[09] colloquial: island pizza delivery    

   

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grammar module: past tense with kaan


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جَزيرَة
gaziira - island

زَمان
zamaan - long ago

بَعْد
baçd - after

رَمْلَة
ramla - sand

سَفِريَّة
safariyya - trip

عامْ  لَها
çaam
laha - he swam to it

شَجَرَة
ŝagara - tree

رَعْد وِمَطَر
raçd wi maṭar - rain and thunder

سِنين
siniin - years

بيتْزا
pizza - pizza

رَمْلَة وِشَجَرَة
ramla wi ŝagara -
sand and a tree

سِنين طَويلَة
siniin ṭawiila - many years

سَفينَة
safiina - ship

بَحْر
baḥr - ocean

سَمَك
samak - fish


Step 4: Read dialogue [click here]

كان فيه مَرة واحِد اِسْمُه عَرْفان وكان  زَمان وَقَع مِن سَفينَة
Kaan fiih mara waaḥid ismu Arfaan wi kaan zamaan wa'aç min safiina
Once there was someone called Arfaan who long ago fell off from a ship .        

اِلسّفينَة كانِت عَلىَ سَفَرِيَّة طَويلَة وِالْجَوُّ كان وِحِش قَوي
Is safiina
kannit çala safariyya ṭawiila wi il gaw kaan wiḥiŝ awi.
The ship
was on along trip
and the weather was really bad.

كان فيه رَعْد وِمَطَر
Kaan fiih raçd wi maṭar.
There was thunder and rain.

اِلسَّفينَة كانِت كِبيرَة لَكْن بِتِتْقَلِّب كِتير مِن اِلشِّمال لِلْيِمين
Is safiina
kaanit kibiira lakin kaanit bitit'alib kiteer min iŝ ŝimaal lil yimiin.
The ship
was large but it flipped a lot from the left to the right.

عَرْفان كان عَلىَ سَطْح اِلسَّفينَة وِوَقَع جُوَّه في الْبَحْر
Arfaan
kaan çala saṭis safiina wi wa'aç gowwa fil baḥr.
Arfaan
was on the deck of the ship and he fell into the ocean.

عَرْفان شاف جَزيرَة صُغَيَّرَة وِعام لها
Arfaan ŝaaf gaziira suġayyara wi çaam laha.
Arfaan saw a small Island and swam to it.

اِلْجَزيرَة كانِت عُبارَة عَن رَمْلَة وَشَجَرَة بَس
Il gaziira
kaanit çubaara çan ramla wi ŝagara bas.
The Island only
consisted of sand and a tree.

كُل يوم عَرْفان كان ياكُل سَمَك مِن الْبَحْر وِتُفّاح مِن اِلشَّجَرَة
Kul yom Arfan
kaan yaakul samak min il baḥr wi tuffaaḥ min iŝ ŝagara.
Every day Arfan
was eating fish from the ocean and apples from the tree.

يوم بَعْد سِنين طَويلَة شاف واحِد عَلى مَرْكِبَة  جايِب لُه بيتْزا
Yom baçd siniin ṭawiila ŝaaf waḥid çala markiba gaayeb luh pizza. 
One day after many years he saw someone on a boat bringing pizza to him.

عَرْفان: إيه دي؟
Arfaan - Eh di?
Arfan - What is this?

دي بيتْزا "عادِيّة"
Di Pizza "regular."
The man - This is a regular pizza.

عَرْفان: أنا ما طَلَبْتِهاش بيتْزا "عادِيَة "... فين اِلْبَسْطِرْمَة ؟ يا راجِل رَجَّعْها!
Ana miṭalabtihaaŝ pizza "regular" fiin il baṣtirma? Ya raagil raggaç
ḥa!
Arfan - I didn't order a regular pizza... where is the pastrami? My man, return it!

بَعْد ما الْراجِل مِشي عَرْفان أكَل سَمَكَة وِقَعَد يِفَكَّر إزّايْ حَيِقْدَر يِرَوَّح لِعيلْتُه وِيِسيب اِلْجَزيرَة
Baçd ma ir raagil miŝi Arfaan 'akal samaka wi 'açad yifakar izzaay hayi'dar yirawwaḥ liçiltu wi yisiib il gaziira.
After the man left - Arfaan ate a fish and sat to think about how he will be able to return to his family and leave the island.


Step 5: Drill with answers [click here]
 

لِيه عِرْفان عَلىَ جَزيرَة؟                     
Why is Arfaan on an island? 

 

إزاي عِرْفان وَصَل اِلْجَزيرَة؟ 
How did Arfaan reach the island
? 

 

إيه اِلْلي عِرْفان أكَلُه عَلىَ الْجَزيرَة؟
What did Arfaan eat on the island
? 

 

اِلْجَزيرَة كانِت عِبارَة  عَنْ إيه؟
Can you describe the island? 

 

هُوَّ عِرْفان طَلَب بيتْزا؟
Did Arfaan order the Pizza
?

    answers:

 

Why is Arfaan on an island?...
 
عَرْفان كان عَلىَ سَطْح اِلسَّفينَة وِوَقَع جُوَّة في الْبَحْر
Arfaan kaan çala saṭ is sifiina wi wa'aç guwwa fil ba
ḥr.
Arfaan was on the deck of the ship and he fell into the ocean.

 

How did Arfaan reach the island?...
عام لَها
çamlaha
He swam to it.

 

What did Arfaan eat on the island?
سَمَك مِن الْبَحْر وِتُفّاح مِن اِلشَّجَرَة
Samak min il baḥr wi tuffaa
min iŝ ŝagara.
Fish from the ocean and apples from the tree.

 

What did the island consist of?...
 رَمْلَة وِشَجَرَة بَس
Ramla wi ŝagara bas.

 

Did Arfaan order the Pizza?...
لاء، ما طَلَبْش اِلْبيتْزا
La'a maṭalabŝ il pizza.
No, he did not order the pizza.
 

   

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