TO LIKE

 

 

A:   mada   tuhibbu   an    taf'ala  fee  awqati   faraghik(a)

 

       What do you like to do in your free time?

 

B:   fee  awqati   faraghee   uhibbu   an   ushahida  aflaman  misriya(tan)

 

      In my free time I like watching Egyptian films.

 

A:   hal  tuhibbu   (a)ssibaha(ta)

 

      Do you like swimming?

 

B:   la.      ana  uhibbu  (a)lghinaa   wa  (a)rraqsa

 

      No, I don’t. I like singing and dancing.

 

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A:   ma   raayuk(i)  fee   Amine            (fem.)

 

      What do you think of Amine?

 

B:    yu'jibunee

 

      I like him.

 

A:    hal  (huwa) yu'jibuk(i)  am innaki   tuhibbeenah(u)

 

       Do you like him or love him?

 

B:   al ithnayn(i)  ma'an

 

      Both!

 

A:    wa     ma   raayuk(i)  fee   ibrahim

 

        And what do you think of Brahim?

 

B:    (ana)  akrahuh(u)

 

        I hate him.

 

A:     limada   takrahinah(u)

 

        Why do you hate him?

 

B:    ana akrahuhu  liannahu  (huwa)  yakrahunee

 

       I hate him because he hates me.

 

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A:    bima   tahlum(u)       (masc.)

        bima   tahlumeen(a)   (fem.)

 

       What do you dream of?

       What is your dream?

       What’s your dream?

 

B:    (ana)  ahlum(u)   bi  zawjin  waseem(in)

 

       I dream of a handsome husband.

 

        (ana)  ahlum(u)   bi  zawja(tin)  jameela(tin)

 

        I dream of a beautiful wife.

 

A:    wa mada  aydan

 

        What else?

 

B:      wa   ahlumu   bi  manzil(in)  ra-i'in   fee   milkee

 

          And I dream of a lovely house of my own.