[21] classical: love letter to husband    

Step 1: Review relevant grammar [click here]

grammar module: the future tense verb; direct suffix

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Step 3: Review words to know [click here]

قَهْوَةٌ coffee	عَمَلٌ work	اِذْهَبي go
سَيَكونُ there will be	سَتَسْألْني you will ask me	غَداً tomorrow
سَأقْرَأُ لك I will read you	سَتَحْضَرُ you will come	تُنادي beckons
سَنَظَلُّ we will remain	سَتَفْهَمُ you will understand	اَلأنَ now

Step 4: Read dialogue [click here]

		إذاً اِجٍلِسْ وَاسْتَرِحْ وَسَأقْرَأُ لَكَ خِطابَ حُبٍّ ثُمَّ سَأُحْضِرُ لَكَ الْقَهْوَةَ çaliyya - Ok, sit down and relax and I will read you a love letter and then I will get you the coffee.
		ماذا يا روحي؟ سَتَقْرَئينَ ماذا؟ ا اَلْقَهْوَةُ تُنادي Naçiim - What my dear? What will you read me? The coffee beckons.
		نَعَمْ يا روحي. سَأقْرَأُ لَكَ خِطابَ حُبٍّ ثُمَّ سَأُحْضِرُ لَكَ الْقَهْوَةَ çaliyya - Yes, my dear. I will read you a love letter and then I will get you the coffee.
		لَكِنَّ الْقَهْوَةَ تُنادي الآنَ... Naçiim - But the coffee beckons now...
		يا نَعيمٌ، نَحْنُ سَنَظَلُّ زَوْجانِ إلىَ الأبَدِ çaliyya - (She begins to read). Naçiim, we will remain married to the end.
		صَحيحٌ Naçiim - (Reluctantly). Correct.
		وَ يا نَعيمٌ نَحْنُ سَنَموتُ سَوِيّاً çaliyya - And Naçiim, we will die together.
		صَحيحٌ Naçiim - Correct.
		أنْتَ سَتُحِبًّني وَأنا سَأُحِبُّكَ دائماً çaliyya - You will love me and I will love you always.
		صَحيحٌ... وَالْقَهْوَةُ؟ Naçiim - Correct. And the coffee?
		وَأنْتَ لا مَثيلَ لَكَ لِأنَّكَ دائماً سَتَسْألُني كَيْفَ كانَ يَوْمي çaliyya - And you're wonderful because you will always ask me how was my day.
		صَحيحٌ. ماذا! مَتَى سَتَأتي الْقَهْوَةُ؟ هَلْ هذا خِطابُ حُبٍّ أمْ خِطابُ نَكَدٍ؟ Naçiim - Correct... What! When will the coffee come. Is this a love letter or a letter of ridicule?
		أنتَ سَتَفْهَمُ الْخِطابَ كَما تَرىَ çaliyya - You will understand the letter as you see best.

Step 5: Drill with answers [click here]

هَل يَقومُ نَعيمٌ بِعَمَلِ قَهْوَتِهِ؟ Does Naçiim make his own coffee?   هَلْ يَسْألُ نَعيمٌ زَوْجَتَهُ عَنْ يَوْمِها؟ Does Naçiim ask his wife about her day?   هَلْ تَقْرَأُ عَلِيَّةٌ خِطابَ حُبٍ لِزَوْجِها؟ Does Aliyya read a love letter to her husband?   هَلْ تَقولُ عَلِيَّةٌ أنّها لَنْ تَكُفَّ عَنْ حُبِّ زَوْجِها؟ Does Aliyya say she will never stop loving her husband?   هَلْ يـَفـْهـَمُ نَعيمٌ مَقْصَدَ الْخِطابِ؟ Does Naçiim get the point of the letter?

answers:

Does Naçiim make his own coffee?... لا، زَوْجَتُهُ تَقومُ بـِذَلِكَ No, his wife does.     Does Naçiim ask his wife about her day?... لا، هُوَ لا يَسْألُ عَنْ يَوْمِها No, he does not ask about her day.   Does Aliyyaread a love letter to her husband?... لا، هِيَ  تَقْرَأُ خِطابَ شَكْوىَ No, she reads a letter of complaint.   Does Aliyya say she will n ever stop loving her husband? تَقولُ عَلِيَّةُ أنَّها لَنْ تَكُفَّ عَنْ حُبِّ زَوْجِها Aliyya says she will n ever stop loving her husband.   Does Naçiim get the point of the letter?... لا نَعْلَمُ We don't know.