TO RUN

 

A:    ayna  ta’eesh(u)

 

        Where do you live?

 

B:     a’eeshu   fee   (a)l   baadeya(ti)

 

       I live in the countryside.

 

A:     wa  ta’malu  fee  (a)l madeena(ti) , alaysa  kadalik(a)

 

      And you work in town, don’t you?

 

B:   ajal

 

      Yes.

 

A:   idan   maqarru   ’amalika  ba’eedun  ’an  suknaak(a)   ,  alaysa  kadalik(a)

 

       So your place of work is far from your home, isn’t?

 

B:   ajal

 

      Yes, it is.

 

A:  kayfa  tadhabu  ela  (maqarri) ’amalik(a)

 

      How do you go to work?

 

B:   ughaadiru  (a)l bayta  fee (a)ssabaahi (a)l  baakir(i)

 

      Well, I leave home early in the morning.

 

A:  wa  ba’da  daalik(a)

 

     And then?

 

B:  wa  ba’da  daalik(a) aakhudu sayyarata ujra(tin) ela aqrabi mahatta(tin)  lilhaafilaat(i)

 

      Then I take a taxi to the nearest bus stop.

 

A:    wa  ba’da  daalik(a)

 

        And then?

 

B:    wa  ba’da  daalik(a)  aakhudu  (a)l haafila(ta)  ela wasati  (a)l madeena(ti)

 

       Then I take the bus to downtown.

 

A:    wa  ba’da  daalik(a)

 

        And then?

 

B:     wa  ba’da  daalik(a)  adhabu ’ala  (a)l aqdaam(i) ela haythu  a’mal(u)

 

        Then I walk up to the office where I work.

 

A:   hal tadhabu daa-iman ela (a)l maktab(i) ’ala  (a)l aqdaam(i)

 

        Do you always walk to the office?

 

B:     ahyaanan   adhabu jaryan

                           ajree

 

       Oh, sometimes I run!