[21] colloquial: love letter to husband     

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قَهْوَةْ 'ahwa - coffee	شُغْلْ ŝuġl - work	روُحي ruuḥi - go
حَتِجيبي ḥatgiibi - you will get	حاحِبَّكْ ḥaḥibbak - I will love you	اِلنَّهارْده innaharda - today
حَيِكونْ ḥaykuun - there will be	حَتِسْألْني ḥatis'alni - you will ask me	بُكْرَهْ bukra - tomorrow
حاقْرالك ḥa'raalak - I will read you	حَتيجي ḥatiigi - you will come	تُنادي tunaadi - beckons
حَنِفْضَلْ ḥanifḍal - we will remain	حَتِفْهَمْ ḥatifham - you will understand	دِلْوَقْتِ dilwa'ti - now
حَنِموتْ ḥanmuut - we will die	صَعْبْ saçab - difficult	جَوَابْ gawaab - letter

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ياحَبيبي أُقْعُدْ وِارْتاحْ وِأنا حَاقْرا لَكْ جَوَابْ حُبّْ وِبَعْدينْ حاجيبْ لَكْ الْقَهْوَةْ Yah ḍabiibi, 'o'çuḍ wi irtaaḥ wi ana ḥa'raalak gawaab ḥub wi baçdiin ḥagiblak il 'ahwa. çaliyya - My love, sit down and relax and I will read you a love letter and then I will get you the coffee. إيهْ ياروحي؟ حَتِقري إيهْ؟ اِلْقَهْوَةْ بِتْنادي Eh ya ruuḥi? ḥati'riili eh? Il 'ahwa bitnaadi. Naçiim - What my dear? What will you read me? The coffee beckons. أيْوَهْ ياحَبيبي. أنا حَاقْرا لَكْ جَوَابْ حُبّْ وِبَعْدينْ حاجيبْ لَكْ الْقَهْوَةْ Aywa ya ruḥi. Ana ḥa'raalak gawaab ḥub wi baçdiin ḥagiblak il 'ahwa. çaliyya - Yes, my love. I will read you a love letter and then I will get you the coffee. بَسْ اِلْقَهْوَةْ بِتْنادي دِلْوَقْتِ... Bas il 'ahwa bitnaadi dilwa'ti... Naçiim - But the coffee beckons now... يا نَعيم، إحْنا حَنِفْضَلْ مِتْجَوِّزين لِلآخِر Ya Naçiim, Iḥna ḥanifḍal mitgawaziin lil 'axir. çaliyya - (She begins to read). Naçiim, we will remain married to the end. صَحيح ṣaḥiiḥ Naçiim - (Reluctantly). Correct. وِيا نَعيم إحْنا حَنْموتْ سَوا Wi ya Naçiim iḥna ḥanmuut sawwa. çaliyya - And Naçiim, we will die together. صَحيح ṣaḥiiḥ Naçiim - Correct. إنْتَ حَتِحِبِّني وِأنا حاحِبَّكْ دايْماً inta ḥatḥibbini wi ana ḥaḥibbak dayman. çaliyya - You will love me and I will love you always. صَحيحْ... وِالْقَهْوَةْ؟ ṣaḥiiḥ... wil 'ahwa? Naçiim - Correct. And the coffee? وِإنْتَ هايِلْ عَشانْ إنْتَ دايْماً حَتِسْألْني إزّاي كانْ يومي wi inta haayil çaŝaan inta dayman ḥatis'alni izzaay kaan yommi. çaliyya - And you're wonderful because you will always ask me how was my day. صَحيحْ. إيهْ! اِلْقَهْوَةْ حَتيجي إِمْتىَ؟ دا جَوَابْ حُبّْ وَلاّ جَوَابْ نَكَدْ؟ ṣaḥiiḥ. Eh! il 'ahwa ḥatiigi imta? Da gawaab ḥub walla gawaab nakad? Naçiim - Correct... What! When will the coffee come. Is this a love letter or a letter of ridicule? إنْتَ حَتِفْهَمْ الْجَوَابْ زَيْ ما تِشوفْ Inta ḥatifham il gawaab zay matŝuuf. çaliyya - You will understand the letter as you see best.

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هُوَّ نَعيم بِيِعْمِلْ قَهْوِتُهْ؟  Does Naçiim make his own coffee?   هُوَّ نَعيم بِيِسْألْ مِراتُهْ عَنْ يومْها؟ Does Naçiim ask his wife about her day?   هِيَّ عَلِيِّة بِتِقْرا جَوَابْ حُبّْ لِجوزْها؟ Does Aliyyaread a love letter to her husband?   هِيَّ عَلِيَّة بِتْقول إنَّها مِشْ حَتِبَطَّل تَحِبّْ جوزْها؟ Does Aliyya say she will never stop loving her husband?   هُوَّ نَعيم فِهِمْ قَصْدْ الْجَوابْ؟ Does Naçiim get the point of the letter?

answers:

Does Naçiim make his own coffee?... لا، مِراتُه هِيَّ اِللي بِتِعْمِلْها No, his wife does.   Does Naçiim ask his wife about her day?... لا، هُوَّ مِشْ بِيِسْألْ عَنْ يومْها No, he does not ask about her day.   Does Aliyyaread a love letter to her husband?... لا، هِيَّ بِتِقْرا جَوابْ شَكْوىَ No, she reads a letter of complaint.   Does Aliyya say she will never stop loving her husband?... أيْوَه، هِيَّ بِتْقول كِدا  yes, she does.   Does Naçiim get the point of the letter?... ما نِعْرَفْشْ We don't know.

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