6.3: Dialog and Reading

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Learning Objectives

In this section, you will be able to:

Name different rooms and household items in your home.
List the furniture and the household items in your home.
Describe your house or apartment.

Dialogue 1

Watch the video about a dialogue between a brother and his sister. The sister entered the house and began asking questions to her brother. Read and listen to their conversation.

Dialog 1
English	الحوار بالعربي
Hello Tarek, where are you?	ليلى: مرحباً طارِق أَيْنَ أَنْتَ؟
Hello, I am in my office.	طارِق: أهلاً أنا في غرفة مكتبي
What do you study?	ليلى: ماذا تدْرُسُ؟
I study Arabic.	طارِق: أنا أدرسُ عَربيّ
Where is my father?	ليلى: أَيْنَ أبي؟
He is watching TV in his room.	ِطارِق: أبي يُشاهِدُ تِلفزيون في غُرفته
Where is my mother?	ليلى: أينَ أُمي؟
She is in our house's garden with my grandfather and grandmother.	طارِق: هِيَ في حَدِيقَةِ بَيْتِنا مع جَدّي وَجَدّتي
Where is my brother Hasan?	ليلى: أيْنَ أَخي حَسن؟
Hasa is drinking green tea in the kitchen.	طارِق: حسن في الْمَطْبَخ يَشربُ شاياً أخضراً
Let's drink green tea with Hasan.	ليلى: هَيا نَشربُ شاياً أخضراً معَ حسن
Yalla, to the kitchen.	طارِق: يلا، إلى المطبخ
Ok	ليلى: حسناً

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Dialog 2

Watch the dialogue between two friends. In this dialogue, Maysaa's friend Sally visits her friend Maysaa for the first time. Read and listen to their talk.

Dialog 2
English	Dialogue
Hello Maysaa!	سالي: مرحبا ميساء
Hello Sally!	ميساء: أهلاً سالي
How are you?	سالي: كَيفَ حَالُكِ؟
I'm fine, thank God!! come on in.	مَيساء: بِخَيرٍ والحمدُ لله !! تَفَضَّلي
Your house is beautiful "Maa Shaa Allah." Is your house new?	سالي: ٌبَيتُكِ جَميلٌ ما شاءَ الله. هل بيتُكِ جَدِيدٌ؟
Thank you, yes, it is new.	ميساء: شُكراً، نَعَم اِنَهُ جَدِيدٌ
Who lives with you?	سالي: معَ مَنْ تَسْكُنين؟
My father, mother, and Brother. Do you live in a house or apartment?	ميساء: أَبي وأُمي وأخي، وَأنتِ هل تَسكُنينَ في بيتٍ أو في شَقةٍ؟
I live in an apartment	ٍسالي: أنا أسْكُنُ في شقة
Is your apartment big, or small?	ميساء: هل شقتُكِ كبيرةٌ أوْ صَغيرَةٌ ؟
My apartment is small.	ٌسالي: شَقتي صَغيرة
Who lives with you?	ميساء: مَعَ مَنْ تَسْكنين ؟
I live with my husband, Jack.	سالي: أسْكنُ مَعَ زَوْجي جاك
Where is your apartment?	ميساء: أينَ شقَتُكِ؟
In Los Angeles city, on Broadway street.	سالي: في مدينةِ "لوس أنجلوس" في شارعِ برود وي
Is your apartment nearby or far from your university?	ميساء: هل شـقَّـتُكِ قريبةٌ أو بعيدةٌ من جامعَتِكِ؟
My apartment is near your university.	سالي: شَقَتي قريبةٌ مِنْ جامعَتي
Maa Shaa Allah!	ميساء: ما شاء الله

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Reading

Sally Khalil is writing an email to her mother describing her new apartment near the university and attaching a picture of it.

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السَّلامُ عَلَيْكُم ماما

ٌهذه صورة غرفتي، أَسْكُنُ في شقَّةٍ صغيرَةٍ وَجديدةٍ قريبَةً من الجامعةِ. في شقتي مَطبَخ صغير. فيه ثلاجةٌ وفِرْنٌ أبيضٌ وطاولةٌ صغيرةٌ وكُرسيٌ. في غُرفةُ الجلوسِ تِلْـفِزيون كِبير وَمَكتَب وَشبَّاك كَبير. وفي غرفةِ النَّوم سَريرٌ صَغيرٌ وخِزانَةٌ وحَمّامٌ أَنا أًحِبُّ شَقَّـتي ِوالْحَمْدُ لله

عنوانُ شقتي الجديدة: عِشرون (٢٠) شارع برود وي مدينة لوس أنجلوس، ولاية في كاليفورنيا. مع السلامة

اِبْنَتُكِ سالي

English Meaning

Add example text here.

Alsslam Aliekoum Mom.

This is my apartment picture. I live in a small, new apartment close to the university. In my apartment, there is a small kitchen. It has a refrigerator, a white oven, a small table, and a chair. In the living room, there is a large TV, a desk, and a window. And the bedroom has a bed, a closet, and a bathroom. Thank God, I love my apartment. My new apartment address: Twenty Broadway Street, city of Los Angeles, California state. Goodbyes,

Your daughter Sally.

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Activity # 1

Take turns and read the text aloud with your partner.

Activity # 2

Your family moved to a new house. You called your grandmother on Face-Time. As both of you are on video, you give her a tour around the house and talk to each other. Describe the house to your grandmother, show her the rooms and the furniture, and give her the house address.