ADJECTIVES

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.