Book # 1A

Question 1

What’s this shouting, what’s this fighting

Answer 1

شُو هَالْصْيَاح، شُو هَالْطُوشِة،

Question 2

there outside?

Answer 2

فِه بَرَّا ؟

Question 3

The boys hit (past..pl) ..I mean

Answer 3

الوْلاَد ضَرَبُو..يَعْنِي .

Question 4

who they hit (past..pl)?

Answer 4

ضَرَبُو مِين ؟

Question 5

Go ! See ! and then tell me !

Answer 5

رُوح شُوف، و بَعْدِين قُل لِي

Question 6

Yusuf hit his sister Maryam?

Answer 6

يُوسِف ضَرَب أُخْتُو مَرْيَم ؟

Question 7

No she hit (past) her brother

Answer 7

لأَ هِيْ ضَرْبَت أَخُوهَا

Question 8

I asked the girl

Answer 8

أَنَا سَأَلْت البِنْت…

Question 9

You asked her?

Answer 9

سَأَلْتْهَا ؟

Question 10

Yes, I asked her: why you hit (past, fem) Yusuf

Answer 10

أَيْوَة، سَأَلْت: لِيش ضَرَبْتِي يُوسِف

Question 11

But she silent (past).

Answer 11

بَسّ هِيِّ سَكْتَت.

Question 12

This is proof, that she, which hit-him (past)

Answer 12

هَادَا دَلِيل إِنُّو هي اِللي ضَرَبْتُو

Question 13

There is a man here

Answer 13

فِه هُون زَلَمِة

Question 14

Who is he? What he wants?

Answer 14

مِين هُوِّ ؟ شُو بِدُّه ؟

Question 15

This is the man which asked (طَ) the key yesterday

Answer 15

هَادَا الزَلَمِة اِللِي طَلَب المُفْتَاح اِمْبَارِح.

Question 16

The store-room key

Answer 16

مُفْتَاح المَخْزَن.

Question 17

What he wants today?

Answer 17

شُو بِدُّه اليُوم ؟

Question 18

he passed in a street

Answer 18

مَرَق فِي شَارِع

Question 19

my mother also passed in the same street

Answer 19

اِمِّي كَمَان مَرْقَتْ فِي نَفْس الشَارِع

Question 20

he asked how are you and where are you

Answer 20

هُوِّ سَأَل كِيف حَالَك و وِينَك

Question 21

he asked if the you in the house

Answer 21

سَأَل اِزَا إِنْتِ فِي البِيت

Question 22

I asked-him what he wants?

Answer 22

سَأَلْتُه شُو بِدُّه؟

Question 23

he requested (طَ) from you, something?

Answer 23

طَلَب مِنَّك اِشِي ؟

Question 24

I asked him

Answer 24

سَأَلْتُه

Question 25

no, nothing

Answer 25

لأَ وَلَا اِشِي.

Question 26

The doctor says that his neighbor killed himself

Answer 26

الدُكْتُور بِقُول إِنُّو جَارُه قَتَل حَالُه

Question 27

because he wife left him

Answer 27

عَشَان مَرَتُه تَرْكَتُه.

Question 28

but he is who left his wife and his kids

Answer 28

بَسّ هُوِّ اللي تَرَك مَرَتُه و تَرَك وْلاَدُه

Question 29

No, she is who left her kids and her husband

Answer 29

لأَ هَيَّ اِللِي تَرْكَتْ وْلاَدْهَا و جُوزْهَا

Question 30

I asked her, why you left your husband and your kids?

Answer 30

سَأَلْتْهَا: لِيش تَرَكْتِي جُوزِك و وْلاَدِك ؟

Question 31

This poor man, God rest his soul

Answer 31

مَسْكِين هَالْزَلَمِة الله يِرْحَمُ

Question 32

In the cafe

Answer 32

فِي القَهْوِة

Question 33

What you requested (past..pl)?

Answer 33

شُو طَلَبْتُو ؟

Question 34

I requested beer

Answer 34

أَنَا طَلَبْت بِيرَة

Question 35

and the professor requested coffee

Answer 35

و الاُسْتَاذ طَلَب قَهْوِة

Question 36

and we requested also cake

Answer 36

و طَلَبْنَا كَمَان كَعْك

Question 37

now, I'm bringing (it) all.

Answer 37

هَلَّا بَجِيب اَلْكُل

Question 38

just a minute

Answer 38

بَسّ دَقِيقَة

Question 39

O Professor Ilyas, what they saying on the radio?

Answer 39

يَا اُسْتَاذ إِلْيَاس، شُو بِقُولُو فِي الرَادْيُو؟

Question 40

Sir, Egypt, she wants war

Answer 40

يَا سِيدِي مَصِر بِدْهَا حَرْب

Question 41

No, no that impossible

Answer 41

لأَ، لأَ، مِش مُمْكِن !

Question 42

yes, Russia pushed (she) Egypt to war

Answer 42

مْبَلاَ، رُوسْيَا دَفْعَت مَصِر لَلْحَرْب

Question 43

O man, where's your sense?

Answer 43

يَا زَلَمِة، وِين عَقْلَك ؟

Question 44

This doesn't make sense

Answer 44

مِش مَعْقُل هَادَا !

Question 45

Russia, she does not want war

Answer 45

رُوسْيَا بِدْهَاش حَرْب.

Question 46

I don't agree with you in this subject

Answer 46

أَنَا مِش مَعَك فِي هَالْمَوْضُوع.

Question 47

The Egyptian people does not want (he) war

Answer 47

اِلْشَعْب اِلْمَصْرِي مَا بِدُّه حَرْب

Question 48

Today, no one wants war in the world

Answer 48

إِلْيُوم مَا هَداش بِدُّه حَرْب فِي العَالَم.

Question 49

Everyone wants peace

Answer 49

كُلّ وَاحَد بِدُّه سَلاَم !

Question 50

I mean perhaps your right

Answer 50

يَعْنِي يِمْكِن مَعَك حَقّ.

Question 51

In that case, we must go

Answer 51

عَلَى كُلّ حَال، لاَزِم نْرُوح

Question 52

Lets go, (with you permission, pl) bye.

Answer 52

يَلّا، بْخَاطِرْكُم

Question 53

You paid (pl) the price of the beer and coffee ?

Answer 53

دَفَعْتُو حَقّ البِيرَة و القَهْوِة ؟

Question 54

No one paid !

Answer 54

مَاهَداش دَفَع !

Question 55

Yes (مْ) I paid

Answer 55

مْبَلاَ أَنَا دَفَعْت

Question 56

Good, which we left the subject of war

Answer 56

مْنِيح اِللِي تَرَكْنَا مَوْضُوع اِلْحَرْب.

Question 57

Yes, good, bye (with your permission) Abo Yusuf

Answer 57

أَيْوَة طَيِّب بْخَاطْرَك يَا أَبُو يُوسِف.

Question 58

Yesterday, my wife entered (دَ) to the supermarket

Answer 58

اِمْبَارِح مَرَتِي دَخْلَت ع السُبِيرمَرْكِت

Question 59

She asked how much is the price of the milk

Answer 59

سَالَتْ قَدِّيش حَقّ الحَلِيب.

Question 60

Then she paid

Answer 60

بَعْدِين دَفْعَت

Question 61

I took the milk to my mother's (house)

Answer 61

أَخْدَت الحَلِيب لَعِنْد اِمِّي

Question 62

Why the milk not for-you (pl)?

Answer 62

لِيش الحَلِيب مِش عَشَانْكُو ؟

Question 63

No. My mother requested from my wife

Answer 63

لأَ، اِمِّي طَلْبَت مِن مَرَتِي

Question 64

(she) Brings milk and bread

Answer 64

تْجِيب و حَلِيب و خُبْز

Question 65

This morning, I was the mother of Nabeel's (house)

Answer 65

إِلْيُوم اِلصُّبُح كُنْت عِنْد إِمّ نَبِيل

Question 66

For a long time I was wanting to visit her

Answer 66

مِن زَمَان كُنْت بِدِّي اَزُورْهَا.

Question 67

You saw her husband also?

Answer 67

شُفِت جُوزْهَا كَمَان؟

Question 68

I saw him

Answer 68

شُفْتُو

Question 69

What you brought from there?

Answer 69

شُو جِبِت مِن هُنَاك ؟

Question 70

I brought news

Answer 70

جِبِت خَبَر !

Question 71

God willing good

Answer 71

اِنْشَالله خِير.

Question 72

Yes, the mother of Nabeel had (gave birth) a boy

Answer 72

أَيْوَة إِمّ نَبِيل جَابَت صَبِّي.

Question 73

Yes Nabeel is happy

Answer 73

أَبُو نَبِيل مَبْسُوط !

Question 74

This the second boy, they-have

Answer 74

هَادَا تَانِي وَلَد عِنْدهُم

Question 75

The rest, all of them are girls

Answer 75

اِلْبَاقِي كُلّهُم بَنَات.

Question 76

five girls there they-have

Answer 76

خَمْس بَنَات فِيه عِنْدهُم.

Question 77

Jameela you went to the mother of Nabeel (house)?

Answer 77

يَا جَمِيلَة، رُحْتِي لَعِنْد إِمّ نَبِيل؟

Question 78

You (sing. fem) must go

Answer 78

لاَزِم تْرُوحِي !

Question 79

I visited-her yesterday

Answer 79

زُرْتهَا اِمْبَارِح

Question 80

What she said?

Answer 80

شُو قَالَت؟

Question 81

She said Welcome

Answer 81

قَالَت: أَهْلَا و سَهْلَا !

Question 82

and you (sing. fem) What you said to her?

Answer 82

و اِنْتِي، شُو قُلْتِيلْهَا

Question 83

I said to her: Congratulations

Answer 83

قُلْتِلْهَا : مَبْرُوك

Question 84

Where was you yesterday?

Answer 84

وِين كُنْت أَوَّل اِمْبَارِح؟

Question 85

I was not in the house, I was in Haifa

Answer 85

مَا كُنْتِش فِي اِلْبِيت كُنْت فِي حِيفَا.

Question 86

My brother Faheem, he saw you

Answer 86

أَخُوِي فَهِيم شَافَك

Question 87

his wife also saw you

Answer 87

مَرَتُو كَمَان شَافَتَك.

Question 88

she also was in Haifa

Answer 88

هِيِّ كَمَان كَانَت فِي حيفا.

Question 89

she was wanting to visit friends

Answer 89

كَانَت بِدْهَا تْزُور صْحَاب.

Question 90

you (pl), where were (pl) you at the same time?

Answer 90

إِنْتُو وِين كُنْتُو فِي نَفْسِ اِلْوَقْت ؟

Question 91

We were in the house

Answer 91

كُنَّا فِي اِلْبِيت!

Question 92

there was at us (house) guests

Answer 92

كَان فِيه عِنْدنَا ضْيُوف.

Question 93

Who are these guests, which were (pl) at your(pl) (house)

Answer 93

مِين هَدُول لِضْيُوف إِللِي كَانُوا عِنْدكُم؟

Question 94

people from Akka

Answer 94

نَاس مِن عَكَّا .

Question 95

Friends?

Answer 95

صْحاب ؟

Question 96

No relatives

Answer 96

لاَ قَرايِب .

Question 97

your father was present?

Answer 97

أَبُوك كَان مَوْجُود؟

Question 98

No but my mother was present

Answer 98

لاَ, بَّس اِمِّي كَانَت مَوْجُودِة.

Question 99

My father went to Nahariyah

Answer 99

أَبُوِي رَاح عَلَى نَهَرِيَّة

Question 100

he brought sweets for the sake of the guest.

Answer 100

جَاب مْلَبَّس مِنْشَان اِلْضْيُوف