Tuesday, November 5, 2013

TO ACCEPT



A :     limada   tazawjta  Amina

         Why did you marry Amina?

B:     (ana) tazawajtuha  li-annaha  qabilat an ta’eesha ma’ee  fee (a)ddar(i) (a)l baydaa(-i)

        I married her because she agreed to live with me in Casablanca.

A :   lakin  haa anta  fee  (a)l mohammadiya

        But here you are in Mohammedia!

B :   na’am  ,  ana  fee  (a)l mohammadiya li-anna Amina  rafadat an ta’eesha ma’ee fee (a)ddar(i) (a)l baydaa(-i)

        Yes, I am in Mohammedia because Amina  refused to stay with me in Casablanca.

A:      (ana) laa afham(uka) !  hal  (heya) qabilat am rafadat ?

          I don’t understand! Did she accept or refuse?

B:      Amina (heya) zawjatee . (wa) ana aqbaluha  kamaa  heya

          Amina is my wife. I accept her as she is.

A:      idan, anta tarfudo an tatahaddatha  ’anha

          So you refuse to talk about her!

B:       na’am, tamaaman mithlamaa (anta) tarfudo an tatahaddatha  ’an  zawjatika !

         Yes, just as you refuse to talk about your wife!

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