TO DO

A:     mada taf'alu

        What are you doing?

(The "d" in mada is pronounced as "th" in the and these.)

B:    ana aktubu risalatan ela khateebee

       I am writing a letter to my fiancé.

A:      mada taf'alu  ummuka

         What is your mother doing?

B:     innaha   tu'iddu al rhadaa fee al mattbakh

          She is cooking lunch in the kitchen.

A:          mada taf'alu  ukhtuka

          What is your sister doing?

B:     innaha taqra u  kitaban

         She is reading a book.

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A:     mada taf'alu

    What do you do?

B:   ana    'atel

      I am jobless.

A:    limada  anta 'atel

    Why are you jobless?

B:    la asstatee'u an ajida 'amalan fee madeenatee

       I can’t find a job in my town.

A:    mada yaf'alu     abuka

       What does your father do?

B:     huwa tabeeb(un)

        He is a doctor.

A:           mada taf'alu  ummuka

         What does your mother do?

B:     heya    rabbatu bayt(in)

        She is a housewife.

A:       mada taf'alu  ukhtuka

        What does your sister do?

B:          heya   hallaqa

       She is a hair-dresser.

A:       mada yaf'alu  akhuka

       What does your brother do?

B:   (huwa)  ya'malu fee ma'mal(in) fee addar-albaydae

     He works in a factory in Casablanca.