[28] classical: run-away sun in north pole

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grammar module: imperatives/weather/fiih v.s. fi

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لا تـَتَضايَقْ do not be upset	اِحـْضـِري get	بِمُفْرَدِكَ by yourself
لا تُسافِرْ don't travel	شُهورٌ months	قَلِقٌ worried
تَعالىَ come	قـُلْتُ لـَكَ I told you	ذهَبْتُ went
اِذْهَبْ go	كَيْفَ حالُكَ how are you	أخَذ ْتَ took
خُذ ْ take	مَعيِ with me	اَلشَّمْسُ the sun
أُخْرُجْ  go out	في in	يوجَدُ\ تَظْهَرُ* there is/there are

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أميرٌ:كـَيْفَ حالـُكَ يا أبي... لا تـَتَضايَقْ Amiir - How are you dad... don't be upset. حامِدٌ:كـَيْفَ حالـُكَ يا اِبْني. أيْنَ كـُنْتَ يا أميرُ كـُلَّ هّذِهِ الشُّهورِ؟ ألـَمْ أقـُلْ لـَكَ لا تـُسافـِرْ ḥaamid - How are you my son. Where were you Amiir all those months? Didn't I tell you not to travel. أميرٌ:ذَهـَبْتُ إلىَ الْمِكـْسيك . تَعالىَ مَعي الْمَرَّةَ الْقادِمَةَ Amiir - I went to Mexico . Come with me the next time! حامِدٌ:اِذْهَبْ إلىَ الْمِكْسيك ثانِياً بِمُفْرَدِكَ. كُنْتُ قَلِقاً عَلَيْكَ لِماذا ذَهَبْتَ؟ ḥaamid - Go to Mexico again by yourself. I was worried about you. Why did you go? أميرٌ:لِأنَّ الشَّمْسَ تـَظْهَرُ طـُوالَ السَّنَةِ في الْمكْسيك وَفي ألـَسْكـا لا تـَظْهَرُ الشَّمْسُ بـِالْمَرَّةِ في الشِّتاءِ Amiir - Because there is a sun all year round in Mexico and in Alaska there is no sun in the winter time at all. حامِدٌ:خُذ ْ بِيَدي يا اِبْني. أُخْرُجْ مِنْ الْقارِبِ . تـَعالىَ مَعي إلىَ أمِّكَ. أمُّكَ قَلـِقَة ٌ كـَذَلـِكَ ḥaamid - Take my hand my son. Get out of the boat. Come with me to your mother. Your mother is worried as well. أميرٌ:هَلْ كانَ الْجَوُّ جَيِّداً يا أبي وَأنا غائبٌ؟ Amiir - Was the weather good dad while I was not here? حامِدٌ:لا مِنْ يَومٍ أنْ ذَهَبْتَ أخـَذْتَ الشَّمْسَ مَعَكَ. اَلْجَوُّ كان بارِداً وَمُظْلِماً ḥaamid - No, from the day you left you took the sun with you. The weather was cold and dark. أميرٌ:لَكِنْ اَلآنَ الشَّمْسُ تـَظْهَرُ في ديسَمْبِر في ألـَسـْكا؟ كـَيْفَ؟ Amiir - But now there is a sun in December in Alaska? How? حامِدٌ:لِأنّي طـَلـَبْتُ مِنْ الشَّمْسِ: "يا شَمْسُ اِذْهَبي واحْضِري إبْني" ḥaamid - Because I requested from the sun: "Sun, go and get my son."

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إلىَ أيْنَ سافـَرَ أميرٌ وَلـِماذا؟ Where did Amiir travel to and why?   ما هِيَ طولُ مُدَّةِ رَحيلِهِ؟ How long was he gone for?   هَلْ أخْبَرَ والِدَهُ وَوالِدَتـَهُ؟ Did he tell his father and mother?   ما هُوَ شُعورُ والِدِهِ تِجاهَ اَلرِّحْلـَةِ؟ How does his father feel about the trip?...?   كَيْفَ كانَ الْجَوُّ في اَلْمِكْسيك؟ What was the weather like in Mexico?

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Where did Amiir travel to and why?... أميرٌ ذَهَبَ إلىَ الْمِكـْسيك لِأنَّ الشَّمْسَ تَظْهَرُ طِوالَ السَّنَةِ Amiir went to Mexico because it is sunny all year round.   How long was he gone for?... أميرٌ ذَهَبَ لـِشُهورٍ Amiir went for months.   Did he tell his father and mother?... لا لمْ يَقُلْ لِأبيهِ وَلا لـِأمِّهِ No, he didn't tell his father nor his mother.   How does his father feel about the trip?... كانَ قـَلِقاً عَلَيْهِ He was worried about him.   What was the weather like in Mexico?...   اَلْجَوُّ كانَ بارِداً وَمُظـْلِماً The weather was cold and dark.