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PREMIUM LESSON

The Conversation

26 dialogue lines · 34 audio segments
صُدْفِة غَيَّرِت يَوْمْهُم
المشهد 1
Scene: المَشْهَد 1: أَوَّل لِقاء
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كان لُؤَي واقِف عِنْد باب الشِّرْكة وَعَم يِسْتَنّى المِصْعَد. إِجى شابّ جْديد وَوَقَف جَنْبُه.
Ṣudfe ghayyarit yōmhum
A Chance Meeting That Changed Their Day
ل
لُؤَي
صَباح الخِير.
المشهد 1
Scene 1
ك
كَريم
صَباح النُّور.
Scene:
Scene:
ل
لُؤَي
أَوَّل مَرّة بِشوفَك هُون، إِنْتَ جْديد بِالشِّرْكة؟
Awwal liqā'
Scene 1: First Meeting
ك
كَريم
إِي، اليَوْم أَوَّل يَوْم إِلي.
Kān Lu'ayy wā'if 'ind bāb ash-shirke wa-'am yistanna al-miṣ'ad. Ija shābb jdīd wa-wa'af janbo.
Loay was standing by the company door waiting for the elevator. A new young man came and stood next to him.
ل
لُؤَي
أَهْلًا وَسَهْلًا! أَنا لُؤَي، بِشْتَغِل بِقِسْم المَبيعات.
Loay:
Loay:
ك
كَريم
تْشَرَّفْنا، أَنا كَريم، بِشْتَغِل بِقِسْم المُحاسَبة.
Ṣabāḥ al-khēr.
Good morning.
المشهد 2
Scene: المَشْهَد 2: أَوَّل اِسْتِراحة
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بَعْد ساعْتَين، نِزِل لُؤَي عَالمَطْبَخ يِشْرَب قَهْوِة. شاف كَريم واقِف هُناك.
Karim:
Karim:
ل
لُؤَي
كَريم! شُو الأَخْبار؟ كِيف كان أَوَّل يَوْم؟
Ṣabāḥ an-nūr.
Good morning.
ك
كَريم
مْنيح، بَسّ بِصَراحة ضايِع شْوَي. لِسّا ما بِعْرَف وِين كُلّ شِي.
Loay:
Loay:
ل
لُؤَي
عادي، كُلّنا كُنّا هِيك بِأَوَّل يَوْم. بَدَّك قَهْوِة؟
Awwal marra bishūfak hōn, inta jdīd bish-shirke?
It's the first time I've seen you here. Are you new at the company?
ك
كَريم
آه، بَسّ بِدون سُكَّر.
Karim:
Karim:
ل
لُؤَي
مُمْتاز، هِيك طِلِعْنا مُتَّفْقين بِشَغْلِة عَالأَقَلّ!
Ī, al-yōm awwal yōm ili.
Yes, today is my first day.
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ضِحِك كَريم وَقال:
Loay:
Loay:
ك
كَريم
شَكْلي رَح أَرْتاح مَعَك بِالشُّغْل.
Ahlan wa-sahlan! Ana Lu'ayy, bishtaghel bi-'ism al-mabī'āt.
Welcome! I'm Loay. I work in the sales department.
المشهد 3
Scene: المَشْهَد 3: مُشْكِلِة صْغيرِة
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رِجْعوا عَالمَكاتِب، وَبَعْد شْوَي كَريم واجَه مُشْكِلِة بِالكُمْبيوتر.
Karim:
Karim:
ك
كَريم
لُؤَي، لَوْ سَمَحْت، بِتِعْرَف كِيف أَفْتَح هَالبَرْنامَج؟
Tsharrafna, ana Karīm, bishtaghel bi-'ism al-muḥāsabe.
Nice to meet you. I'm Karim. I work in the accounting department.
ل
لُؤَي
آه، اِسْتَنّى خَلّيني أَفَرْجيك.
المشهد 2
Scene 2
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قَعَد لُؤَي جَنْبُه وَساعَدُه يِفْتَح البَرْنامَج.
Scene:
Scene:
ك
كَريم
وَالله ساعَدْتَني، شُكْرًا.
Awwal istirāḥa
Scene 2: First Break
ل
لُؤَي
وَلا يِهُمَّك. إِذا اِحْتَجْت أَيّ شِي اسْأَلْني.
Ba'd sā'tēn, nizil Lu'ayy 'al-maṭbakh yishrab 'ahwe. Shāf Karīm wā'if hunāk.
Two hours later, Loay went down to the kitchen to drink coffee. He saw Karim standing there.
ك
كَريم
تَمام، بَسّ لا تِنْدَم إِنَّك حَكَيْتْلي هِيك!
Loay:
Loay:
ل
لُؤَي
لِيش؟
Karīm! Shū al-akhbār? Kēf kān awwal yōm?
Karim! How's it going? How was your first day?
ك
كَريم
لأَنُّه مُمْكِن أَسْأَلَك كُلّ يَوْم!
Karim:
Karim:
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ضِحْكوا الاِثْنَين.
Mnīḥ, bass biṣarāḥa ḍāyi' shway. Lissa mā ba'raf wēn kull shi.
Good, but honestly I'm a little lost. I still don't know where everything is.
المشهد 4
Scene: المَشْهَد 4: بِدايِة صَداقة
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قَبْل ما يِخْلَص الدَّوام، كان كَريم عَم يِجَهِّز أَغْراضُه.
Loay:
Loay:
ك
كَريم
لُؤَي، إِنْتَ كِيف بِتِرْجَع عَالبَيت؟
'Ādi, kullna kunna hēk bi-awwal yōm. Baddak 'ahwe?
That's normal. We were all like that on our first day. Do you want coffee?
ل
لُؤَي
بِالسَّيّارة. لِيش؟
Karim:
Karim:
ك
كَريم
أَنا ساكِن قَريب مِن هُون، بَسّ لِسّا ما بِعْرَف المِنْطَقة مْنيح.
Āh, bass bidūn sukkar.
Yes, but without sugar.
ل
لُؤَي
إِذا بَدَّك، بْوَصِّلَك اليَوْم.
Loay:
Loay:
ك
كَريم
عَنْجَد؟ يِسْلَمو، ما بِتْقَصِّر.
Mumtāz, hēk ṭili'nā muttaf'īn bi-shaghle 'al-a'all!
Excellent, so we agree on at least one thing!
ل
لُؤَي
وَلا يِهُمَّك. وَبِالطَّريق مِنْمُرُق ناخُد قَهْوِة.
Ḍiḥik Karīm wa-'āl:
Karim laughed and said:
ك
كَريم
اِتَّفَقْنا.
Karim:
Karim:
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طِلْعوا مِن الشِّرْكة سَوا، وَمِن هَداك اليَوْم بَلَّشِت بَيناتْهُم صَداقة جْديدة.
Shakli raḥ artāḥ ma'ak bish-shughl.
I think I'm going to feel comfortable working with you.

Jordanian Arabic Conversation at Work

Jordanian Arabic Conversation follows Luay and Karim during an unexpected meeting outside their workplace. They introduce themselves, talk about work, ask simple questions, and begin a friendly conversation using natural everyday Arabic.

This lesson helps learners understand how spoken Jordanian Arabic is used when meeting someone for the first time. Listen to the dialogue, follow the Arabic script, and use the transliteration and English translation whenever you need extra support.

Practice This Jordanian Arabic Conversation

This Jordanian Arabic Conversation gives you practical listening practice through a realistic workplace situation. Luay meets Karim for the first time and begins a simple conversation about work, introductions, and being new at the company.

Listen once without reading the translation. Then replay each sentence and repeat it aloud. Focus on how questions and greetings are used naturally when two people meet for the first time.

Repeating short workplace conversations can help you become more comfortable recognizing common expressions in everyday Arabic.

Build Your Jordanian Arabic Vocabulary

This lesson introduces useful vocabulary related to introductions, coworkers, companies, work, and everyday conversation. Each word appears inside a complete situation, making it easier to understand and remember. Vocabulary from this Jordanian Arabic Conversation becomes more useful because learners hear how words are connected naturally rather than studying them separately. Review unfamiliar words in the Arabic Dictionary, then continue with Arabic Practice to reinforce new vocabulary and sentence patterns.

Useful Arabic Introduction Phrases

This conversation includes practical phrases that can be reused when meeting someone new. The speakers greet each other, ask questions, talk about the workplace, and learn basic information about one another.

These Arabic Introduction Phrases are useful because they appear naturally inside a real conversation rather than as isolated textbook examples.

Listen carefully to the way each speaker responds and try using the same sentence patterns in other introduction situations.

Continue Learning Through Real Conversations

After completing this Jordanian Arabic Conversation, explore more Arabic Stories on Lugatna. Each lesson introduces a different situation, location, vocabulary set, and regional dialect to help you understand Arabic as it is used in everyday life.
Listen to the complete conversation again and focus first on understanding the general situation. On the second listen, pay attention to greetings, introduction phrases, workplace vocabulary, and the questions Luay and Karim ask each other. Then hide the English translation and try to understand the Arabic directly. Replay difficult sentences and compare what you hear with the transliteration. Practicing this Jordanian Arabic Conversation several times can help you recognize common introduction phrases more quickly when you hear similar conversations in real life.

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