4 - ilmuḥaadasi̲(t) (the conversation)

Question 1

Welcome oh Hind.

Answer 1

‘ahlan ‘ahlan, ya hind.

Question 2

(in reply back to a welcome) Welcome to you oh Abu Aḥmad.

Answer 2

‘ahlan fiik(-i), ya’ abu ‘aḥmad.

Question 3

What do you want today?

Answer 3

‘ayŝ biddik(-ak) ilyawm?

Question 4

I want a notebook for my son.

Answer 4

biddi daftar li’ibni

Question 5

Which kind of notebook does he want?

Answer 5

‘ayya naw3 daftar biddo(h)?

Question 6

He wants a big notebook and he also wants a notebook for his sister.

Answer 6

biddo(h) daftar kbiir ‘u biddo(h) kamaan daftar li’uxtu.

Question 7

Which color does she want?

Answer 7

‘ayya lawn bidha?

Question 8

She wants a white notebook.

Answer 8

bidha daftar ‘abyaḍ.

Question 9

Do they want anything else?

Answer 9

bidhum ŝi taani?

Question 10

Yes, they want two pencils from the long kind.

Answer 10

na3am, bidhum qalamayn min innaw3 iṭṭawiil.

Question 11

Please. Here are two notebooks and two pencils.

Answer 11

tfaḍḍal(-i). hayy daftarayn ‘u qalamayn.

Question 12

[May he preserve your hands.]

Answer 12

ysallim ‘idayk.

Question 13

[And your hands.]

Answer 13

‘u ‘idayk(-i).

Question 14

How much do you want from me now?

Answer 14

qaddayŝ biddak(-ik) minni halla’?

Question 15

I want two dinars and a half.

Answer 15

biddi diinaarayn ‘u nuṣṣ.

Question 16

Please. Here are two dinars and a half (in) change.

Answer 16

tfaḍḍal(-i). hayy diinaarayn ‘u nuṣṣ fraaṭa̲(t).

Question 17

Thanks.

Answer 17

ŝukran.

Question 18

You’re welcome.

Answer 18

3afwan.