Dars 3 · pre-A1
Leish mne2oul *How you?* w *I fine* — bala *are* w bala *am*
Bl libnene ma fi fe3l 'ykoun' bl 7ader. 'Kifak?' 7arfiyan 'how-you?', w 'ana mni7' ya3ne 'I good' — bala wala fe3l. Fa l 3ade btnou2 ma3ak 3al english: bt2oul How you? badal How are you?, w I fine badal I'm fine.
Bass bl english, hal kelme zghire — l am/are/is — mesh khyar. Lezem tkoun mawjoude, dayman.
L sa7:
- Su2al: How are you? (mesh How you?)
- Jaweb: I'm fine, thanks. (mesh I fine, w mesh bass Fine)
Fi kaman fakh l 3ade: 'saba7 l kheir' 3ando jawebo l jehez 'saba7 l noor'. Bass l english ma 3ando hal ranne — 3a Good morning btredd bass Good morning. Ma tdawwer 3a l noss l tene, ma fi.
W lamma Danny y2ellak You alright, mate? — hayda mesh su2al 3an se7tak, hayda metel 'kifak ya sa7be'. Redd Yeah, you? w khalas — la t2ello leh, shaklo mareed?
Examples:
- How are you? — I'm fine, thanks.
- Good morning! — Good morning.
- You alright, mate? — Yeah, not bad. You?
Say it with me: I'm fine... are you... I'm fine. Hal 'am' w 'are' zghar, bass humme yalli btmassek l jemle.
Jomal men hal dars
- Good morning. — Saba7 l kheir. 'Saba7 l kheir' has its set answer 'saba7 l noor' — English ma 3endo a rhyming comeback. You just say 'Good morning' back, that's it. Ma tdawwer 3a l noss l tene.
- How are you? — I'm fine, thanks. — Kifak? — Mni7, shukran. 'Kifak' has no verb, so you'll say 'How you?' — English needs the 'are'. And 'I'm fine' needs the 'am' ('ana mni7' = 'I good'); don't drop it. Also it's just phatic 7aki — reply 'fine, thanks' w khalas, mesh a full el7amdilla health report.
- You alright, mate? — Kifak ya sa7be? (casual) Hayda greeting mesh a real question about your health — it's just casual 'kifak ya sa7be'. Answer 'Yeah, you?' — la t2ellon leh, shakle mareed?
- See you later. Bye! — Bshoufak ba3den. Yalla bye! It's 'later,' mesh 'after' — 'ba3den' tempts you to say 'see you after,' bass l chunk l saye7 howwe 'see you later.'