PREPOSITIONS

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 - Yakhlaʿu.