Tuesday, November 5, 2013

TO AGREE


A:    maa   raayuka  fee  (a)zzawaj(i)

 

      What do you think of marriage?

 

 

B:  adonnu  anna  (a)zzawaja  shay-un sayyi(-un)

 

      I think (that) marriage is a bad thing.

 

A:   (ana)  laa  attafiqu  ma’aka . adonnu  anna  (a)zzawaja  shay-un  hassan(un)

 

      I don’t agree with you. I think marriage is a good thing.

 

B:    (ana)  laa  ureedu  an  atazawaja ,  ’alaa  ayyati   haal(in)

 

      

I don’t want to marry  , anyway.

 

A:   lima  laa

 

      Why not?

 

B:    (ana)  laa   athiqu   fee  (a)nnissaa(-i)

 

      I don’t trust women.

 

A:   annissaa(-u)  lasna   sawae

 

      Women are not all the same.

 

B:     lakinna  (a)nnisaa(-a) allaa-i  a’rifuhunna  kulluhunna  sawae

 

        But the women (whom)  I know are all the same.

 

 

 

 

      

 

 


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