Script of Arabic audio lesson 59

Instructor: This is unit 59 of ALIF Classical Arabic Audio program 2

listen to Arabic conversation.

هُو: إستَمِع إلى هَذِه المُحادَثَة العربية

هُو: نهلة .. هَل أنتِ ذاهِبَة إلى اللاذِقِية قَريبا ً؟

هِي: نَعَم نَعَم .. سَأسَافِر يَوم الإثنَين صَباحَا ً

هُو: هَل سَتأخُذِين الطَائِرَة؟

هِي: لا .. سَأسَافِر بِالقِطَار

هُو: بِالقِطَار .. حَقا ً ذَلِك ؟

هِي: نَعَم .. أحبُ السَفَر بِالقِطَار كَثيرا ً .. أستَطِيع أن أقرأ كِتابًا

هُو: إستَمع مَرة أُخرى

هُو: نهلة .. هَل أنتِ ذاهِبَة إلى اللاذِقِية قَريبا ً؟

هِي: نَعَم نَعَم .. سَأسَافِر يَوم الإثنَين صَباحَا ً

هُو: هَل سَتأخُذِين الطَائِرَة؟

هِي: لا .. سَأسَافِر بِالقِطَار

هُو: بِالقِطَار .. حَقا ً ذَلِك ؟

هِي: نَعَم .. أحبُ السَفَر بِالقِطَار كَثيرا ً .. أستَطِيع أن أقرأ كِتابًا

Instructor: now you’re in a bookshop in Lattakia,

you with a Arab clerk, how does she ask the

clerk how much are these books?

هِي: بِكَم هَذِه الكُتُب ؟

Instructor: he takes the first one from her and

says” this is a very nice book”

هُو: هَذا كِتاُبٌ جَمِيلٌ جِدا ً

Instructor: he gives her a very good price saying”

it’s four hundred pounds for you”

هُو: بأربَعِ مَائةِ جُنِيه لَكِ

Instructor: do you remember how to say the old town

هُو المَدِينَة القدِيمَة

Instructor: the clerk takes another book now

he says this book is old

هُو : إسْتَمِع و أعِد

هُو: هَذا الكِتاب قَدِيم .. قَدِيم.. هَذا الكِتاب قَدِيم

Instructor: did you hear the difference between the

old town and old referring to a book, book is a

masculine word so you use

هُو: قَدِيم

Instructor: how did he say this book is old?

هُو: هَذا الكِتاب قَدِيم.. قدِيم.. قَدِيم

Instructor: the price on another book is not

marked clearly but she tries to read it, she asks

is it three hundred pounds or four hundred pounds

هِي: هَل هُو بأربَع مَائة جُنِيه أم بِثلاثِ مائَة جُنيه؟

Instructor: she asks him how much is this book?

هِي: بِكَم هَذا الكِتاب ؟

Instructor: he says this book is very old

هُو: هَذا الكِتاب قَدِيم جِدا ً

Instructor: he continues it’s three hundred pounds

هُو: بِثلاث مائَة جُنيه

Instructor: the word for beautiful is the same as

the word for nice, he say these books are very

beautiful

هُو: هَذه الكُتُب جَمِيلَة جِدا ً

Instructor: the clerk says again it’s three hundred

pounds

هُو: بِثلاث مائَة جُنيه

Instructor: your college says I don’t have enough

money with me

هِي: لا يُوجَد مَال كَافِي معي

Instructor: I want to buy these books

هِي: أُريدُ أن أشتَريَ هَذِه الكُتُب

Instructor: she figures out what she needs saying three

hundred pounds and four hundred pounds

هِي: بأربَعِ مَائة جُنِيه وبِثلاثِ مائَة جُنيه

Instructor: in order to buy these books

هِي: لِأشتَريَ هَذِه الكُتُب

Instructor: the shopkeeper points to a bank

across the street, saying there is a bank over there

هُو: يُوجَد مصرِف هُناك

Instructor: he says to your college

you can exchange money there

هُو: تَستَطيعين أن تَستبدلي مَالًا هُناكً

Instructor: she says great I’m going to the bank now

هِي: عَظِيم .. سَأذهَب إلى المصرِفِ الأن

Instructor: she says in order to exchange

money I will go to the bank

هِي: لِأستبدلَ بَعضَ المَالِ... سَأذهَبُ إلى المصرِف

Instructor: tell her yes you can exchange

money there right away

هُو:نَعَم تَستَطيعين أن تَستبدلي مَالًا هُناك حَالا ً

Instructor: and later you can come back in

order to buy this books

هُو: وتَعُودى لِتَشتَريَ هَذِه الكُتُب فيما بعد  

Instructor: after she returns she says now

I have enough money with me

هِي: الأن لَدى المَال الكَافي

Instructor: later you tell her this book

is very beautiful

هُو: هَذا الكِتاب جَمِيلٌ جِدا ً

Instructor: how would she say and usually

هِي: نَعَم و.... عَادَة ً

Instructor: it’s more expensive you’re

referring to a book which is masculine

هِي: هُو أغلَى

Instructor: now tell her I know a good

restaurant not far from here

هُو:أعرِفُ مَطَعمًا جَيدًا.... لَيس بَعيدا ً من هُنا

Instructor: would you like to have lunch

there with me and with my wife

هُو: هَل تحبين أن تَتَناولِي الغَداَء هُناك مَعي ومَع زَوجِي ؟

Instructor: tell her they have very tasty Arab food

هُو: عندهُم أكُلٌ عربيٌّ لَذِيذ

Instructor: you explain that your wife is

meeting their at one o’clock, ask her would you

like to have lunch with us

هُو: هَل تَحبين أن تَتَناولِي الغَداَء مَعنَا ؟

Instructor: how does she say yes we will

have lunch together?

هِي: نَعَم سَنتَناولُ الغَداء معا ً

Instructor: with pleasure

هِي: بِكُل سِرُور

Instructor: now you are with a college in Lattakia,

here’s how she says last week literally

the week the last

هِي: الإسبُوع المَاضي

Instructor: how would she say I went to

Aleppo last week?

هِي: ذَهبتُ إلى حَلَب الإسبُوع المَاضي

Instructor: she continues and tomorrow

I will go to Damascus

هِي: وغَدا ً سأذهَبُ إلى دمشق

Instructor: how did she say that she went to

Aleppo last week?

هِي: ذَهبتُ إلى حَلَب الإسبُوع المَاضي

Instructor: now try to ask her would you go to

Damascus by train

هُو: هَل سَتذهَبين إلى دمشق بالقِطَار ؟

Instructor: or would you take a plane

هُو: أمْ سَتأخُذِين الطَائِرَة؟

Instructor: how would she say that she likes to

travel by plane?

هِي: أحبُ أن أسافرَ بالطَائِرَة

Instructor: she says but this time

هِي: لَكِن هَذِه المَرَة

Instructor: I will take the train

هِي: سَأخُذُ القِطَار

Instructor: I went to Aleppo last week

هِي: ذَهبتُ إلى حَلَب الإسبُوع المَاضي

Instructor: to travel by plane is more expensive

هِي: السفر بِالطَائِرَة أغلَى

Instructor: now it’s another day and you’re speaking
with a neighbor, you mention that you have to
go to the bank

هُو: لابُدّ أن أذهَبَ إلى المصرِف

Instructor: in order to exchange some money

هُو: لِأستبدلَ بَعضَ المَال

Instructor: ask if she knows where is the bank?

هُو:هَل تَعرِفين أين المصرِف؟

Instructor: she answers yes there’s a bank on Abed street

هِي:نَعَم .. يُوجَد مصرِف في شَارِع عَابِد

Instructor: how does she say to you, you can
exchange money there?

هِي: تستَطِيعُ أن تَستبدلَ المَال هُناك

Instructor: and how do you say the same thing to a woman

هُو: تَستَطيعين أن تَستبدلي مَالًا هُناك

Instructor: she continues Abed Street isn’t far from here

هِي: شَارِع عَابِد لَيس بَعيدًا من هُنا

Instructor: now she asks do you go there right away.

هِي: هَل لابُد أن تَذهَبَ إلى هُناك حَالا ً؟

Instructor: yes I will leave right away after a few minutes

هُو: نَعَم .. سَأذهَبُ حَالا بَعد بِضعِ دَقائق

Instructor: you’re going by car; she asks can
you take me with you

هِي: هَل تستطيعُ أن تَصحبَني مَعك ؟

Instructor: I’d like to go to the town, me too

هِي: أحبُ أن أذهَبَ إلى المَدِينَة .. أنَا أيضا ً

Instructor: I went to Aleppo last week

هِي: ذَهبتُ إلى حَلَب الإسبُوع المَاضي

Instructor: and I need to buy a few things right now

هِي: وأُريدُ أن أشتَريَ بَعضَ الأشْياء الأن

Instructor: a little food and some coffee

هِي: قليلًا من الطعام و بعضَ القَهوَة

Instructor: she wants to add and mineral water

هُو : إسْتَمِع و أعِد

هِي: ومِياهً مَعدَنِية .. مَعدَنِية.. مَعدَنِية .. مِياه .. مِياهً مَعدَنِية

Instructor: that’s literally water with minerals, how
does she say that she has to but some mineral
water, some is understood

هِي: لابُدّ أن أشتَريَ مِياهً مَعدَنِية

Instructor: she continues and I want to buy a newspaper

هِي: و أُرِيدُ أن أشتَريَ جَرِيدَة

Instructor: ask her what time it is?

هُو: كَم الساعة ؟

Instructor: she tells you, it’s half past eleven

هِي:إنها السَاعَة الحَادِيَة عَشرة والنِصف

Instructor: you’re meeting your wife for lunch; ask your
neighbor “would you like to have lunch at
the restaurant Al-mashawy?

هُو: هَل تَحبين أن تَتَناولِي الغَداَء في مَطعَم المشاوي ؟

هُو: إسأل

Instructor: with me and with my wife

هُو: مَعي ومَع زَوجِي

Instructor: say that you ate there in last week

هُو: أكلتُ هُناك الإسبُوع المَاضي

Instructor: they have very tasty Arab food

هُو: عندهُم أكُلٌ عربيٌّ لَذِيذ

Instructor: she says that’s a good idea

هِي: هَذِه فِكرَةٌ جَيدَة

Instructor: and I need to buy some mineral water later

هِي: لابُدّ أن أشتَريَ مِياهً مَعدَنِيةً فيما بعد  

Instructor: on your way there, she tells you
I will return to Aleppo next week

هِي: سًأعُود إلى حَلَب الإسبُوع القَادِم

Instructor: ask her would you take the plane

هُو: هَل سَتأخُذِين الطَائِرَة ؟

Instructor: are you going by car, plane?

هُو: هَل سَتذهَبين بِالسَيارَة , بالطَائِرَة ؟

Instructor: or by train?

هُو: أمْ بِالقِطَار؟

Instructor: she says this time I will take the train

هِي: هَذِه المَرَة سأخُذُ الطَائِرَة

Instructor: I will leave for Aleppo on Saturday

هِي: سَأذهَب إلى حَلَب في السَبت

Instructor: and I will return on Friday

هِي: وسَأعُود في يَوم الجُمعَة

Instructor: at half past twelve

هِي: في السَاعَة الثَانِية عَشرة والنِصف

Instructor: she says again I will come back on Friday

هِي: سَأعُود في يَوم الجُمعَة

Instructor: here’s the word for Sunday or on Sunday

هُو : إسْتَمِع و أعِد

هِي:  الأحَد .. في الأحَد.. الأحَد

Instructor: until Sunday

هِي: حتى الأحَد

Instructor: she says I will stay there until Sunday morning

هِي: أحبُ أن أمكثَ هُناك حتى الأحَد صَباحا ً

Instructor: but I can’t

هِي: لَكِن لا أستَطِيع

Instructor: I will come back on Friday

هِي: سَأعُود في يَوم الجُمعَة

Instructor: you suggest may be next Sunday

هُو: ربما الأحَد القَادِم.. الأحَد القَادِم

Instructor: how do you say to her to have lunch
meaning you have lunch?

هُو: تَتَناولِين الغَداَء..... تتناولي الغداء

Instructor: ask her would you like to have lunch
with me and with my wife

هُو: هَل تحبين أن تَتَناولِي الغَداَء مَعي ومَع زَوجِي؟

Instructor: next Sunday at our place

هُو: الأحَد القَادِم عندنا

Instructor: she wants to say I’m sorry but
Sunday afternoon I can’t, here’s the word for afternoon

هِي: المَساء .. المَساء.. المَساء

Instructor: how would she say Sunday in the afternoon?

هِي: الأحَد مَساءا ً

Instructor: she says I’m sorry but Sunday afternoon I can’t

هِي: انا آسفَة لَكِن الأحَد مَساءا ً لا أستَطِيع

Instructor: how does she say my daughter
is coming to visit me from Homs?

هِي: إبنَتي سَتأتي لِزيَارَتي مِن حُمص

Instructor: at four o’clock in the afternoon

هِي: في السَاعَة الرابعة مَساءا ً

Instructor: I went to Aleppo last week

هِي: ذَهبتُ إلى حَلَب الإسبُوع المَاضي

Instructor: and I will return to Aleppo next week

هِي: وسأعُود إلى حَلَب الإسبُوع القَادِم

Instructor: she explains I will return on Friday

هِي: سَأعُود يَوم الجُمعَة

Instructor: but Sunday afternoon I can’t

هِي: لَكِن الأحَد مَساءا ً لا أستَطيع

Instructor: absently she reminds herself and
I need to buy some mineral water before Friday

هِي: لابُد أن أشتَريَ مِياهً مَعدَنِيةً قَبل يَوم الجُمعَة

Instructor: now you are at an evening reception,
you see an acquaintance, how do you greet her?

هُو: مَساءُ الخَير.. مَساءُ الخَير

Instructor: greetings are varied and elaborate in Arabic,
polite convention requires that one's response should
surpass the greeting and Courtesy, here’s how she
might respond your greeting

هُو : إسْتَمِع و أعِد

هِي: عمت َ مساءًا

هُو: عمتِ مساءًا

Instructor: and it means "you may enjoy the evening",
how would she say good evening response to you

هِي: مَساء الخَيرَ

Instructor: after your greeting she comments you
speak Arabic very well now

هِي: أنت َ تتَحَدَثُ اللُغَةَ العَرَبيةَ جَيد جِيدا ً الأن

هُو: قُل

Instructor: thank you I don’t speak a lot yet

هثو: شُكرا ً .. لا أتحَدثُ كَثيرا ً بعد.

Instructor: do you remember how to say better than me

هُو: أفضَلَ مِنّي

Instructor: now try to say but I speak better now

هُو: لَكِن أتحَدَثُ أفضَلَ الآن.. أفضَلَ.. لَكِن أتحَدَثُ أفضَلَ الان

Instructor: she asks you are here in Damascus
for how long?

هِي:  أنتً هُنا في دمشق...لِكَمْ من الوقت ؟

Instructor: tell her that you arrived last week

هُو: وَصلتً الإسبُوع المَاضي

Instructor: you continue and you will stay until
next Friday

هُو: وسَأمكثُ حتى الجُمُعَةِ القَادِمة

Instructor: how do you say Friday Afternoon?

هُو: الجُمعَة مَساءا ً

هُو: قُل

Instructor: I will leave Friday afternoon
for Aleppo

هُو: سأرحَلُ الجُمعَة مَساءا ً إلى حَلَب

Instructor: at that moment someone else
joins you and says good evening, how do you respond

هُو: مَساءُ الخَيْر.. مَساءُ الخَيْر

Instructor: now it’s another day and you’re back
at your office in Aleppo, say to a colleague that
you are looking for a newspaper

هُو:أنا أبحَثُ عَن جَرِيدَة .. أبحَثُ عَن.....جريدة

هُو: قُل

Instructor: I’d like to read the newspaper

هُو: أحبُ أن أقرأ الجَرِيدَة

Instructor: before today’s meeting or literally
before "meeting today"

هُو: قَبل إجتِمَاع اليَوم

Instructor: your colleague says it’s half past
eleven now

هِي: إنها السَاعَة الحَادِيَة عَشرة والنِصف الأن

Instructor: but I will leave at half past twelve

هِي: لَكِن سَأرحل في السَاعة الثَانِية عَشرة والنِصف

Instructor: she is running and runs; she says
I need to go to a store

هِي: لابُدّ ان أذهَبَ إلى المَتجر

Instructor: in order to buy some mineral
water and coffee

هِي: لِأشتَريَ بَعض المِياه المَعدَنِية والقَهوَة.. المِياه المَعدَنِية

Instructor: she offers I would buy a newspaper for you

هِي: سأشتَري جَرِيدَةً  لَك

Instructor: how would she say I will
return at half past one?

هِي: سَأعُود في السَاعَة الوَاحِدَة والنِصف

Instructor: she says again it’s half past eleven now

هِي: إنها السَاعَة الحَادِيَة عَشرة والنِصف الأن

Instructor: you thank her and begin preparing
for your meeting, here’s how to say we have
a lot of meetings

هُو : إسْتَمِع و أعِد

هُو: لَدِينا إجتِمَاعَات كَثِيرَة .. إجتِمَاعَات.. إجتِمَاعَات.. لَدِينا إجتِمَاعَات كَثِيرَة

Instructor: two at yesterday

هُو: إثنَين بالأمْس

Instructor: and one today in the morning

هُو: و واحِد اليَوم صَباحا ً

Instructor: and another one at
three o’clock in the afternoon

هُو: وواحِد آخَر في السَاعَة الثَالِثَة مَساءا ً

Instructor: your colleague says I have a lot of meetings

هِي: لديّ أجتمِاعَات كَثيِرَة .. إجتمِاعَات كَثيِرَة .....لديّ اجتماعات كثيرة

Instructor: how does she say that last
week she went to Damascus?

هِي: ذَهبتُ الإسبُوع المَاضي إلى دمشق

Instructor: I had a lot of meetings too

هِي: كان لَدى إجتِماعَات كَثِيرَة أيضا ً

Instructor: now ask her did you go by train?

هُو: هَل ذَهَبتِ بِالقطَار ؟

Instructor: she says no I went by plane

هِي: لا.. ذَهبتُ بِالطَائِرَة

Instructor: I don’t have the time to go by train

هِي: لَيس لدى الوَقت أن أذهَبَ بالقِطَار

Instructor: she continues and next week
I have a meeting in Lattakia

هِي: والإسبُوع القَادِم لَدى إجتِمَاع في اللاذِقية

Instructor: ask her if she will take the train?

هُو: هَل سَتأخُذِينَ القِطَار ؟

Instructor: she says yes I will take the
train to lattakia

هِي: نَعَم سَأخُذُ القِطَار إلى اللاذَقِية

Instructor: Lattakia is not far from here

هِي: اللاذَقِية لَيسَت بَعِيدَةً من هُنا

Instructor: and I will return on Friday at half past twelve

هِي: سَأعُودُ يَوم الجُمعَة السَاعَة الثَانِيَة عَشرة والنِصف

Instructor: she continues and next Sunday

هِي: والأحَد القَادِم

Instructor: my daughter is coming to visit
me from Homs

هِي: إبنَتي سَتأتي لِزيَارَتي مِن حِمص

Instructor: at four o’clock in the afternoon

هِي: في السَاعَة الرَابِعَة مَساءا ً

Instructor: This is the end of unit fifty nine and the
end of today’s lesson

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