TO WALK

TO WALK

Dialogue 52

A : Where do you live?

أَيْنَ تَسْكُنُ؟

Ayna taskunu?

B : I live on the outskirts of the city.

أَسْكُنُ في ضَواحِي المَدِينَةِ

Askunu fī ḍawāḥī al-madīnati.

A : Is your school over there?

هَلْ مَدْرَسَتُكَ هُناكَ؟

Hal madrasatuka hunāka?

B : No, my school is in the city.

لا، مَدْرَسَتِي في المَدِينَةِ

Lā, madrasatī fī al-madīnati.

A : So how do you go to school?

إِذاً كَيْفَ تَذْهَبُ إلى المَدْرَسَةِ؟

Idhan kayfa tadhhabu ilā al-madrasati?

B : I have a bicycle. I go to school by bicycle.

عِنْدِي دَرّاجَةٌ. أَذْهَبُ إلى المَدْرَسَةِ بِالدَّرّاجَةِ

ʿIndī darrājah. Adhhabu ilā al-madrasati bi-ad-darrājah.

A : Do all your friends go to school by bicycle?

هَلْ كُلُّ أَصْدِقائِكَ يَذْهَبُونَ إلى المَدْرَسَةِ بِالدَّرّاجَةِ؟

Hal kullu aṣdiqā'ika yadhhabūna ilā al-madrasati bi-ad-darrājah?

B : No, some of them go to school on foot.

لا، بَعْضُهُمْ يَذْهَبُ إلى المَدْرَسَةِ مَشْياً عَلى الأَقْدامِ

Lā, baʿḍuhum yadhhabu ilā al-madrasati mashyan ʿalā al-aqdām.

Glossary (52):

*   the outskirts: ضَواحِي - Ḍawāḥī.

*   over there: هُناكَ - Hunāka.

*   in the city: في المَدِينَةِ - Fī al-madīnah.

*   a bicycle: دَرّاجَةٌ - Darrājah.

*   by bicycle: بِالدَّرّاجَةِ - Bi-ad-darrājah.

*   on foot: مَشْياً عَلى الأَقْدامِ - Mashyan ʿalā al-aqdām.

*   all: كُلُّ - Kullu.

*   some: بَعْضُ - Baʿḍ.

*   them: هُمْ - Hum.

*   some of them: بَعْضُهُمْ - Baʿḍuhum.

*   to walk: يَمْشِي - Yamshī.