf.
* **a place: مَكانٌ** - Makān.
* **the workplace: مَكانُ العَمَلِ** - Makānu al-ʿamal.
* **far: بَعِيدٌ** - Baʿīd.
* **near: قَرِيبٌ** - Qarīb.
* **office: مَكْتَبٌ** - Maktab.
* **early: مُبَكِّرَاً** - Mubakkiran.
* **then: ثُمَّ** - Thumma.
* **after: بَعْدَ** - Baʿda.
* **next/then: ثُمَّ / بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ** - Thumma / Baʿda dhālika.
* **for/in order to: لِـ / مِنْ أَجْلِ** - Li- / Min ajli.
* **the bus stop: مَوْقِفُ الأُتوبيسِ** - Mawqifu al-utūbīs.
* **near/close: قَرِيبٌ** - Qarīb.
* **the nearest: الأَقْرَبُ** - Al-aqrab.
* **on foot: عَلى الأَقْدامِ / مَشْياً** - ʿAlā al-aqdām / Mashyan.
* **until/all the way to: حَتَّى** - Ḥattā.
* **where: أَيْنَ / حَيْثُ** - Ayna / Ḥaythu.
* **always: دائِماً** - Dā'iman.
* **sometimes: أَحْيانَاً** - Aḥyānan.
* **on time: في الوَقْتِ** - Fī al-waqt.
* **to live/reside: يَسْكُنُ** - Yaskunu.
* **to leave: يُغادِرُ / يَتْرُكُ** - Yughādiru / Yatruku.
* **to have to/must: يَجِبُ / يَنْبَغي** - Yajibu / Yanbaghī.
**TO WALK**
**(Dialogue 52)**
A : Where do you live?
**أَيْنَ تَسْكُنُ؟**
Ayna taskunu?
B : I live on the outskirts of the city.
**أَسْكُنُ في ضَواحِي المَدِينَةِ.**
Askunu fī ḍawāḥī al-madīnati.
A : Is your school over there?
**هَلْ مَدْرَسَتُكَ هُناكَ؟**
Hal madrasatuka hunāka?
B : No, my school is in the city.
**لا، مَدْرَسَتِي في المَدِينَةِ.**
Lā, madrasatī fī al-madīnati.
A : So how do you go to school?
**إِذاً كَيْفَ تَذْهَبُ إلى المَدْرَسَةِ؟**
Idhan kayfa tadhhabu ilā al-madrasati?
B : I have a bicycle. I go to school by bicycle.
**عِنْدِي دَرّاجَةٌ. أَذْهَبُ إلى المَدْرَسَةِ بِالدَّرّاجَةِ.**
ʿIndī darrājah. Adhhabu ilā al-madrasati bi-ad-darrājah.
A : Do all your friends go to school by bicycle?
**هَلْ كُلُّ أَصْدِقائِكَ يَذْهَبُونَ إلى المَدْرَسَةِ بِالدَّرّاجَةِ؟**
Hal kullu aṣdiqā'ika yadhhabūna ilā al-madrasati bi-ad-darrājah?
B : No, some of them go to school on foot.
**لا، بَعْضُهُمْ يَذْهَبُ إلى المَدْرَسَةِ مَشْياً عَلى الأَقْدامِ.**
Lā, baʿḍuhum yadhhabu ilā al-madrasati mashyan ʿalā al-aqdām.
**Glossary (52):**
* **the outskirts: ضَواحِي** - Ḍawāḥī.
* **over there: هُناكَ** - Hunāka.
* **in the city: في المَدِينَةِ** - Fī al-madīnah.
* **a bicycle: دَرّاجَةٌ** - Darrājah.
* **by bicycle: بِالدَّرّاجَةِ** - Bi-ad-darrājah.
* **on foot: مَشْياً عَلى الأَقْدامِ** - Mashyan ʿalā al-aqdām.
* **all: كُلُّ** - Kullu.
* **some: بَعْضُ** - Baʿḍ.
* **them: هُمْ** - Hum.
* **some of them: بَعْضُهُمْ** - Baʿḍuhum.
* **to walk: يَمْشِي** - Yamshī.
**TO DRIVE**
**(Dialogue 53)**
A : Where do you work?
**أَيْنَ تَعْمَلُ؟**
Ayna taʿmalu?
B : I work in Casablanca.
**أَعْمَلُ في الدّارِ البَيْضاءِ.**
Aʿmalu fī ad-Dār al-Bayḍā'.
A : How do you get there?
**كَيْفَ تَذْهَبُ إلى هُناكَ؟**
Kayfa tadhhabu ilā hunāka?
B : I take the train.
**آخُذُ القِطارَ.**
Ākhudhu al-qiṭār.
A : Don't you have a car?
**أَلَيْسَ عِنْدَكَ سَيَّارَةٌ؟**
Alaysa ʿindaka sayyārah?
B : My family has one. But I don't know how to drive.
**عائِلَتِي لَدَيْها واحِدَةٌ. لكِنَّنِي لا أَعْرِفُ القِيادَةَ.**
ʿĀ'ilatī ladayhā wāḥidah. Lākinnanī lā aʿrifu al-qiyādah.
A : Why don't you know how to drive?
**لِماذا لا تَعْرِفُ القِيادَةَ؟**
Limādhā lā taʿrifu al-qiyādah?
B : I haven't gotten a driver's license yet.
**لَمْ أَحْصَلْ بَعْدُ على رُخْصَةِ القِيادَةِ.**
Lam aḥṣal baʿdu ʿalā rukhṣati al-qiyādati.
**Glossary (53):**
* **a train: القِطارُ** - Al-qiṭār.
* **a family: عائِلَةٌ** - ʿĀ'ilah.
* **a driver's license: رُخْصَةُ قِيادَةٍ** - Rukhṣatu qiyādah.
* **not yet: لَمْ … بَعْدُ** - Lam … baʿdu.
* **to drive: يَقودُ** - Yaqūdu.
**TO VISIT**
**(Dialogue 54)**
A : Where are you going?
**إلى أَيْنَ تَذْهَبُ؟**
Ilā ayna tadhhabu?
B : I am on my way to Canada.
**أَنَا في طَرِيقِي إلى كانادا.**
Anā fī ṭarīqī ilā Kānādā.
A : What for?
**لِماذا؟**
Limādhā?
B : I am going to visit my sister over there.
**أَنَا ذاهِبٌ لِزِيارَةِ أُخْتي هُناكَ.**
Anā dhāhibun liziyārati ukhtī hunāka.
A : How long will you be (there)?
**كامِ المُدَّةُ الَّتِي سَتَقْضِيها؟**
Kāmi al-muddatu allatī sataqḍīhā?
B : I will stay one month in Canada.
**سَأَبْقى شَهْرَاً في كانادا.**
Sa-abqā shahran fī Kānādā.
A : Where will you stay when you go to Canada?
**أَيْنَ سَتَقِيمُ عِنْدَما تَذْهَبُ إلى كانادا؟**
Ayna sataqīmu ʿindamā tadhhabu ilā Kānādā?
B : I will stay at my sister's.
**سَأَقِيمُ عِنْدَ أُخْتي.**
Sa-aqīmu ʿinda ukhtī.
**Glossary (54):**
* **on the way to: في طَرِيقِ … إلى** - Fī ṭarīqi … ilā.
* **over there: هُناكَ** - Hunāka.
* **time (duration): وَقْتٌ / زَمَنٌ** - Waqt / Zamān.
* **an hour: ساعَةٌ** - Sāʿah.
* **a day: يَوْمٌ** - Yawm.
* **a month: شَهْرٌ** - Shahr.
* **a year: سَنَةٌ / عامٌ** - Sanah / ʿĀm.
* **a night: لَيْلَةٌ** - Laylah.
* **an evening: مَساءٌ** - Masā'.
* **a morning: صَباحٌ** - Ṣabāḥ.
* **a morning (period): صَباحٌ / فَتْرَةُ الصَّباحِ** - Ṣabāḥ / Fatratu aṣ-ṣabāḥ.
* **an afternoon: بَعْدَ الظُّهْرِ** - Baʿda aẓ-ẓuhr.
* **an evening (period): مَساءٌ** - Masā'.
* **a day (period): نَهارٌ / يَوْمٌ** - Nahār / Yawm.
* **to visit: يَزورُ** - Yazūru.
**MANY / A LOT**
**(Dialogue 32)**
A: Do you have books?
**هَلْ عِنْدَكَ كُتُبٌ؟**
Hal ʿindaka kutubun?
B: Yes, I have some.
**نَعَمْ، عِنْدِي.**
Naʿam, ʿindī.
A: Do you have notebooks?
**هَلْ عِنْدَكَ دَفاتِرُ؟**
Hal ʿindaka dafātiru?
B: Yes, I have a few notebooks.
**نَعَمْ، عِنْدِي بَعْضُ الدَّفاتِرِ.**
Naʿam, ʿindī baʿḍu ad-dafātiri.
A: Do you have pens?
**هَلْ عِنْدَكَ أَقْلامٌ؟**
Hal ʿindaka aqlāmun?
B: Yes, I have a lot of pens.
**نَعَمْ، عِنْدِي كَثِيرٌ مِنَ الأَقْلامِ.**
Naʿam, ʿindī kathīrun mina al-aqlām.
A: Do you have money?
**هَلْ عِنْدَكَ مالٌ؟**
Hal ʿindaka mālun?
B: Yes, I have a lot of money.
**نَعَمْ، عِنْدِي كَثِيرٌ مِنَ المالِ.**
Naʿam, ʿindī kathīrun mina al-māli.
A: How many eyes do you have?
**كَمْ عَيْنَاً لَدَيْكَ؟**
Kam ʿaynan ladayka?
B: I have two.
**لَدَيَّ عَيْنَانِ.**
Ladayya ʿaynāni.
A: How many ears do you have?
**كَمْ أُذُنَاً لَدَيْكَ؟**
Kam udhunan ladayka?
B: I have two.
**لَدَيَّ أُذُنانِ.**
Ladayya udhunāni.
A: How many noses do you have?
**كَمْ أَنْفَاً لَدَيْكَ؟**
Kam anfan ladayka?
B: I have only one.
**لَدَيَّ أَنْفٌ واحِدٌ فَقَطْ.**
Ladayya anfun wāḥidun faqaṭ.
A: How many mouths do you have?
**كَمْ فَمَاً لَدَيْكَ؟**
Kam faman ladayka?
B: I have only one.
**لَدَيَّ فَمٌ واحِدٌ فَقَطْ.**
Ladayya famun wāḥidun faqaṭ.
A: How many cheeks do you have?
**كَمْ خَدَّاً لَدَيْكَ؟**
Kam khaddan ladayka?
B: I have two.
**لَدَيَّ خَدَّانِ.**
Ladayya khaddāni.
A: How many heads do you have?
**كَمْ رَأْسَاً لَدَيْكَ؟**
Kam ra'san ladayka?
B: I have only one.
**لَدَيَّ رَأْسٌ واحِدٌ فَقَطْ.**
Ladayya ra'sun wāḥidun faqaṭ.
**Glossary (33):**
* **a lot: كَثِيرٌ** - Kathīr.
* **a book: كِتابٌ** - Kitāb.
* **a notebook: دَفْتَرٌ** - Daftar.
* **some: بَعْضُ** - Baʿḍ.
* **a few: بَعْضُ** - Baʿḍ.
* **an eye: عَيْنٌ** - ʿAyn.
* **eyes: عَيْنَانِ / أَعْيُنٌ** - ʿAynāni / Aʿyun.
* **an ear: أُذُنٌ** - Udhun.
* **ears: أُذُنانِ / آذانٌ** - Udhunāni / Ādhān.
* **a nose: أَنْفٌ** - Anf.
* **a mouth: فَمٌ** - Fam.
* **a cheek: خَدٌّ** - Khadd.
* **a head: رَأْسٌ** - Ra's.
* **only: فَقَطْ** - Faqaṭ.
* **how many/much: كَمْ** - Kam.
**TO LISTEN / TO HEAR**
**(Dialogue 34)**
A: Listen! Do you hear something?
**اِسْمَعْ! هَلْ تَسْمَعُ شَيْئَاً؟**
Ismaʿ! Hal tasmaʿu shay'an?
B: No, I hear nothing.
**لا، لا أَسْمَعُ شَيْئَاً.**
Lā, lā asmaʿu shay'an.
A: Listen again!
**اِسْمَعْ مَرَّةً أُخْرى!**
Ismaʿ marratan ukhrā!
B: Now, yes. I hear a voice. It's my mother's voice.
**الآنَ، نَعَمْ. أَسْمَعُ صَوْتَاً. إِنَّهُ صَوْتُ أُمِّي.**
Al-āna, naʿam. Asmaʿu ṣawtan. Innahu ṣawtu ummī.
A: Look over there! What do you see?
**اُنْظُرْ إِلى هُناكَ! ما الَّذِي تَراهُ؟**
Unẓur ilā hunāka! Mā alladhī tarāhu?
B: I see a light in the forest.
**أَرى ضَوْءَاً في الغابَةِ.**
Arā ḍaw'an fī al-ghābah.
A: What are you doing?
**ما الَّذِي تَفْعَلُهُ؟**
Mā alladhī tafʿaluhu?
B: I am watching television.
**أَنَا أُشاهِدُ التِّلْفازَ.**
Anā ushāhidu at-tilfāza.
A: What are you watching on TV?
**ما الَّذِي تُشاهِدُهُ عَلَى التِّلْفازِ؟**
Mā alladhī tushāhiduhu ʿalā at-tilfāzi?
B: I am watching a football match.
**أُشاهِدُ مُباراةَ كُرَةِ القَدَمِ.**
Ushāhidu mubārata kurati al-qadam.
A: Do you speak English?
**هَلْ تَتَحَدَّثُ الإِنْجْلِيزِيَّةَ؟**
Hal tataḥaddathu al-inglīziyyata?
B: Yes.
**نَعَمْ.**
Naʿam.
A: Say a word in English!
**قُلْ كَلِمَةً بِالْإِنْجْلِيزِيَّةِ!**
Qul kalimatan bi-al-inglīziyyati!
B: Love.
** (حُبٌّ).**
(Ḥubb).
A: Why do you say 'love'?
**لِماذا تَقُولُ «لُوف»؟**
Limādhā taqūlu "Lūf"?
B: I say 'love' because I love a girl.
**أَقُولُ «لُوف» لِأَنَّنِي أُحِبُّ فَتاةً.**
Aqūlu "Lūf" li-annanī uḥibbu fatātan.
A: Then tell me about your love!
**إِذاً حَدِّثْنِي عَنْ حُبِّكَ!**
Idhan ḥaddithnī ʿan ḥubbika!
**Glossary (35):**
* **a thing: شَيْءٌ** - Shay'.
* **a voice: صَوْتٌ** - Ṣawt.
* **a word: كَلِمَةٌ** - Kalimah.
* **over there: هُناكَ** - Hunāka.
* **a light: ضَوْءٌ / نُورٌ** - Ḍaw' / Nūr.
* **a forest: غابَةٌ** - Ghābah.
* **a football match: مُباراةُ كُرَةِ قَدَمٍ** - Mubāratu kurati qadam.
* **a love: حُبٌّ** - Ḥubb.
* **love: الحُبُّ** - Al-ḥubb.
* **nothing: لا شَيْءَ** - Lā shay'a.
* **again: مَرَّةً أُخْرى** - Marratan ukhrā.
* **then/so: إِذاً** - Idhan.
* **to listen: يَسْمَعُ** - Yasmaʿu (اِسْتَمَعَ يَسْتَمِعُ - to listen attentively).
* **to hear: يَسْمَعُ** - Yasmaʿu (سَمِعَ يَسْمَعُ - to hear).
* **to speak: يَتَحَدَّثُ** - Yataḥaddathu.
* **to say: يَقُولُ** - Yaqūlu.
**AGREEMENT**
**(Dialogue 58: TO BE IN AGREEMENT)**
A: What do you think of marriage?
**ما رَأْيُكَ في الزَّواجِ؟**
Mā ra'yuka fī az-zawāj?
B: I think that marriage is a bad thing.
**أَظُنُّ أَنَّ الزَّواجَ شَيْءٌ سَيِّئٌ.**
Aẓunnu anna az-zawāja shay'un sayyi'.
A: I do not agree with you. I think that marriage is a good thing.
**لا أُوافِقُكَ الرَّأْيَ. أَظُنُّ أَنَّ الزَّواجَ شَيْءٌ جَيِّدٌ.**
Lā uwāfiquka ar-ra'ya. Aẓunnu anna az-zawāja shay'un jayyid.
B: I don't want to get married, anyway.
**عَلى أَيِّ حالٍ، لا أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَتَزَوَّجَ.**
ʿAlā ayyi ḥālin, lā urīdu an atazawwaja.
A: Why not?
**لِماذا لا؟**
Limādhā lā?
B: I do not trust women.
**لا أَثِقُ بالنِّساءِ.**
Lā athiqu bi-n-nisā'.
A: But women are not all the same.
**لكِنَّ النِّساءَ لَسْنَ كُلُّهُنَّ مِثْلَ بَعْضِهِنَّ.**
Lākinna an-nisā'a lasna kulluhunna mithla baʿḍihinna.
B: However, the women I know are all the same.
**رُغْمَ ذَلِكَ، فَالنِّساءُ اللَّواتِي أَعْرِفُهُنَّ كُلُّهُنَّ مُتَشابِهاتٌ.**
Rughma dhālika, fa-n-nisā'u al-lawātī aʿrifuhunna kulluhunna mutashābihāt.
**Glossary (58):**
* **marriage: الزَّواجُ** - Az-zawāj.
* **a thing: شَيْءٌ** - Shay'.
* **bad (m): سَيِّئٌ** - Sayyi'.
* **bad (f): سَيِّئَةٌ** - Sayyi'ah.
* **good (m): جَيِّدٌ** - Jayyid.
* **good (f): جَيِّدَةٌ** - Jayyidah.
* **anyway: عَلى أَيِّ حالٍ** - ʿAlā ayyi ḥālin.
* **why not: لِماذا لا** - Limādhā lā.
* **trust: ثِقَةٌ** - Thiqah.
* **the same (m): نَفْسُ الشَّيْءِ / مُتَشابِهٌ** - Nafsu ash-shay' / Mutashābih.
* **the same (f): نَفْسُ الشَّيْءِ / مُتَشابِهَةٌ** - Nafsu ash-shay' / Mutashābihah.
* **the same (pl.): نَفْسُ الأَشْياءِ / مُتَشابِهاتٌ** - Nafsu al-ashyā' / Mutashābihāt.
* **however: رُغْمَ ذَلِكَ / مَعَ ذَلِكَ** - Rughma dhālika / Maʿa dhālika.
* **all/every (m.s.): كُلُّ** - Kull.
* **all/every (f.s.): كُلُّ** - Kull.
* **all/every (m.pl.): كُلُّ** - Kull.
* **all/every (f.pl.): كُلُّ** - Kull.
**DISAGREEMENT**
**(Dialogue 59: NOT TO BE IN AGREEMENT)**
A: How do you find Ahmed?
**كَيْفَ تَرى أَحْمَدَ؟**
Kayfa tarā Aḥmada?
B: I find that he is a liar.
**أَجِدُهُ كَذّاباً.**
Ajiduhu kaddāban.
A: Certainly not! I do not agree with you at all. Ahmed is not a liar.
**مُسْتَحيلٌ! لا أُوافِقُكَ البَتَّةَ. أَحْمَدُ لَيْسَ كَذّاباً.**
Mustaḥīl! Lā uwāfiquka al-battah. Aḥmadu laysa kaddāban.
B: Do you believe what he says?
**هَلْ تُصَدِّقُ ما يَقُولُهُ؟**
Hal tuṣaddiqu mā yaqūluhu?
A: But of course!
**طَبْعَاً!**
Ṭabʿan!
B: Well, he said he would go to Spain next week.
**حَسَناً، لَقَدْ قالَ إِنَّهُ سَيَذْهَبُ إِلى إِسْبانِيا الأُسْبوعَ المُقْبِلَ.**
Ḥasanan, laqada qāla innahu sayadhhabu ilā Isbāniyā al-usbūʿa al-muqbil.
A: That's not true!
**هَذا غَيْرُ صَحِيحٍ!**
Hādhā ghayru ṣaḥīḥ!
B: So ask him and you will see who is the liar!
**إِسْأَلْهُ إِذاً وَسَتَرى مَنِ الكَذّابُ!**
Is'alhu idhan wa-satarā mani al-kaddāb!
**Glossary (60):**
* **liar: كَذّابٌ** - Kaddāb.
* **certainly not: مُسْتَحيلٌ / بِالتَّأْكِيدِ لا** - Mustaḥīl / Bi-t-ta'kīdi lā.
* **of course: طَبْعَاً** - Ṭabʿan.
* **well: حَسَناً** - Ḥasanan.
* **that's not true: هَذا غَيْرُ صَحِيحٍ** - Hādhā ghayru ṣaḥīḥ.
* **who: مَنْ** - Man.
* **this week: هَذا الأُسْبوعِ** - Hādhā al-usbūʿi.
* **last week: الأُسْبوعِ الماضِي** - Al-usbūʿi al-māḍī.
* **next week: الأُسْبوعِ المُقْبِلِ** - Al-usbūʿi al-muqbil.
* **to find/think: يَجِدُ / يَرى** - Yajidu / Yarā.
* **to believe: يُصَدِّقُ / يُؤْمِنُ** - Yuṣaddiqu / Yu'minu.
**TO ACCEPT**
**(Dialogue 60 - Note: This number repeats from earlier)**
A: Why did you marry Rachida?
**لِماذا تَزَوَّجْتَ رَشِيدَةَ؟**
Limādhā tazawwajta Rashīdata?
B: I married her because she accepted to live with me in Casablanca.
**تَزَوَّجْتُها لِأَنَّها قَبِلَتْ أَنْ تَعِيشَ مَعِي في الدّارِ البَيْضاءِ.**
Tazawwajtuhā li-annahā qabilat an taʿīsha maʿī fī ad-Dār al-Bayḍā'.
A: But here you are in Mohammédia!
**لكِنْ ها أَنْتَ ذا في مُحَمَّدِيَّةٍ!**
Lākin hā anta dhā fī Muḥammadiyyah!
B: Obviously! I am in Mohammédia because Rachida refused to stay with me in Casablanca.
**واضِحٌ! أَنَا في مُحَمَّدِيَّةٍ لِأَنَّ رَشِيدَةَ رَفَضَتْ أَنْ تَبْقى مَعِي في الدّارِ البَيْضاءِ.**
Wāḍiḥ! Anā fī Muḥammadiyyah li-anna Rashīdata rafaḍat an tabqā maʿī fī ad-Dār al-Bayḍā'.
A: That is what I don't understand! Did she accept or refuse?
**هَذا ما لا أَفْهَمُهُ! هَلْ قَبِلَتْ أَمْ رَفَضَتْ؟**
Hādhā mā lā afhamuhu! Hal qabilat am rafaḍat?
B: Rachida is my wife. I accept her as she is.
**رَشِيدَةُ زَوْجَتِي. أَقْبَلُها كَما هِيَ.**
Rashīdatu zawjatī. Aqbaluhā kamā hiya.
A: That is why you refuse to talk about her!
**لِهَذا السَّبَبِ تَرْفُضُ التَّحْدِيثَ عَنْها!**
Li-hādhā as-sababi tarfuḍu at-taḥdītha ʿanhā!
B: Yes, just as you refuse to talk about your wife!
**نَعَمْ، مِثْلَما أَنْتَ تَرْفُضُ التَّحْدِيثَ عَنْ زَوْجَتِكَ!**
Naʿam, mithlamā anta tarfuḍu at-taḥdītha ʿan zawjatika!
**Glossary (61):**
* **here you are: ها أَنْتَ ذا** - Hā anta dhā.
* **obviously: واضِحٌ** - Wāḍiḥ.
* **a wife: زَوْجَةٌ** - Zawjah.
* **to marry: يَتَزَوَّجُ** - Yatazawwaju.
* **to accept: يَقْبَلُ** - Yaqbalu.
* **to refuse: يَرْفُضُ** - Yarfuḍu.
* **to live: يَعِيشُ** - Yaʿīshu.
* **to understand: يَفْهَمُ** - Yafhamu.
**TO REMEMBER**
**(Dialogue 62)**
A: You don't recognize me?
**أَلا تَتَعَرَّفُ عَلَيَّ؟**
Alā tataʿarrafu ʿalayya?
B: No, I am sorry. Who are you?
**لا، أَنَا آسِفٌ. مَنْ أَنْتَ؟**
Lā, anā āsifun. Man anta?
A: I am Naïma.
**أَنَا نَعِيمَةُ.**
Anā Naʿīmatu.
B: Ah, now I remember. How are you?
**آهْ، الْآنَ أَتَذَكَّرُ. كَيْفَ حالُكِ؟**
Āh, al-āna atadhakkaru. Kayfa ḥāluki?
A: I am well. Thank you. Do you remember my name?
**أَنَا بِخَيْرٍ، شُكْرَاً. هَلْ تَتَذَكَّرُ اسْمِي؟**
Anā bikhayrin, shukran. Hal tatadhakkaru ismī?
B: No. I am sorry to have forgotten your name.
**لا. أَنَا آسِفٌ لِأَنِّي نَسِيتُ اسْمَكِ.**
Lā. Anā āsifun li-annī nasītu ismaki.
A: My name is Naïma Kamali.
**اسْمِي نَعِيمَةُ كَمالي.**
Ismī Naʿīmatu Kamālī.
B: I promise you that I will never forget it this time.
**أَعِدُكِ بِأَنَّنِي لَنْ أَنْساهُ هَذِهِ المَرَّةَ.**
Aʿiduki bi-annanī lan ansāhu hadhihi al-marrah.
A: I hope so.
**أَرْجو ذَلِكَ.**
Arjū dhālika.
**Glossary (63):**
* **sorry: آسِفٌ** - Āsif.
* **now: الآنَ** - Al-āna.
* **a name: اسمٌ** - Ism.
* **this time: هَذِهِ المَرَّةَ** - Hadhihi al-marrah.
* **to recognize: يَتَعَرَّفُ** - Yataʿarrafu.
* **to remember: يَتَذَكَّرُ** - Yatadhakkaru.
* **to be called/named: يُسَمّى / يَدْعى** - Yusammā / Yadʿā.
* **to promise: يَعِدُ** - Yaʿidu.
* **to hope: يَرْجو** - Yarjū.
**TO HOPE**
**(Dialogue 64)**
A: Where are you, Ahmed?
**أَيْنَ أَنْتَ يا أَحْمَدُ؟**
Ayna anta yā Aḥmadu?
B: I am in Marrakech.
**أَنَا في مَرّاكُشَ.**
Anā fī Marrākusha.
A: I hope you are having a good holiday.
**أَرْجو أَنَّكَ تَقْضِي عُطْلَةً سَعِيدَةً.**
Arjū annaka taqḍī ʿuṭlatan saʿīdah.
B: Thank you. I hope to see you soon.
**شُكْرَاً. أَرْجو أَنْ أَراكَ قَرِيبَاً.**
Shukran. Arjū an arāka qarīban.
A: Me too. I wish you good luck in your studies. Congratulations!
**وَأَنا أَيْضَاً. أَتَمَنّى لَكَ التَّوْفِيقَ في دِراسَتِكَ. مُبارَكٌ!**
Wa-anā ayḍan. Atamannā laka at-tawfīqa fī dirāsatika. Mabārak!
B: Thank you. And to you too!
**شُكْرَاً. وَلَكَ أَيْضَاً!**
Shukran. Wa-laka ayḍan!
A: I hope you will come to visit us in Agadir.
**أَرْجو أَنْ تَزُورَنا في أَكادِيرَ.**
Arjū an tazūranā fī Akādīra.
B: I can't, unfortunately. But I hope we will see each other in Casablanca.
**لا أَسْتَطِيعُ، لِلأَسَفِ. لكِنَّنِي آمُلُ أَنْ نَتَراءى في الدّارِ البَيْضاءِ.**
Lā astaṭīʿu, lil-asafi. Lākinnanī āmulu an natara'ā fī ad-Dār al-Bayḍā'.
A: I hope so. Goodbye!
**أَرْجو ذَلِكَ. إِلى اللِّقاءِ!**
Arjū dhālika. Ilā al-liqā'i!
B: Goodbye!
**إِلى اللِّقاءِ!**
Ilā al-liqā'i!
**Glossary (65):**
* **holiday/vacation: العُطْلَةُ** - Al-ʿuṭlah.
* **soon: قَرِيبَاً** - Qarīban.
* **me too: وَأَنا أَيْضَاً** - Wa-anā ayḍan.
* **good luck: التَّوْفِيقُ** - At-tawfīq.
* **for your studies: لِدِراسَتِكَ** - Li-dirāsatika.
* **unfortunately: لِلأَسَفِ** - Lil-asaf.
* **Goodbye: إِلى اللِّقاءِ** - Ilā al-liqā'.
* **to spend (time): يَقْضِي** - Yaqḍī.
* **to wish: يَتَمَنّى** - Yatamannā.
**ADJECTIVE**
**(Dialogue 66)**
A: It is cold in here. Let's get out of here!
**الجَوُّ بارِدٌ هُنا في الدّاخِلِ. لِنَخْرُجْ مِنْ هُنا!**
Al-jawwu bāridun hunā fī ad-dākhil. Li-nakhruj min hunā!
B: To go where?
**لِلذَّهابِ إِلى أَيْنَ؟**
Lil-dhahābi ilā ayna?
A: Let's go to the city! I don't want to stay in the village this afternoon.
**لِنَذْهَبْ إِلى المَدِينَةِ! لا أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَبْقى في القَرْيَةِ هذا بَعْدَ الظُّهْرِ.**
Li-nadhhab ilā al-madīnah! Lā urīdu an abqā fī al-qaryati hādhā baʿda aẓ-ẓuhr.
B: How will we go to the city?
**كَيْفَ سَنَذْهَبُ إِلى المَدِينَةِ؟**
Kayfa sanadhhabu ilā al-madīnati?
A: Let's take a taxi.
**لِنَأْخُذْ تاكْسِي.**
Li-na'khudh tāksī.
B: What if we went by bicycle?
**وَ ماذا لَوْ ذَهَبْنا بِالدَّرّاجَةِ؟**
Wa mādhā law dhahabnā bi-ad-darrājah?
A: My bicycle is broken down.
**دَرّاجَتي مُعَطَّلَةٌ.**
Darrājatī muʿaṭṭalah.
B: Your bicycle broke down because it is of poor quality. And it is of poor quality because it is cheap.
**دَرّاجَتُكَ تَعَطَّلَتْ لِأَنَّها رَدِيئَةُ الجَوْدَةِ. وَهِيَ رَدِيئَةُ الجَوْدَةِ لِأَنَّها رَخِيصَةٌ.**
Darrājatuka taʿaṭṭalat li-annahā radī'atu al-jawdah. Wa-hiya radī'atu al-jawdati li-annahā rakhīṣah.
A: I know. Your bicycle is of good quality, but it is expensive. Now, let's go out!
**أَعْلَمُ. دَرّاجَتُكَ جَيِّدَةُ الجَوْدَةِ، لكِنَّها غالِيَةٌ. الآنَ، لِنَخْرُجْ!**
Aʿlam. Darrājatuka jayyidatu al-jawdati, lākinnahā ghāliyah. Al-āna, li-nakhruj!
B: You are going to have to sell your bicycle and buy one of good quality!
**سَوْفَ يَجِبُ أَنْ تَبِيعَ دَرّاجَتَكَ وَتَشْتَرِي أُخْرى جَيِّدَةَ الجَوْدَةِ!**
Sawfa yajibu an tabīʿa darrājataka wa-tashtarī ukhrā jayyidata al-jawdah!
A: I know! I know. But let's go! Let's get out of here! Let's leave!
**أَعْلَمُ! أَعْلَمُ. لكِنْ هَيَّا بِنَا! لِنَخْرُجْ مِنْ هُنا! لِنَنْطَلِقْ!**
Aʿlam! Aʿlam. Lakin hayyā binā! Li-nakhruj min hunā! Li-nanṭaliq!
**Glossary (67):**
* **It is cold: الجَوُّ بارِدٌ** - Al-jawwu bārid.
* **in here: في الدّاخِلِ هُنا** - Fī ad-dākhili hunā.
* **broken down: مُعَطَّلٌ** - Muʿaṭṭal.
* **of poor quality: رَدِيءُ الجَوْدَةِ** - Radī'u al-jawdah.
* **of good quality: جَيِّدُ الجَوْدَةِ** - Jayyidu al-jawdah.
* **cheap: رَخِيصٌ** - Rakhīṣ.
* **expensive (f): غالِيَةٌ** - Ghāliyah.
* **expensive (m): غالٍ** - Ghālin.
* **to stay: يَبْقى** - Yabqā.
* **to have to/must: يَجِبُ / يَنْبَغي** - Yajibu / Yanbaghī.
* **to sell: يَبِيعُ** - Yabīʿu.
* **to buy: يَشْتَرِي** - Yashtarī.
**ADJECTIVE (Sad / Happy)**
**(Dialogue 68)**
A: I feel sad today.
**أَشْعُرُ بِالحُزْنِ اليَوْمَ.**
Ashʿuru bi-al-ḥuzni al-yawma.
B: You should take a hot shower.
**يَجِبُ أَنْ تَأْخُذَ دُشَّاً ساخِناً.**
Yajibu an ta'khudha dushshan sākhinan.
A: You are right.
**أَنْتَ مُحِقٌّ.**
Anta muḥiqq.
B: But why are you sad?
**لكِنْ لِماذا أَنْتَ حَزِينٌ؟**
Lakin limādhā anta ḥazīnun?
A: To tell the truth, I am happy. The girl I love has just gotten married.
**في الحَقِيقَةِ، أَنَا سَعِيدٌ. الفَتاةُ الَّتِي أُحِبُّها لَقَدْ تَزَوَّجَتْ تَوَّاً.**
Fī al-ḥaqīqati, anā saʿīdun. Al-fatātu allatī uḥibbuhā laqad tazawwajat tawwan.
B: But her, is she sad, too?
**وَ هِيَ، هَلْ هِيَ حَزِينَةٌ أَيْضَاً؟**
Wa hiya, hal hiya ḥazīnah ayḍan?
A: No. In fact, she is very happy, because her husband is a very rich man. He is rich by millions.
**لا. في الواقِعِ، هِيَ سَعِيدَةٌ جِدَّاً، لِأَنَّ زَوْجَها رَجُلٌ غَنِيٌّ جِدَّاً. هُوَ غَنِيٌّ بِالمِلايينِ.**
Lā. Fī al-wāqiʿi, hiya saʿīdah jiddan, li-anna zawjahā rajulun ghanīyyun jiddan. Huwa ghanīyyun bi-al-malāyīn.
B: She is lucky!
**إِنَّها مَحْظوظَةٌ!**
Innahā maḥẓūẓah!
A: You are perfectly right!
**أَنْتَ مُحِقٌّ تَمامَاً!**
Anta muḥiqqun tamāman!
**Glossary (69):**
* **sad: حَزِينٌ** - Ḥazīn.
* **happy (m): سَعِيدٌ** - Saʿīd.
* **happy (f): سَعِيدَةٌ** - Saʿīdah.
* **a hot shower: دُشٌّ ساخِنٌ** - Dushshun sākhin.
* **to tell the truth: في الحَقِيقَةِ** - Fī al-ḥaqīqah.
* **in fact: في الواقِعِ** - Fī al-wāqiʿ.
* **rich by millions: غَنِيٌّ بِالمِلايينِ** - Ghanīyyun bi-al-malāyīn.
* **luck: الحَظُّ / القِسْمَةُ** - Al-ḥaẓẓ / Al-qismah.
* **perfectly: تَمامَاً** - Tamāman.
* **today: اليَوْمَ** - Al-yawma.
* **yesterday: أَمْسِ** - Amsi.
* **tomorrow: غَدَاً** - Ghadan.
* **to feel: يَشْعُرُ** - Yashʿuru.
**PREPOSITION**
**(Dialogue 70)**
A: Where does your fiancé live?
**أَيْنَ يَسْكُنُ خَطِيبُكِ؟**
Ayna yaskunu khaṭībuki?
B: He lives in a very chic neighborhood.
**هُوَ يَسْكُنُ في حَيٍّ أَنِيقٍ جِدَّاً.**
Huwa yaskunu fī ḥayyin anīqin jiddan.
A: Is it he who gave you this coat that you are wearing today?
**أَهُوَ الَّذِي أَعْطاكِ هَذا المِعْطَفَ الَّذِي تَلْبَسِينَهُ اليَوْمَ؟**
Ahuwa alladhī aʿṭāki hādhā al-miʿṭafa alladhī talbasīnahu al-yawma?
B: Yes, it is him. He also gave me this skirt that is on my bed.
**نَعَمْ، هُوَ نَفْسُهُ. أَعْطانِي أَيْضاً هَذِهِ التَّنُّورَةَ الَّتِي عَلى سَرِيرِي.**
Naʿam, huwa nafsuhu. Aʿṭānī ayḍan hādhihi at-tannūrata allatī ʿalā sarīrī.
A: Do you wear this skirt when you go out?
**هَلْ تَلْبَسِينَ هَذِهِ التَّنُّورَةَ عِنْدَما تَخْرُجِينَ؟**
Hal talbasīna hādhihi at-tannūrata ʿindamā takhrujīna?
B: Of course. I often wear it during the holidays.
**طَبْعَاً. أَلْبَسُها كَثِيراً خِلالَ العُطْلَةِ.**
Ṭabʿan. Albasuhā kathīran khilāla al-ʿuṭlah.
A: Could I take a look at it?
**هَلْ يُمْكِنُنِي أَنْ أُلْقِيَ نَظْرَةً عَلَيْها؟**
Hal yumkinunī an ulqiya naẓratan ʿalayhā?
B: Of course! You can try it on if you want.
**طَبْعَاً! يُمْكِنُكِ أَنْ تَجَرِّبِيها إِذا أَرَدْتِ.**
Ṭabʿan! Yumkinuki an tajarribīhā idhā aradti.
A: Oh, thank you! But I must first take off my trousers!
**أُوهْ، شُكْرَاً! لكِنْ يَجِبُ أَنْ أَخْلَعَ بَنْطالِي أَوَّلاً!**
Ūh, shukran! Lakin yajibu an akhlaʿa banṭālī awwalan!
**Glossary (71):**
* **a neighborhood: حَيٌّ** - Ḥayy.
* **very chic: أَنِيقٌ جِدَّاً** - Anīqun jiddan.
* **a coat: مِعْطَفٌ** - Miʿṭaf.
* **a skirt: تَنُّورَةٌ** - Tannūrah.
* **a bed: سَرِيرٌ** - Sarīr.
* **of course: طَبْعَاً** - Ṭabʿan.
* **often: كَثِيراً / في أَغْلَبِ الأَحْيانِ** - Kathīran / Fī aghlabi al-aḥyān.
* **during: خِلَالَ** - Khilāl.
* **the holidays: العُطْلَةُ** - Al-ʿuṭlah.
* **a look: نَظْرَةٌ** - Naẓrah.
* **first: أَوَّلاً** - Awwalan.
* **trousers/pants: بَنْطالٌ** - Banṭāl.
* **to live/reside: يَسْكُنُ** - Yaskunu.
* **to wear: يَلْبَسُ** - Yalbasu.
* **to put on: يَلْبَسُ / يَضَعُ** - Yalbasu / Yaḍaʿu.
* **to throw/cast: يُلْقِي** - Yulqī.
* **to try: يُجَرِّبُ** - Yujarribu.
* **to take off: يَخْلَعُ** - Yakhlʿu.
**ADVERB**
**(Dialogue 72)**
A: How is your brother?
**كَيْفَ حالُ أَخِيكَ؟**
Kayfa ḥālu akhīka?
B: He is still in bed.
**هُوَ لا يَزالُ في السَّرِيرِ.**
Huwa lā yazālu fī as-sarīr.
A: Does the doctor come to see him?
**هَلْ يَزورُهُ الطَّبِيبُ؟**
Hal yazūruhu aṭ-ṭabīb?
B: Yes, from time to time.
**نَعَمْ، مِنْ وَقْتٍ لآخَرَ.**
Naʿam, min waqtin li-ākhara.
A: Does it happen that he falls ill?
**هَلْ يَمْرَضُ أَحْيانَاً؟**
Hal yamraḍu aḥyānan?
B: No, it's the first time he falls ill.
**لا، هَذِهِ أَوَّلُ مَرَّةٍ يَمْرَضُ فيها.**
Lā, hādhihi awwalu marratin yamraḍu fīhā.
A: So how did that happen to him?
**إِذاً كَيْفَ حَصَلَ ذَلِكَ لَهُ؟**
Idhan kayfa ḥaṣala dhālika lahu?
B: Well, last month he took a cold shower after playing a football match, and then he fell ill.
**حَسَناً، في الشَّهْرِ الماضِي أَخَذَ دُشَّاً بارِدَاً بَعْدَ أَنْ لَعِبَ مُباراةَ كُرَةِ قَدَمٍ، ثُمَّ مَرِضَ.**
Ḥasanan, fī ash-shahri al-māḍī akhadha dushshan bāridan baʿda an laʿiba mubārata kurati qadamin, thumma mariḍa.
A: Does he leave the house now?
**هَلْ يُغادِرُ المَنْزِلَ الآنَ؟**
Hal yughādiru al-manzila al-āna?
B: No, he is keeping to his bed.
**لا، هُوَ يَلْزَمُ الفِراشَ.**
Lā, huwa yalzamu al-firāsh.
A: Does he take his meals?
**هَلْ يَتَناوَلُ طَعامَهُ؟**
Hal yatanāwalu ṭaʿāmahu?
B: Yes, he eats well.
**نَعَمْ، هُوَ يَأْكُلُ جَيِّدَاً.**
Naʿam, huwa ya'kulu jayyidan.
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**(Dialogue 73)**
A: What do you usually do?
**ما الَّذِي تَفْعَلُهُ في العادَةِ؟**
Mā alladhī tafʿaluhu fī al-ʿādah?
B: Well, sometimes I read books. My library is stuffed with books!
**حَسَناً، أَحْيانَاً أَقْرَأُ كُتُبَاً. مَكْتَبَتِي مَمْلُوءَةٌ بِالكُتُبِ!**
Ḥasanan, aḥyānan aqra'u kutuban. Maktabatī mamlu'ah bi-al-kutubi!
A: That's wonderful! As for my own library, well, it is empty at the moment. What else do you do besides reading?
**هَذا رائِعٌ! أَمَّا مَكْتَبَتِي الخَاصَّةُ، فَهِيَ فارِغَةٌ في هَذا الوَقْتِ. ما الَّذِي تَفْعَلُهُ أَيْضَاً غَيْرَ قِراءَةِ الكُتُبِ؟**
Hādhā rā'iʿ! Ammā maktabatī al-khāṣṣah, fa-hiya fārighah fī hādhā al-waqti. Mā alladhī tafʿaluhu ayḍan ghayra qirā'ati al-kutub?
B: Sometimes I work on my computer. I have a PC at home.
**أَحْيانَاً أَعْمَلُ عَلى حاسوبِي. لَدَيَّ حاسوبٌ في المَنْزِلِ.**
Aḥyānan aʿmalu ʿalā ḥāsūbī. Ladayya ḥāsūbun fī al-manzil.
A: Are you connected to the Internet?
**هَلْ أَنْتَ مُتَّصِلٌ بِالإِنْتَرْنِتِ؟**
Hal anta muttaṣilun bi-al-internet?
B: Yes, indeed. I send emails every day.
**نَعَمْ، فِعْلاً. أُرْسِلُ رَسائِلَ إِلِكْترونِيَّةً كُلَّ يَوْمٍ.**
Naʿam, fiʿlan. Ursilu rasā'ila iliktrūniyyah kulla yawm.
A: And do you receive replies?
**وَ هَلْ تَسْتَلِمُ رَدودَاً؟**
Wa hal tastalimu rudūdan?
B: Of course. I receive an enormous amount every week.
**طَبْعَاً. أَسْتَلِمُ كَثِيراً مِنْها كُلَّ أُسْبوعٍ.**
Ṭabʿan. Astalimu kathīran minhā kulla usbūʿ.
A: When do you usually read?
**مَتى تَقْرَأُ في العادَةِ؟**
Matā taqra'u fī al-ʿādah?
B: Often, I read in the afternoon, and sometimes at night.
**كَثِيرَاً ما أَقْرَأُ بَعْدَ الظُّهْرِ، وَأَحْيانَاً في اللَّيْلِ.**
Kathīran mā aqra'u baʿda aẓ-ẓuhr, wa-aḥyānan fī al-layl.
**Glossary (73):**
* **usually: في العادَةِ** - Fī al-ʿādah.
* **sometimes: أَحْيانَاً** - Aḥyānan.
* **a library: مَكْتَبَةٌ** - Maktabah.
* **stuffed with: مَمْلُوءٌ بِـ** - Mamlu' bi-.
* **wonderful: رائِعٌ** - Rā'iʿ.
* **as for: أَمَّا** - Ammā.
* **empty: فارِغٌ** - Fārigh.
* **at the moment: في هَذا الوَقْتِ** - Fī hādhā al-waqt.
* **besides: غَيْرَ أَنْ** - Ghayra an.
* **indeed: فِعْلاً** - Fiʿlan.
* **every day: كُلَّ يَوْمٍ** - Kulla yawm.
* **an enormous amount: كَثِيراً جِدَّاً** - Kathīran jiddan.
* **every week: كُلَّ أُسْبوعٍ** - Kulla usbūʿ.
* **often: كَثِيرَاً ما** - Kathīran mā.
* **the afternoon: بَعْدَ الظُّهْرِ** - Baʿda aẓ-ẓuhr.
* **at night: اللَّيْلَ** - Al-layla.
**TIME / WEATHER**
**(Dialogue 74)**
A: Where did you go last year?
**أَيْنَ ذَهَبْتُمْ العامَ الماضِيَ؟**
Ayna dhahabtum al-ʿāma al-māḍiya?
B: Last year I went to Spain. I also went to France and Great Britain.
**العامَ الماضِي ذَهَبْتُ إِلى إِسْبانِيا. وَذَهَبْتُ أَيْضاً إِلى فَرَنْسا وَبِرِيطانِيا العُظْمى.**
Al-ʿāma al-māḍī dhahabtu ilā Isbāniyā. Wa-dhahabtu ayḍan ilā Faransā wa-Brīṭāniyā al-ʿuẓmā.
A: And now?
**وَ الْآنَ؟**
Wa al-āna?
B: At the moment I am on a trip across Morocco.
**في هَذِهِ اللَّحْظَةِ أَنَا في رِحْلَةٍ عَبْرَ المَغْرِبِ.**
Fī hadhihi al-laḥẓati anā fī riḥlatin ʿabra al-Maghrib.
A: In which region of Morocco?
**في أَيِّ مِنْطَقَةٍ مِنَ المَغْرِبِ؟**
Fī ayyi minṭaqatin mina al-Maghrib?
B: So far, I have traveled both the north and the south.
**حَتَّى الآنَ، قَدْ جُبْتُ كُلاً مِنَ الشَّمالِ وَالجَنوبِ.**
Ḥattā al-āna, qad jubtu kullan mina ash-shamāli wa-al-janūb.
A: How do you travel?
**كَيْفَ تُسافِرُ؟**
Kayfa tusāfiru?
B: I travel by car, by coach, by plane. It depends.
**أُسافِرُ بِالسَّيَّارَةِ، بِالحافِلَةِ، بِالطَّائِرَةِ. ذَلِكَ يَعْتَمِدُ.**
Usāfiru bi-as-sayyārah, bi-al-ḥāfilah, bi-aṭ-ṭā'irah. Dhālika yaʿtamidu.
A: Why do you travel?
**لِماذا تُسافِرُ؟**
Limādhā tusāfiru?
B: Listen, I love my country. I love seeing different people. I love seeing the sun at noon in the mountains. I love seeing the public lighting in the city at nightfall. I love breathing the fresh air in the middle of the countryside. I love hearing the noise of traffic in big cities.
**اِسْمَعْ، أَنَا أُحِبُّ بَلَدِي. أُحِبُّ أَنْ أَرى أُناساً مُخْتَلِفِينَ. أُحِبُّ أَنْ أَرى الشَّمْسَ في الظُّهْرِ في الجَبَلِ. أُحِبُّ أَنْ أَرى الإِضاءَةَ العُمومِيَّةَ في المَدِينَةِ عِنْدَ غُروبِ الشَّمْسِ. أُحِبُّ أَنْ أَتَنَفَّسَ الهَواءَ النَّقِيَّ في وَسَطِ الرِّيفِ. أُحِبُّ أَنْ أَسْمَعَ ضَجيجَ المُرورِ في المَدائِنِ الكَبِيرَةِ.**
Ismaʿ, anā uḥibbu baladī. Uḥibbu an arā unāsan mukhtalifīn. Uḥibbu an arā ash-shamsa fī aẓ-ẓuhri fī al-jabali. Uḥibbu an arā al-iḍā'ata al-ʿumūmiyyata fī al-madīnati ʿinda ghurūbi ash-shams. Uḥibbu an atanaffasa al-hawā'a an-naqiyya fī wasaṭi ar-rīf. Uḥibbu an asmaʿa ḍajīja al-murūri fī al-madā'ini al-kabīrah.
**(Dialogue 75)**
Usually I do my homework early in the morning.
**عادَةً أَقومُ بِواجِباتِي البَيْتِيَّةِ مُبَكِّرَاً في الصَّباحِ.**
ʿĀdatan aqūmu bi-wājibātī al-baytiyyati mubakkiran fī aṣ-ṣabāḥ.
But yesterday I did my homework late in the afternoon.
**لكِنَّ أَمْسِ قُمْتُ بِواجِباتِي في آخِرِ بَعْدَ الظُّهْرِ.**
Lākinna amsi qumtu bi-wājibātī fī ākhiri baʿda aẓ-ẓuhr.
Usually I spend between thirty minutes and an hour on my homework.
**في العادَةِ أَقْضِي بَيْنَ ثَلاثِينَ دَقِيقَةً وَساعَةٍ واحِدَةٍ في واجِباتِي.**
Fī al-ʿādati aqḍī bayna thalāthīna daqīqah wa-sāʿah wāḥidah fī wājibātī.
But yesterday evening I spent two hours on my homework.
**لكِنَّ مَساءَ أَمْسِ قَضَيْتُ ساعَتَيْنِ في واجِباتِي.**
Lākinna masā'a amsi qaḍaytu sāʿatayni fī wājibātī.
This evening I will do all my homework because tomorrow I will go to Casablanca to go see my aunt, who is sick.
**هَذا المَساءَ سَأَقومُ بِكُلِّ واجِباتِي لِأَنَّنِي غَداً سَأَذْهَبُ إِلى الدّارِ البَيْضاءِ لِزِيارَةِ عَمَّتِي، الَّتِي هِيَ مَرِيضَةٌ.**
Hādhā al-masā'a sa-aqūmu bikulli wājibātī li-annanī ghadan sa-adhhabu ilā ad-Dār al-Bayḍā' liziyārati ʿammatī, allatī hiya marīḍah.
Last night I had a headache.
**البارِحَةَ كانَ عِنْدِي صُداعٌ.**
Al-bāriḥata kāna ʿindī ṣudāʿ.
Today I have a toothache.
**اليَوْمَ عِنْدِي أَلَمٌ في أَسْنانِي.**
Al-yawma ʿindī alamun fī asnānī.
I don't know what I will have tomorrow!
**لا أَعْلَمُ ما الَّذِي سَيَكُونُ عِنْدِي غَداً!**
Lā aʿlamu mā alladhī sayakūnu ʿindī ghadan!
Yesterday I was in Ouarzazate.
**أَمْسِ كُنْتُ في وَرْزازاتَ.**
Amsi kuntu fī Warzāzāt.
Today I am in Mohammedia.
**اليَوْمَ أَنَا في مُحَمَّدِيَّةٍ.**
Al-yowma anā fī Muḥammadiyyah.
Tomorrow I will be in El Jadida.
**غَداً سَأَكونُ في الجَدِيدَةِ.**
Ghadan sa-akūnu fī al-Jadīdah.
**(Dialogue 76)**
A: Forgive me, I beg you!
**اِغْفِرْ لي، أَتَوَسَّلُ إِلَيْكَ!**
Ighfir lī, atawassalu ilayka!
B: No, I will punish you this time so that you never do it again!
**لا، سَأُعاقِبُكَ هَذِهِ المَرَّةَ لِكَيْ لا تَعودَ إِلى ذَلِكَ أَبَدَاً!**
Lā, sa-uʿāqibuka hadhihi al-marrah li-kay lā taʿūda ilā dhālika abadan!
A: Forgive me this time, I will never do it again, I promise you!
**اِغْفِرْ لي هَذِهِ المَرَّةَ، لَنْ أَعودَ إِلى ذَلِكَ أَبَدَاً، أَعِدُكَ بِذَلِكَ!**
Ighfir lī hadhihi al-marrah, lan aʿūda ilā dhālika abadan, aʿiduka bi-dhālika!
B: How could I believe you? You have done it many and many times. I will not forgive! If I forgive you this time, you will do it again!
**كَيْفَ يُمْكِنُنِي أَنْ أُصَدِّقَكَ؟ لَقَدْ فَعَلْتَ ذَلِكَ مِراراً وَتَكْراراً. لَنْ أَغْفِرَ! إِذا غَفَرْتُ لَكَ هَذِهِ المَرَّةَ، سَتَفْعَلُهُ مَرَّةً أُخْرى!**
Kayfa yumkinunī an uṣaddiqaka? Laqad faʿalta dhālika mirāran wa-takrāran. Lan aghfira! Idhā ghafartu laka hadhihi al-marrah, satafʿaluhu marratan ukhrā!
A: Who told you that I will do it again?
**مَنْ قالَ لَكَ إِنَّنِي سَأَفْعَلُهُ مَرَّةً أُخْرى؟**
Man qāla laka innanī sa-afʿaluhu marratan ukhrā?
B: I know you very well. I don't need anyone to tell me.
**أَنَا أَعْرِفُكَ جَيِّدَاً. لا أَحْتاجُ إِلى أَنْ يَقُولَ لي أَحَدٌ ذَلِكَ.**
Anā aʿrifuka jayyidan. Lā aḥtāju ilā an yaqūla lī aḥadun dhālika.
**WHICH**
**(Dialogue 77)**
A: Which book do you want?
**أَيُّ كِتابٍ تُرِيدُ؟**
Ayyu kitābin turīdu?
B: I want the book that you gave me last time.
**أُرِيدُ الكِتابَ الَّذِي أَعْطَيْتَني إِيَّاهُ المَرَّةَ الماضِيَةَ.**
Urīdu al-kitāba alladhī aʿṭaytanī iyyāhu al-marrata al-māḍiyah.
A: And which coat do you want?
**وَأَيُّ مِعْطَفٍ تُرِيدُ؟**
Wa-ayyu miʿṭafin turīdu?
B: I want the coat that you lent me last month.
**أُرِيدُ المِعْطَفَ الَّذِي أَعَرْتَني إِيَّاهُ الشَّهْرَ الماضِيَ.**
Urīdu al-miʿṭafa alladhī aʿartanī iyyāhu ash-shahra al-māḍiya.
A: Which rose do you prefer?
**أَيَّةُ وَرْدَةٍ تُفَضِّلُ؟**
Ayyatu wardatin tufaḍḍilu?
B: I like this one.
**أُحِبُّ هَذِهِ.**
Uḥibbu hādhihi.
A: Which flower do you prefer?
**أَيَّةُ زَهْرَةٍ تُفَضِّلُ؟**
Ayyatu zahratin tufaḍḍilu?
B: I like the yellow one.
**أُحِبُّ الصَّفْراءَ.**
Uḥibbu aṣ-ṣafrā'a.
A: Whose book is this?
**لِمَنْ هَذا الكِتابُ؟**
Li-man hādhā al-kitābu?
B: It's mine.
**هَذا لِي.**
Hādhā lī.
A: Whose coat is this?
**لِمَنْ هذا المِعْطَفُ？**
Li-man hādhā al-miʿṭafu?
B: It's my sister's.
**هَذا لِأُخْتِي.**
Hādhā li-ukhtī.
A: Whose daughter are you?
**بِنْتَ مَنْ أَنْتِ？**
Bintu man anti?
B: I am Ahmed's daughter.
**أَنَا بِنتُ أَحْمَدَ.**
Anā bintu Aḥmada.
**THE COUNTRYSIDE**
**(Dialogue 78)**
A: Why have you come here? Why didn't you stay (in the city)?
**لِماذا جِئْتَ إِلى هُنا？ لِماذا لَمْ تَبْقَ في المَدِينَةِ؟**
Limādhā ji'ta ilā hunā? Limādhā lam tabqa fī al-madīnah?
B: I came here because I love the peace and quiet of the countryside. The weather/atmosphere is calm. You don't hear the slightest noise. You can even hear the beating of your heart.
**جِئْتُ إِلى هُنا لِأَنَّنِي أُحِبُّ سَلامَ وَهُدوءَ الرِّيفِ. الجَوُّ هادِئٌ جِدَّاً. لا تَسْمَعُ أَدْنى ضَجَّةٍ. يُمْكِنُكَ حَتَّى أَنْ تَسْمَعَ دَقَّاتِ قَلْبِكَ.**
Ji'tu ilā hunā li-annanī uḥibbu salāma wa-hudū'a ar-rīf. Al-jawwu hādi'un jiddan. Lā tasmaʿu adnā ḍajjah. Yumkinuka ḥattā an tasmaʿa daqqāti qalbika.
A: That's true! You know? I was born in the countryside. I always celebrate my birthday in the countryside. Time passes very slowly here. In the city, on the other hand, everything goes very fast. Here you can see beautiful birds. You can see beautiful hens and beautiful horses.
**هَذا صَحِيحٌ! هَلْ تَعْلَمُ？ أَنَا وُلِدْتُ في الرِّيفِ. أَحْتَفِلُ دائِماً بِعِيدِ مِيلادِي في الرِّيفِ. الوَقْتُ هُنا يَمْضِي بِبُطْءٍ شَدِيدٍ. في المَدِينَةِ، على العَكْسِ، كُلُّ شَيْءٍ يَسيرُ بِسُرْعَةٍ شَدِيدَةٍ. هُنا يُمْكِنُكَ أَنْ تَرى طُيورَاً جَمِيلَةً. يُمْكِنُكَ أَنْ تَرى دَجاجَاً جَمِيلاً وَخُيولَاً جَمِيلَةً.**
Hādhā ṣaḥīḥ! Hal taʿlamu? Anā wulidtu fī ar-rīf. Aḥtafillu dā'iman bi-ʿīdi mīlādī fī ar-rīf. Al-waqtu hunā yamḍī bi-buṭ'shin shadīd. Fī al-madīnati, ʿalā al-ʿaksi, kullu shay'in yasīru bi-surʿah shadīdah. Hunā yumkinuka an tarā ṭuyūran jamīlah. Yumkinuka an tarā dajājan jamīlan wa-khuyūlan jamīlah.
B: I also love the soil of here. I also love the sea. But I find the land more beautiful. I think I heard a voice; can you hear it?
**وَأَنَا أَيْضَاً أُحِبُّ تُرابَ هُنا. أُحِبُّ أَيْضَاً البَحْرَ. لكِنَّنِي أَجِدُ الأَرْضَ أَجْمَلَ. أَظُنُّ أَنَّنِي سَمِعْتُ صَوْتاً； هَلْ تَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ تَسْمَعَهُ？**
Wa-anā ayḍan uḥibbu turāba hunā. Uḥibbu ayḍan al-baḥr. Lākinnanī ajidu al-arḍa ajmal. Aẓunnu annanī samiʿtu ṣawtan; hal tastaṭīʿu an tasmaʿahu?
A: Yes, it's my brother's voice. He is coming towards us.
**نَعَمْ， ذَلِكَ صَوْتُ أَخِي. هُوَ قادِمٌ نَحْوَنا.**
Naʿam, dhālika ṣawtu akhī. Huwa qādimun naḥwanā.
**THE POST OFFICE**
**(Dialogue 79)**
A: Where are you going?
**إِلى أَيْنَ تَذْهَبُ？**
Ilā ayna tadhhabu?
B: I am going to the post office. And you?
**أَذْهَبُ إِلى مَكْتَبِ البَرِيدِ. وَأَنْتَ？**
Adhhabu ilā maktabi al-barīd. Wa-anta?
A: I am going to the police station.
**أَذْهَبُ إِلى مُفَرَّغِ الشُّرْطَةِ.**
Adhhabu ilā mufarraghi ash-shurṭah.
B: Why?
**لِماذا？**
Limādhā?
A: A thief stole my purse.
**لِصٌّ سَرَقَ مِنِّي مَحْفَظَةَ نُقودِي.**
Liṣṣun saraqa minnī maḥfaẓata nuqūdī.
B: Alright! Here is the police station. Go on! I will wait for you there in front of the door. But look at that man! His face is covered in blood.
**حَسَناً! هُوَذا مُفَرَّغُ الشُّرْطَةِ. اِذْهَبْ! سَانْتَظِرُكَ هُناكَ أَمامَ البابِ. لكِنِ انْظُرْ إِلى هذا الرَّجُلِ! وَجْهُهُ مُغَطًّى بِالدَّمِ.**
Ḥasanan! Huwadhā mufarraghu ash-shurṭah. Idhhab! Sāntaẓiruka hunāka amāma al-bāb. Lākini unẓur ilā hādhā ar-rajul! Wajhuhu mughaṭṭan bi-ad-dam.
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