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Dialogue 60 

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 المُحَمَّدِيَّةٍ

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.