TO DIE

A:    ayna   ta'eesh(u)

       Where do you live?

B:    a'eesh(u)   fee   (a)l mohammadia

      I live in Mohammedia.

A:   hal  yatebu  (a)l  'aysh(u)  fee (a)l mohammadia

      Is Mohammedia a good place to live?

B:   ajal

     Yes.

A:   hal   ta'eesh(u)  ma'a  waalidayk(a)

       Do you live with your parents?

B:     la   .   (ana)  a'eesh(u)  fee  baytee (a)l  khass(i)

        No. I live in my own house.

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A:     a  tureedu  an   tamut(a)

        Do you want to die?

B:    la  !    limada  ?

        No! Why?

A:    lakin(na)  hada   (a)l  haleeb(a)  (a)lladee  tashrabuhu  masmum(un)

        But this milk which you are drinking is poisoned!

B:    lam  akun a'rifu dalik(a) ! (ana)  la  ureedu an amut(a) .  idan  (fa)lan  ashraba hada  (a)l haleeb(a)  (a)l masmum(a)

       Oh, I didn’t know! I don’t want to die. So I will not drink this poisoned milk.

A:    lakinnaka   sharibtahu  asslan , alaysa  kadalik(a)

        But you drank it already, didn’t you?

B:    la,  lam  af'al  .  lakinni  kuntu  'alaa washki  an  ashrabah(u)

        No, I didn’t. But I was about to drink it.

A:   idan,  kidta  an  tamut(a)

      Then, you nearly died!

B:   alhamdu  lillah(i)  jieta  filwaqti  munaasib(i)

      Thank God you came in time!