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PREMIUM LESSON
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The Conversation
بِالتّاكسي بِحَلَب
Bit-tāksi bi-Ḥalab
By Taxi in Aleppo
المشهد 1
المَشْهَد 1: وِقْفَة التّاكسي
El-mashhad 1: wiʾfet et-tāksi
Scene 1: Getting a Taxi
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كان يوسُف واقِف بِشارِع بِحَلَب. كان بَدُّه يِروح عَ السّوق.
Kān Yūsuf wāʾef bi-shāreʿ bi-Ḥalab. Kān baddu yirūḥ ʿa es-sūʾ.
Youssef was standing on a street in Aleppo. He wanted to go to the market.
لَو سَمَحْت، فاضي؟
Law samaḥt, fāḍi?
Excuse me, are you free?
إي، تْفَضَّل.
Ē, tfaḍḍal.
Yes, get in.
بَدّي رُوح عَ السّوق.
Baddī rūḥ ʿa es-sūʾ.
I want to go to the market.
طَيِّب، ارْكَب.
Ṭayyib, irkab.
Okay, get in.
المشهد 2
المَشْهَد 2: بِالطَّريق
El-mashhad 2: biṭ-ṭarīʾ
Scene 2: On the Way
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رِكِب يوسُف بِالتّاكسي، وبَلَّشوا يِمْشوا.
Rikeb Yūsuf bit-tāksi, w-ballashu yimshu.
Youssef got into the taxi, and they started driving.
السّوق بَعيد مِن هُون؟
Es-sūʾ baʿīd min hōn?
Is the market far from here?
لا، قَريب. حَوالَي عَشَر دَقايِق.
Lā, qarīb. Ḥawāli ʿashar daqāyeʾ.
No, it's close. About ten minutes.
فِيه زَحْمِة اليَوْم؟
Fī zāḥme el-yōm?
Is there traffic today?
شْوَيّ، بَس الطَّريق مْنيح.
Shwayy, bas eṭ-ṭarīʾ mnīḥ.
A little, but the road is fine.
المشهد 3
المَشْهَد 3: وُصول
El-mashhad 3: wuṣūl
Scene 3: Arrival
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بَعْد شْوَيّ، وَصَلوا قُرْب السّوق.
Baʿd shwayy, waṣalu qurb es-sūʾ.
After a little while, they arrived near the market.
مُمْكِن تْوَقِّف هُون؟
Mumkin twaqqef hōn?
Can you stop here?
إي، أَكيد.
Ē, akīd.
Yes, of course.
قَدّيش الحِساب؟
Addēsh el-ḥsāb?
How much is it?
تَلاتين أَلْف.
Talātīn alf.
Thirty thousand.
تْفَضَّل. يِعْطيك العافْيِة.
Tfaḍḍal. Yiʿṭīk el-ʿāfye.
Here you go. Thank you.
الله يْعافيك. نَهارَك سَعيد.
Allāh yʿāfīk. Nahārak saʿīd.
And you too. Have a nice day.
وإِلَك كَمان. سَلام.
W-ilak kamān. Salām.
You too. Bye.