TO KNOW

TO KNOW 

Dialogue 36

A: Do you know Fatima?

هَلْ تَعْرِفُ فاطِمَةَ؟

Hal taʿrifu Fāṭimata?

B: Yes, I know her.

نَعَمْ، أَعْرِفُها

Naʿam, aʿrifuhā.

A: What does she do?

ما عَمَلُها؟

Mā ʿamaluhā?

B: She is a teacher.

هِيَ مُدَرِّسَةٌ

Hiya mudarrisah.

A: Teacher of what?

مُدَرِّسَةُ ماذا؟

Mudarrisatu mādhā?

B: She is an English teacher.

هِيَ مُدَرِّسَةُ لُغَةٍ إِنْجْلِيزِيَّةٍ

Hiya mudarrisatu lughatin inglīziyyah.

A: I want to learn English. Can she teach it to me?

أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَتَعَلَّمَ الإِنْجْلِيزِيَّةَ. هَلْ يُمْكِنُها أَنْ تُعَلِّمَنِيَ إِيَّاها؟

Urīdu an ataʿallama al-inglīziyyah. Hal yumkinuhā an tuʿallimaniyya iyyāhā?

B: I don't know. But I will tell her that.

لا أَعْلَمُ. لكِنَّنِي سَأَقُولُ لَها ذَلِكَ

Lā aʿlamu. Lākinnanī sa-aqūlu lahā dhālika.

A: Thank you. I really want to study English.

شُكْرَاً. أَنَا أُرِيدُ دِراسَةَ الإِنْجْلِيزِيَّةِ حَقَّاً

Shukran. Anā urīdu dirāsata al-inglīziyyati ḥaqqan.

B: Where do you want to study English?

أَيْنَ تُرِيدُ دِراسَةَ الإِنْجْلِيزِيَّةِ؟

Ayna turīdu dirāsata al-inglīziyyati?

A: At home.

في المَنْزِلِ

Fī al-manzili.

Glossary (37):

*   teacher: مُدَرِّسٌ / أُسْتاذٌ - Mudarris / Ustādh.

*   at home: في المَنْزِلِ - Fī al-manzil.

*   to know (a person): يَعْرِفُ - Yaʿrifu.

*   to learn / to teach: يَتَعَلَّمُ / يُعَلِّمُ - Yataʿallamu (to learn) / Yuʿallimu (to teach).

*   to study: يَدْرُسُ - Yadrusu.