Dars 4 · pre-A1
Leish mne2oul *What your name?* w *My name Ziad* — bala 's/is
Nafs l 2essa metel dars l aswat, bass hal marra bl asami. L libnene byalze2 l molkiyye 3a l esem w ma 3ando fe3l 'ykoun': 'shou ismak?' 7arfiyan 'what name-your?', w 'ismi Ziad' ya3ne 'name-my Ziad'. Fa btewqa3 bl fakh w bt2oul What your name? w My name Ziad.
Bass l english byetmassak b hal 's zghire ('s = is), w hiyye mesh khyar — lezem tkoun.
L sa7:
- What's your name? (mesh What your name?)
- My name's Ziad. And you? (mesh My name Ziad)
- This is Danny. (mesh This Danny)
Shufit? Kel jemle fiya 'is' aw ''s' — ma btewqa3.
Fi kaman shaghletein zghar b hal dars:
- Bl phone numbers, l 0 byen2ere oh (metel l 7arf O), mesh zero: oh, seven, nine.
- W three! L TH byjarrbak te2oul tree — talle3 tarf lsenak bein snenak (callback la dars l aswat).
Examples:
- What's your name? — My name's Ziad.
- This is Danny.
- My number's oh, seven, nine.
Say it with me: what's... name's... this is. Hal 's ma btshoufa, bass btesma3a — w hiyye kel l fere2.
Jomal men hal dars
- What's your name? — Shou ismak? 'Shou ismak' ma fi verb, so you'll drop it w t2oul 'What your name?'. The ''s' (= is) is not optional in English — it has to be there.
- My name's Ziad. And you? — Ismi Ziad. W enta? 'Ismi Ziad' = 'name-my Ziad,' no verb — la t2oul 'My name Ziad,' say 'My name's Ziad.' W 'And you?' is the neat way to bounce it back, metl 'w enta?'.
- This is Danny. — Hayda Danny. 'Hayda Danny' has no verb; keep the 'is' → 'This is Danny,' mesh 'This Danny.'
- one, two, three, four, five — wa7ad, tnein, tlete, arb3a, khamse Ntebeh 3a 'three' — the TH makes you say 'tree'; tarf l lsen bein l snen (callback to the sounds lesson).
- My number's oh, seven, nine... — Ra2me sifer, sab3a, tes3a... Bil phone numbers English says 'oh' la l 0, mesh 'zero.' W 'seven' bil V (buzz it), mesh 'seffen.'