Tuesday, November 5, 2013

WHERE



A:                         aina                 ebnee

           Where         is                       my            son?

B:               ebnuka    (masc.)                           fee               al madrasa

               Your      son               is         at               school.

A:                       aina          bintuke       (fem.)  
                       
          Where                        is                      your          daughter?

B:                 bintee                   fee                      al   hammam

                 My     daughter          is          in                the Turkish bath.

A:                aina                 abuka

              Where                        is                      your         father?

B:                               abee                   fee             al   ’amal.

             My      father               is          at                           work.

A:                        aina               sayyaratuka

            Where                        is                      your              car?

B:                laysat      (fem.)      ‘ndee          ayyatu  (fem.)        sayyara  

             I                       don't  have                 any             car.

A:                 ainahum               attfaluka

          Where       are                  your           children?

B:                laysa      (mas.)  'indee         ayyu    (mas.)            attfal

            I                       don't  have                  any            children.

A:                    ainahuwa         zawjee

         Where      is                                my             husband?

B:                zawjuke                         fee                al mirhad

         Your    husband                      is             in                   the  toilet.

A:              ainaheya            ummee

          Where            is                               my           mother?

B:              ummuke                             fee                   al mattbakh.

        Your     mother              is            in                   the   kitchen.

A:           ainaheya            haqeebatee

            Where           is                                     my           handbag?

B:                  haqeebatuke  (fem.)       fawqa                      attilfaz

                 Your         handbag           is         on           the television set.

A:                 ainahuwa           qalamee
      
          Where            is                                  my            pen?

B:                          huwa                   fee            jaybik

              It      is             in       your          pocket.

A:                   ainahuwa                    Ahmed

            Where          is                                      Ahmed?

B:             ana            la               a’rif

                 I                         don't know.

A:                ainaheya                Aïcha

                 Where           is                                        Aïcha?

B:                    ana        la          a’rifu             ainaheya

                    I                 don't know     where  she      is.

A:                   ainahum                            al attfal

                  Where    are                                  the children ?

B:                 ana         la        a’rifu             ainahum

               I                      don't know       where they are.

A:                  ela       aina              anta             dahibun      (mas.)             
                 Where           are       you         going?

B:                    ana      dahibun           ela   al madrasa

                     I’m                       going                  to         school.

A:                  ela          aina     huwa      dahibun      (masc.)

                    Where                    is           he           going ?

B:              huwa      dahibun         ela     al madrasa

                 He               is                 going        to           school.

A:               ela           aina        heya         dahibatun (fem.) 
         
            Where       is                   she          going?

B:               heya         dahibatun          ela         assooq 

                She                        is       going          to       market.

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