TO SIT (DOWN)

A:    limada  anta    waaqif(un)   ?       Ijlis          Why are you standing up? Sit down!     B:  ana    waaqif(un)  li-annahu   la yujadu  kursiy(yun)  fee hadihi  (a)l ghurfati         I am standing up because there is no chair in this room!     A:    lima   laa  tajlis(u)  'alaa (a)l ardiya(ti)   , mithlee           Why don’t you sit on the floor, like me?     B:    tayyib   .   ajlis(u) 'alaa (a)l ardiya(ti)   , mithluk(a)              O.K. I sit down on the floor, like you!     *                        *                          *   A:      ayna  (huwa)   (a)ttilifiziun            Where is your television?     B:     innahu   fee  ghurfati   (a)l jolus(i)           It’s in the sitting-room.     A:     ayna   (hum)(u)   (a)l  attfal(u)          Where are the children?     B:    innahum   fee  ghurfati   (a)l jolus(i)         They are in the living-room.     A:    ayna   (huwa)  zawjuki         Where is your husband?     B:     innahu  fee  (a)l hammam(i)           He’s in the bathroom.