Chapter #2 B

Question 1

What’s your (fem) job?

Answer 1

شُو شُغْلِك ؟

Question 2

I am a checkout clerk (fem)

Answer 2

أَنَا عَامْلِة صَنْدُوق.

Question 3

It means I sit at the cash register in the supermarket

Answer 3

يَعْنِي بَقْعُد عَلَى الصَنْدُوق فِي سُبِرْمَارْكِت

Question 4

which, The check clerks to register

Answer 4

اِللي بُقُعْدُو عَلَى الصَنَادِيق

Question 5

How’s their salary? You For example

Answer 5

كِيف مَعَاشْهُم ؟ إِنْتِ مَثَلاً

Question 6

My salary is little

Answer 6

أَنَا مَعَاشِي قَلِيل

Question 7

but there is also my husband’s salary

Answer 7

بَسّ فِيه كَمَان مَعَاش جُوزِي

Question 8

but there is also my husband’s salary

Answer 8

كَمَان مَعَاش جُوزِي

Question 9

we manage our-situation

Answer 9

مِنْدَبِّر حَالْنَا

Question 10

want to pass from here

Answer 10

بِدْنَا نُمْرُق مِن هُون،

Question 11

not possible you pass it (it=mas)

Answer 11

مِش مُمْكِن تُمْرُقُه

Question 12

from here: There is no way

Answer 12

مِن هُون: فِش طَرِيق !

Question 13

Pass it (it=mas) ! from here

Answer 13

أُمْرُقُه مِن هُنَاك / مِن غَاد

Question 14

from behind the school

Answer 14

مِنْ وَرَا المَدْرَسِة

Question 15

Do I have to pay at once?

Answer 15

لَازِم اَدْفَع عَلَى طُول؟

Question 16

Pay now as much as you want

Answer 16

إِدْفَع هَلَّا قَدْمَا بِدَّك

Question 17

and pay the remaining another time

Answer 17

و بْتِدْفَع البَاقِي غِير مَرَّة

Question 18

don’t pay all in one payment

Answer 18

مَا تِدْفَعْش الكُلّ دَفْع وَحَدِة

Question 19

perhaps you haven’t got the money

Answer 19

بَلْكِي مَعَكْش مَصَارِي

Question 20

your day happy (hello) O Jameel / your day happier O Sir.

Answer 20

نْهَارَك سَعِيد، يَا جَمِيل

re: نْهَارَك أَسْعَد، يَا مْعَلِّم.

Question 21

To where? We heard you want going down to Hefa

Answer 21

لَوِين ؟ سْمِعْنَا بِدَّك تِنْزَل عَلَى هِيفَا.

Question 22

Correct, who told you?

Answer 22

مَزْبُوط، مِين قَالْ لَك ؟

Question 23

They told me…I don’t remember who?

Answer 23

قَالُو لِي .. أَبْصَر مِين

Question 24

thus, I heard, I mean

Answer 24

هِيك سْمِعْت يَعْنِي

Question 25

Yes, now I remember

Answer 25

هَا إِسَّة فْطِنِت

Question 26

it will be our neighbor because he knows when you go down

Answer 26

بِكُون جَارْنَا عَشَان بِعْرَف وِنْتَى بْتِنْزَل

Question 27

Yes, I go down usually in Tuesday

Answer 27

أَيْوَة، بَنْزَل عَادَةً يُوم التَلَاتَة

Question 28

and I return (present) in the same day

Answer 28

و بَرْجَع فِي نَفْسِ اليُوم.

Question 29

and sometimes on Wednesday

Answer 29

أَوْ مَرَّات يُوم الأَرْبَعَة

Question 30

I went (past) down yesterday

Answer 30

اَنَا نْزِلت مْبَارِح

Question 31

and my mother went down with me

Answer 31

و اِمِي نِزْلَت مَعِي

Question 32

I returned in the afternoon, I mean the sunset

Answer 32

أَنَا رْجِعِت بَعْد الظَهْر يَعْنِي المَغْرِب

Question 33

and she returned this morning

Answer 33

و هِيِّ رِجْعَت اليُوم الصُبُح.

Question 34

?What, you (plural) didn't return (past) together

Answer 34

شُو مَا رْجِعْتُوش سَوَى?

Question 35

No, we didn't return (past) together

Answer 35

لاَ، مَا رْجِعْنَاش سَوَى

Question 36

because my mother is tired from the journey

Answer 36

عَلَشَان اِمِّي تِعْبَتْ مِن السَفَر

Question 37

She went to my brother's and slept--at his

Answer 37

رَاحَت لَعِنْد أَخُوِي و نَامَت عِنْدُه

Question 38

and didn't you (fem-past) get tired

Answer 38

و اِنْتِي مَا تْعِبْتِش ؟

Question 39

Actually, I am also tired (past) but not that much

Answer 39

فِعْلاً، أَنَا كَمَان تْعِبِت، بَسّ مِش هَالْقَدّ.

Question 40

I can go and return in the same day.

Answer 40

أَنَا بَقْدَر أَرُوح و أَرْجَع فِي نَفْسِ اليُوم

Question 41

but she can't. (present)

Answer 41

بَسّ هِيِّ مَا بْتِقْدَر

Question 42

Yes, this thing is understood

Answer 42

اَىْ، هَادَا اِشِي مَفْهُوم

Question 43

Did all of the students understood the lesson?

Answer 43

كُلّ التَلاَمِيذ فِهْمُوا الدَرْس ؟

Question 44

Ask ! them

Answer 44

إِسْأَلْهُم !

Question 45

O boys, did you understood good, which I told you?

Answer 45

يَا وُلَاد، فْهِمْتُو مْنِيح إِللِي قُلْتُه ؟

Question 46

No, Anis didn't understand (past)

Answer 46

لأَ، أَنِيس مَا فِهِمْش

Question 47

of course (m), I understood well

Answer 47

مْبَلا فْهِمْت مْنِيح

Question 48

but my sister didn't understand

Answer 48

بَسّ أُخْتِي مَا فِهْمَت / مَا فِهْمَتْش

Question 49

I mean, she understood it at first

Answer 49

يَعْنِي فِهْمَت بِالاَوَّل

Question 50

and then she got tired

Answer 50

و بَعْدِين تِعْبَت

Question 51

however she heard my words

Answer 51

لَكِن سِمْعَت كَلَامِي ؟

Question 52

yes, all of us, we hear your | words at the end of the class

Answer 52

أَيْوَة كُلّْنَا مْنِسْمَع كَلَامَك لَ آخِر الصَفّ

Question 53

we heard every word

Answer 53

سْمِعْنَا كُل كِلْمِة

Question 54

when we heard that joke

Answer 54

لَمَّا سْمِعْنَا هَالنُكْتِة

Question 55

I laughed

Answer 55

أَنَا ضْحِكِتْ

Question 56

and my wife also laughed

Answer 56

و مَرَتِي كَمَان ضِحْكَت

Question 57

Correct, all the people laughed

Answer 57

مَزْبُوط، كُل النَاس ضِحْكُو

Question 58

we laughed, we died from the laughter

Answer 58

ضْحِكْنَا ... مُتْنَا مِن الضُحُك

Question 59

He's laughing so much

Answer 59

مِن كُتِرمَا بْيِضْحَك

Question 60

He can't say a word

Answer 60

بِقْدَرْش يْقُول كِلْمِة

Question 61

What's up, with you, your laughing at me

Answer 61

مَالَك ؟ بْتِضْحَك عَلَيّْ ؟

Question 62

God forbid

Answer 62

أَعُوذُ بِالله

Question 63

At the beginning of the lesson

Answer 63

فِي أَوَّل الدَرْس

Question 64

Why didn't you tell me at the beginning

Answer 64

لِيش مَا قُلْت اِللِيش مِن الأَوَّل

Question 65

to the end of the year

Answer 65

لَ آخِر ألسَنِة

Question 66

in the back of the bus

Answer 66

فِي آخِر البَاص

Question 67

Do you understand Arabic?

Answer 67

بْتِفْهَم عَرَبِي ؟

Question 68

I mean... I know a little but not much.

Answer 68

يَعْنِي ... بَعْرَف شْوَيّ شْوَيّ ، بَسّ مِش كْتِير.

Question 69

not all the words

Answer 69

مِش كُل الكَلِمَات

Question 70

Sometimes, I understand all the words (singular) in the sentence

Answer 70

مَرَّات بَفْهَم كُل كِلْمِة فِي الجُمْلِة

Question 71

However, I don't understand the sentence

Answer 71

لَكِن مَا بَفْهَم الجُمْلِة.

Question 72

You don't understand (present) the meaning, I mean

Answer 72

مَا بْتِفْهَمْش المَعْنَى يَعْنِي

Question 73

That's it (mas)

Answer 73

هَذَا هُوِّ

Question 74

little by little, you become to know

Answer 74

شْوَيّ شْوَيّ بِتْصِير تِعْرَف.

Question 75

if there, you have patience

Answer 75

إِزَا فِيه عِنْدَك صَبِر

Question 76

and you study everyday

Answer 76

و اِزَا بْتُدْرُس كُلّ يُوم

Question 77

you will see the results in the future

Answer 77

بِتْشُوف النَتِيجِة فِي المُسْتَقْبَل

Question 78

When, I mean ? after 10 years

Answer 78

ايمْتَى يَعْنَي ؟ بَعِد عَشْر سْنِين ؟

Question 79

No, inshallah, after six months

Answer 79

لَا، اِنْشَالله بَعِد سِتّ أُشُر.

Question 80

In any case, after a year

Answer 80

عَلَى كُل حَال سَنِة.

Question 81

This thing for sure

Answer 81

هَادَا اِشِي أَكِيد.