WHERE

Dialogue 4 :  WHERE

A: Where is my son?

أَيْنَ ابْنِي؟

Ayna ibnī?

B: Your son is at school.

ابْنُكَ في المَدْرَسَةِ.

Ibnuka fī al-madrasati.

A: Where is your daughter?

أَيْنَ ابْنَتُكَ؟

Ayna ibnatuka?

B: My daughter is at the public bath.

ابْنَتِي في الحَمَّامِ.

Ibnatī fī al-ḥammāmi.

A: Where is your father?

أَيْنَ أَبُوكَ؟

Ayna abūka?

B: My father is at work.

أَبِي في العَمَلِ.

Abī fī al-ʿamali.

A: Where is your car?

أَيْنَ سَيَّارَتُكَ؟

Ayna sayyāratuka?

B: I don't have a car.

ليسَ لِي سَيَّارَةٌ.

Laysa lī sayyāratun.

A: Where are your children?

أَيْنَ أَوْلادُكَ؟

Ayna awlāduka?

B: I don't have children.

ليسَ لِي أَوْلادٌ.

Laysa lī awlādun.

A: Where is my husband?

أَيْنَ زَوْجِي؟

Ayna zawjī?

B: He is in the bathroom/toilet.

هُوَ في الحَمَّامِ.

Huwa fī al-ḥammāmi.

A: Where is my mother?

أَيْنَ أُمِّي؟

Ayna ummī?

B: She is in the process of cooking (preparing the food).

هِيَ تُعِدُّ الطَّعامَ.

Hiya tuʿiddu al-ṭaʿāma.

A: Where is my bag?

أَيْنَ حَقِيبَتِي؟

Ayna ḥaqībatī?

B: It is on the television.

هِيَ عَلَى التِّلْفازِ.

Hiya ʿalā at-tilfāzi.

A: Where is my wallet?

أَيْنَ مَحْفَظَتِي؟

Ayna maḥfaẓatī?

B: It is in your pocket.

هِيَ في جَيْبِكَ.

Hiya fī jaybika.

Dialogue 5

A: Where is Ahmed?

أَيْنَ أَحْمَدُ؟

Ayna Aḥmadu?

B: I don't know.

لا أَعْرِفُ.

Lā aʿrifu.

A: Where is Aïsha?

أَيْنَ عائِشَةُ؟

Ayna ʿĀ'ishatu?

B: I don't know where she is.

لا أَعْرِفُ أَيْنَ هِيَ.

Lā aʿrifu ayna hiya.

A: Where are the children?

أَيْنَ الأَوْلادُ؟

Ayna al-awlādu?

B: I don't know where they are.

لا أَعْرِفُ أَيْنَ هُمْ.

Lā aʿrifu ayna hum.

A: Where are you going?

إلى أَيْنَ تَذْهَبُ؟

Ilā ayna tadhhabu?

B: I am going to school.

أَذْهَبُ إلى المَدْرَسَةِ.

Adhhabu ilā al-madrasati.

A: Where is he going?

إلى أَيْنَ يَذْهَبُ؟

Ilā ayna yadhhabu?

B: He is going to the mosque.

يَذْهَبُ إلى المَسْجِدِ.

Yadhhabu ilā al-masjidi.

A: Where is she going?

إلى أَيْنَ تَذْهَبُ؟

Ilā ayna tadhhabu?

B: She is going to the market.

تَذْهَبُ إلى السُّوقِ.

Tadhhabu ilā as-sūqi.

A: Where are they going?

إلى أَيْنَ يَذْهَبُونَ؟

Ilā ayna yadhhabūna?

B: They are going to the cinema.

يَذْهَبُونَ إلى السِّينِما.

Yadhhabūna ilā as-sīnimā.

A: Where are we going?

إلى أَيْنَ نَذْهَبُ؟

Ilā ayna nadhhabu?

B: We are going to the beach.

نَذْهَبُ إلى الشَّاطِئِ.

Nadhhabu ilā ash-shāṭi'i.

A: Where is your mother going?

إلى أَيْنَ تَذْهَبُ أُمُّكَ؟

Ilā ayna tadhhabu ummuka?

B: She is going to the grocer's (the shopkeeper's).

تَذْهَبُ إلى عِنْدَ البَقَّالِ.

Tadhhabu ilā ʿinda al-baqqāli.

Glossary:

a son: ابْنٌ - Ibnun.

a daughter: ابْنَةٌ - Ibna.

a school: مَدْرَسَةٌ - Madrasah.

a public bath: حَمَّامٌ - Ḥammām.

a work (job): عَمَلٌ - ʿAmal.

a child: طِفْلٌ / وَلَدٌ - Ṭiflun / Walad.

children: أَوْلادٌ / أَطْفالٌ - Awlād / Aṭfāl.

the toilet: حَمَّامٌ - Ḥammām.

a husband: زَوْجٌ - Zawj.

a kitchen: مَطْبَخٌ / طَبْخٌ - Maṭbakh / Ṭabkh.

in the process of: (Expressed by the present tense verb) يُصاغ بالفعل المضارع.

a bag: حَقِيبَةٌ - Ḥaqībah.

a television: تِلْفازٌ - Tilfāz.

a wallet: مَحْفَظَةٌ - Maḥfaẓah.

a mosque: مَسْجِدٌ - Masjid.

a market: سُوقٌ - Sūq.

a cinema: سِينِما - Sīnimā.

a beach: شاطِئٌ - Shāṭi'.

at/to the house of: عِنْدَ - ʿInda.

a grocer/shopkeeper: بَقَّالٌ - Baqqāl.