[40] classical: trouble in the restaurant      

Step 1: Review relevant grammar [click here]

grammar modules: negation; past tense verbs

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Step 3: Review words to know [click here]

جائعٌ hungry	اَلْقَهْوَةُ coffee	اِسْمَحْ لي let me
جَيِّدٌ good	بارِدٌ something is cold (masc. adjective)	ألَيْسَ كَذَلِكَ isn't that right
لا يوُجَدُ there is not	لا بَأْسَ not bad	حَقيقَةً really
اَلطَّعامُ the food	اَلْخُبْزُ the bread	شَمْسٌ sun
يَتَأخَّرُ late	جاهِزٌ ready	وَصَلْتُ\وَصَلْتَ I arrived, you arrived * past tense verb
اَلْجَوُّ the weather	اَلْإفْطارُ breakfast	حَضَرْتُ\حَضَرْتَ I came, you came *past tense verb
نومٌ sleep	مُتْعَبٌ tired	سَيٍءٌ bad

Step 4: Read dialogue [click here]

أُفٍّ... أكْرَهُ اَلْإفْطارَ هُنا ... وَالْجَوُّ سَيٍءٌ بِالْخارِجِ    Walid -  (Walid enters the restaurant and sits next to Hossam). Ah... hate breakfast here... and the weather is awful outside. صَباحُ الْخَيْرِ ...  لا، اَلْجَوُّ لا بَأْسَ* Hossam - Good morning... no, the weather is not bad. مُتْعَبٌ ، مُتْعَبٌ جِداً... لا وَقْتَ* لِلْنَوْمِ Walid - Tired, so tired... No time to sleep. أنا نِمْتُ جَيِّداً .  وَجائعٌ جِداً Hossam - I slept well... and so hungry. أنا لَسْتُ جائعاً.  اَلْطَعامُ هُنا سَيٍءٌ... وَيَتَأخَّرُ... دائماً يَتَأخَّرُ Walid - I am not hungry. The food here is awful... and late. Always late. لَكِنْ* اَلْقَهْوَةُ لا بَأْسَ*، ألَيْسَ كَذَلِكَ؟ Hossam - But the coffee is not bad, don't you think? اَلْقَهْوَةُ بارِدَةٌ. هَلْ اَلْخُبْزُ جاهِزٌ؟ Walid - The coffee is cold. Is the bread ready? حُسامٌ: نَعَمْ، جاهِزٌ Hossam - Yes, it is ready. اِسْمَحْ لي  أنْ آخـُذَهُ.  لَقَدْ وَصَلْتَ بَعْدي، ألَيْسَ كَذَلِكَ؟ Walid - Let me take it. You arrived after me, no? حَقيقَة ً...  لا* Hossam - Really... no. (Walid takes out a water pistal...) نَعَمْ... أنْتَ وَصَلْتَ بَعْدي، ألَيْسَ كَذَلِكَ؟ Walid - Yes... you arrived after me, no? نَعَمْ، نَعَمْ، أنْتَ حَضَرْتَ قَبْلي... Hossam - Yes, yes... you did come before me... نَعَمْ...  وَالْقَهْوَةُ بارِدَةٌ، ألَيْسَ كَذَلِكَ؟ Walid - Yes... the coffee is cold, right? (Hossam is now trying to placate Walid by being grumpy as well...) وَالْجَوُّ  سَيٍءٌ... لا توجَدُ* شَمسٌ Hossam - And the weather is bad... there is no sun. لا، لا توجَدُ* شَمْسٌ Walid - No, there is no sun. لا أحِبًّ* هَذا الْمَكانَ...  اَلطَّعامُ سَيِّءٌ Hossam - Don't like this place... the food is awful. أتَعْرِفُ...  أنْتَ لا بَأْسَ بِكَ.  خُذْهُ.  ألَسْتَ جائعاً؟  اَلْقَهْوَةُ الْبارِدَةُ هَذِهِ تَكْفي* Walid - You know what... you're not bad. Here take it. Aren't you hungry? This cold coffee is enough.

Step 5: Drill with answers [click here]

هَلْ تَظُنُّ أنَّ الْجَوَّ لَطيفً أمْ  لَيْسَ لَطيفاً في الْحِكايَةِ؟ Do you think the weather is nice or not nice in the story?   مَنْ الذّي لَمْ يَكَتَفِ* بِنَوْمِهِ؟ Who did not sleep enough?   مَنْ هُوَ الْجائع؟ Who is hungry?    ما الذّي تَأخَّرَ طِـبـْقـاً لـِوَليدٍ؟ What is late according to Walid?   عِنْدَما يَقولُ وَليدٌ " خُذْه" ، في نِهايَةِ اَلْحِكايةِ، ما الذّي يَقْصُدُهُ؟ When Walid says "take it" to Hossam, at the end of the story, what is he referring to?    هَلْ وَليدٌ يَسْتَحْسِنُ حُساماً في نِهايَةِ الْحِكايَةِ؟  إذا كانَ نَعَمْ أو لا، لِماذا؟   Is Walid like Hossam at the end of the story? If yes/no why?

answers:

Do you think the weather is nice or not nice in the story?...  اَلْجَوُّ لا بـأْسَ بِهِ The weather is not bad     Who did not sleep enough?...  وَليدٌ لَمْ يَكْتَفِ* بِنَوْمِهِ  Walid did not sleep well.   Who is hungry?... حُسامٌ جائعٌ Hossam is hungry.   What is late according to Walid?... اَلطّعامُ تَأخَّرَ        The food is late.   When Walid says "take it" to Hossam, at the end of the story, what is he referring to?... هُوَ يُشيرُ إلىَ الخُبْزِ He points to the bread.     Is Walid like Hossam at the end of the story? If yes/no why?... نَعَمْ ، فـَحـُسامٌ يُوافِقُ وَليداً وَيَشْتَكي Yes, because Hossam agrees with Waliid and complains.