SLO 5.4 Activity 2 dialogue

Question 1

Major Cook, hello. Where have you been? We haven’t seen you for a long time. Two weeks?

Answer 1

رائِد كوك أَهْلاً، أَيْنَ أَنْتَ؟ لَم نَرَكَ لِمُدَّة طَويَلَة. أُسْبوعَيْن؟

Question 2

No, three weeks. How are you, Major Mansour? How’s the family?

Answer 2

لا، ثَلاثَة أَسابيع. كِيْفَ الحال يا رائِد مَنْصور؟ وَكَيْفَ حال الأُسْرَة؟

Question 3

Everyone’s fine. And your family? Are all members of your family well?
Everything is fine.

Answer 3

الجَميع بَخَيْر والحَمْدُ لله. وأُسْرَتُكَ؟ هَل كُلّ أَفْراد الأُسْرَة بَخَيْر؟
الحَمْدُ لله كُلّ شَيْء تَمام.

Question 4

As you know, our forces will offer support to the government forces in the village of Dalja South of Egypt.

Answer 4

كَما تَعْرِف قُوّاتُنا سَتُقَدِّم الدَّعْم لِلقوّات الحُكومِيَّة بِقَريَة دَلْجَة جَنوب مِصْر

Question 5

You know many things about the area and the security situation in it

Answer 5

أَنْتَ تَعْرِف أَشْياء كَثيرَة عَن المَنْطِقَة والوَضْع الأَمْنِيّ فِيها

Question 6

I’m here to study the situation there and to know from you more about the area or as we say in English to pick your brains.

Answer 6

وأَنا هُنا اليّوم لِدِراسَة الوَضْع هُناك، لأَعْرِف مِنْكَ أَكْثَر عِن المَنْطِقَة أَو كَما نَقول بِالإِنْجليزِيَّة to pick your brains.

Question 7

What do you know about the area and the village?

The village of Dalja is a small farming village.

Answer 7

ماذا تَعْرِف عَن المَنْطِقِة والقَرْيَة؟

قَرْيَة دَلْجَة قَرْيَة زِراعِيَّة صَغيرَة

Question 8

Location: to the north of the city of Sohaj in the south of Egypt, on the eastern bank of the river Nile.

Answer 8

المَوْقِع: شَمال مَدينَة سُوهاج، جَنوب مِصْر عَلى الضِّفَّة الشَّرْقِيَّة لِنَهْر النِّيل.

Question 9

What do you know about the people in the village?

Answer 9

ماذا تَعْرِف عَن النّاس بِالقَرْيَة؟

Question 10

Most people of the village work in farming

Answer 10

يَعْمَل مُعْظَم سُكّان القَريَة بِالزِّراعَة

Question 11

Intensive farming in the area, the area has many farms for sugar cane

Answer 11

زِراعَة كَثيفَة بِالمَنْطِقَة، المَنْطِقَة بِها مَزارِع كَثيرة لِقَصَب السُّكَّر

Question 12

The houses of the village cluster in the middle of the farms

Answer 12

بُيوت القَرْيَة تَتَمَرْكَز وَسَط المَزارِع

Question 13

The houses of the village have in them a place for the family to live and a place for the livestock.

Answer 13

بُيوت القَرْيَة بِها مَكان لِسَكَن الأُسْرَة وَمَكان لِلماشِيَة

Question 14

The number of the inhabitants of the village is about 700 people. A small number of them, about 50, work in a small factory for manufacturing sugar from sugar cane.

Answer 14

عَدَد سُكّان القَرْيَة حَوالي 700 شَخْصا. عَدَد صَغير مِنْهُم، حَوالي 50 شَخْصاً يَعْمَل بِمَصْنَع صَغير لِصِناعَة السُّكَّر مِن قَصَب السُّكَّر

Question 15

Sugar cane is the main crop in the area.

Answer 15

قَصَب السُّكَّر هُوَ المَحْصول الرَّئيسِيّ بِالمَنْطِقَة

Question 16

Schools in the village: There is a primary school for boys and another for girls.

Answer 16

المَداِرِس بِالقَرْيَة: هُناك مَدْرَسَة اِبْتِدائِيَّة لِلأَوْلاد وأُخْرى لِلبَنات

Question 17

The village has no preparatory or secondary schools.

Answer 17

لَيْسَ بِالقَرْيَة مَدارِس إِعْدادِيَّة أَو ثانَوِيَّة.

Question 18

A small number of the boys/ children of Dalja village go to the city of Sohaj nearby to study in preparatory and secondary schools and university. Sohaj is 20 km to the south of Dalja.

Answer 18

يَذْهَب عَدَد قَليل مِن أَوْلاد قَرْيَة دَلْجَة إِلى مَدينَة سوهاج القَريبَة لِلدِّراسَة بِالمَدارِس الإِعْدادِيَّة والثّانَوِيَّة والجامِعَة
سوهاج عَلى بُعْد حَوالي 20 كيلو مِتْر جَنوب القَرْيَة

Question 19

Do you know the condition of the roads in the area?
In relation to the roads, I know that there is a main road from the north of the village to the south of it, paved and it allows small military vehicles pass

Answer 19

هَل تَعْرِف حالَة الطُّرُق بِالمَنْطِقَة؟
بِالنِّسْبَة لِلطُّرُق، أَعْرِف أَنَّ هُناكَ طَريق رَئيسِيّ مِن شَمال القَرْيَة إِلى جَنوبِها مُمَهَّد وَيَسْمَح بِمُرور الآلِيّات العَسْكَرِيَّة الصَّغيرَة

Question 20

The Side roads are dust roads that get muddy when it rains and cars get bogged there.

Answer 20

الطُّرْق الفَرْعِيَّة تُرابِيَّة تَتَوَحَّل عِنْد سُقوط الأَمْطار، والسَّيّارات تَغْرِز فِيها

Question 21

No lighting in the streets at night. No light in the streets at night.

Answer 21

لَيْسَ هُناك نور في الشَّوارِع لَيْلاً .لَيْسَ هُناك إِضاءَة في الشَّوارِع بِاللَّيْل

Question 22

This is all the information I have about the village and the area. I know you have the most recent information about the security situation in the area and the dangers which may threaten our soldiers in the area.

Answer 22

هذِهِ كُلّ المَعْلومات عَن القَرْيَة والمَنْطِقَة. وأَعْرِف أَنَّ عِنْدَكَ آخِر مَعْلومات عَن الحالَة الأَمْنِيَّة في المَنْطِقَة والأَخْطار الَّتي قَد تُهَدِّد جُنودَنا بِالمَنْطِقَة

Question 23

The security situation in the area is not good currently.

We are here to help and offer support to the local government.

Answer 23

الوَضْع الأَمنِيّ بِالمَنْطِقَة غيْر جَيِّد حالِيًّا

نَحْنُ نُحاوِل تَقْديـم الدَّعْم والمُساعَدَة لِلحُكومَة المَحَلِّيَّة

Question 24

What’s the stance of the people in the village on the local government/coalition forces?

Answer 24

ما مَوْقِف النّاس بِالقَرْيَة مِن الحُكومَة المَحَلِّيَّة/ قُوّات التَّحالُف؟

Question 25

Most people in the village of Dalja support the local government. They welcome the presence of the Coalition Forces.

Answer 25

مُعْظَم الناس بِقَريَة دَلْجَة يَدْعَمون الحُكومَة المَحَلِّيَّة
يُرَّحِبّون بِوجود قُوّات التَّحالُف

Question 26

But there is a terrorist movement opposing the government.
The movement name is the CEEUBEE People’s Movement.
The movement tries to recruit some of the youth of the village.

Answer 26

لكِن هُناك حَرَكَة إِرْهابِيَّة مُعارِضَة لِلحُكومَة
الشَّعْبِيَّة CEEUBEE اِسْمُها حَرَكَة
تُحاوِل هذِهِ الحَرَكَة تَجْنيد بَعْض شَباب القَرْيَة

Question 27

Does the movement find support from the people in the area?

Answer 27

هَل تَجِد هذِهِ الحَرَكَة تَأْييداً مِن النّاس بِالمَنْطِقَة؟

Question 28

No, not now. The CPM lost the support of a big number of people in the area because of the movement destruction of public property.

Answer 28

الشَّعْبِيَّة تَأْييد عَدَد كَبير مِن النّاس CEEUBEE لا، لَيْسَ الآن. فَقَدَتْ حَرَكَة
بِالمَنْطِقِة بِسَبَب تَدْمير الحَرَكَة لِلمُمْتَلَكات العامَّة

Question 29

The movement carried out an attack last month on the only public hospital in the area and destroyed it.

Answer 29

قامَتْ الحَرَكَة الشَّهْر الماضي بالهُجوم عَلى المُسْتَشْفى العامّ الوَحيد بِالمَنْطِقَة وَتَدْميرِهِ

Question 30

We will rebuild that hospital.

Answer 30

سَنقوم نَحْنُ بِأَعادَة بِناء هذا المُسْتَشْفى

Question 31

Does the movement pose a threat or danger to our soldiers?

Answer 31

وَهَل تُشَكِّل الحَرَكَة تَهْديداً أَوخَطَراً لِجُنودِنا؟

Question 32

Yes, the movement tries to stop or hamper the activities of the Coalition Forces and the local government

Answer 32

نَعَم، تُحاوِل الحَرَكَة وَقْف أَو إِعاقَة نَشاطات قُوّات التَّحالُف والحُكومَة المَحَلِّيَّة.

Question 33

The movement may try to hamper the operation of rebuilding the hospital.

Answer 33

وَقَد تُحاوِل إِعاقَة عَمَلِيَّة إِعادَة بِناء المُسْتَشْفى

Question 34

What are the weapons of the CPM?

Answer 34

CEEUBEE ما أَسْلِحَة حَرَكَة

الشَّعْبِيَّة؟

Question 35

The people’s resistance movement uses IEDs and its members carry blades.

Answer 35

تَستَخْدِم حَرَكة المُقاوَمَة الشَّعْبِيَّة العُبُوّات النّاسِفَة وَيَحْمِل أَفْراد الحَرَكَة الأَسْلِحَة البَيْضاء

Question 36

What’s the role of the local police? Are they with the government or with the resistance?

Answer 36

ما دَوْر الشُرْطَة المَحَلِّيَّة؟ هَل هِيَ مَعَ الحُكومَة أَم مَعَ المُقاوَمَة؟

Question 37

The local police cooperate with the local government and with us to improve the security situation in the village.

Answer 37

تَتَعاوَن الشُّرْطَة المَحَلِيَّة مَعَ الحُكومَة المَحَلِّيَّة وَمَعَنا لِتَحْسين الوَضْع الأَمْنِيّ بِالقَرْيَة

Question 38

There are two police check points: one at the southern entrance to the village and the second at the village north entrance.

Answer 38

هُناكَ نُقَطَتي تَفْتيش لِلشُّرْطَة، واحِدَة عِنْدَ مَدْخَل القَرْيَة الجَنوبِيّ والثّانِيَة عِنْدَ مَدْخَل القَرْيَة الشَّمالِيّ

Question 39

What about trade, i.e. buying and selling in the village?

Answer 39

ماذا عَن التِّجارَة يَعْني البَيْع والشِّراء بِالقَرْيَة؟

Question 40

There is a market north of the village.

Answer 40

هُناك سوق القَرْيَة التِّجارِيّ وَيَقَع شَمال القَرْيَة

Question 41

On Friday before prayer a lot of the people from neighbouring villages come to Dalja’s weekly market to buy and sell. The mosque is near the market.

Answer 41

يَوْم الجُمْعَة قَبْل الصَّلاة يَأْتي سُكّان القُرى القَريبَة إِلى سوق قَرْيَة دَلْجَة الأُسْبوعِيّ لِلبَيْع والشِّراء. الجامِع قَريب مِن السّوق

Question 42

Are all the people of the village Moslems?

Answer 42

هَل كُلّ سُكّان القَرْيَة مُسْلِمون؟

Question 43

There is a small number of Christians, but there isn’t a church in the village.

Answer 43

هُناك عَدَد قَليل مِن المَسيحِيّين. لَكِن لِيْسَ بالقَريَة كَنيسَة

Question 44

What about water and electricity?

As for water, there are a number of wells for drinking water.

Answer 44

وَماذا عَن الماء والكَهْرَباء؟

بِالنِّسْبَة لِلماء، هُناكَ عَدَد مِن آبار المِياه لِلشُّرْب

Question 45

Water for farming gets to the village from the river through aqueducts.

Answer 45

الماء لِلزِّراعَة يَصِل القَرْيَة مِن النَّهْر عَبْر قَنوات مائِيَّة

Question 46

And electricity?
Electricity: There is a power station to generate electricity 5 km east of the village, but the station is old and breaks down a lot.

Answer 46

والكَهْرَباء؟
الكَهْرَباء، هُناك مَحَطَّة لِتَوْليد الكَهْرَباء عَلى بُعْد خَمْسَة كيلو مِتْرات شَرْق القَرْيَة، لَكِن المَحَطَّة قَديـمَة تَتَعَطَّل كَثيراً

Question 47

This means many power outages in the village?

Yes.

Answer 47

يَعْني الكَهْرَباء تَنْقَطِع عَن القَرْيَة كَثيراً؟

نَعَم

Question 48

Are there any electricity generators in the village?

Answer 48

هَل هُناك أَيّ مُوَلِّدات كَهْرَباء بِالقَرْيَة؟

Question 49

A small number of rich farmers in the village own their own electricity generators.

Answer 49

يَمْلِك عَدَد قَليل مِن المُزارِعين الأَغْنِياء بِالقَرْيَة مُوَلِّدات كَهْرباء خاصَّة بِهِم.

Question 50

This is a lot of information. We need a short break. Let’s drink tea and talk some more afterwards.

Answer 50

هذِهِ مَعْلومات كَثيرَة. نَحْتاج اِسْتِراحَة قَصيرَة، نَشْرَب شاي وَنَتَكَلَّم أَكْثَر بَعْد هذا.

Question 51

No. Let’s have lunch first. I’m hungry and you’re my guest.

Answer 51

لا، نَتَغَدّى أَوّلاً. أَنا جَوْعان. وَأَنْتَ ضَيْفي