Learn how to order drinks and pay the bill
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Hala: السلام عليكم |
| Roland: Roland here! Newbie Season 2 , Lesson 13 - Keep the Rest for You! |
| Roland: Hello, and welcome to the ArabicPOD101.com , the fastest, easiest and most fun way to learn Arabic! |
| Hala: I'm Hala, and thanks again for being here with us for this Newbie Series S2 lesson. |
| This is the last part of the the restaurant conversation |
| Roland: In this lesson you will learn how to… |
| Hala: order drinks and pay the bill. |
| Roland: This conversation takes place... |
| Hala: in a restaurant. |
| Roland: The conversation is between… |
| Hala: Two customers and the waitress. |
| Hala: The speakers are not friends, therefore the speakers will be speaking formal egyptian arabic |
| Hala: Remember, commenting each day... |
| Roland: and posting in the forum are 2 great ways to get answers. |
| Hala: Community members, {Roland} (laughter) |
| Roland: It is me.(laughter) |
| Hala: and staff are all ready to help! |
| Roland: Definitely take advantage! Okay... |
| Roland: Let's listen to the conversation. |
| DIALOGUE |
| الجــرسـونة: إتـــفــضــلـو الأكــل ، أي خـدمـة تانــية ؟ |
| رولاند: أيــوة ، مــمــكــن عــصير بــرتـــقان طازة ؟ |
| هالة: و أنا عايزة إزازة مية ، و كــبــايـــة شاي لــو ســمـحــتي. |
| الجــرسـونة: عــصير بــرتـــقان طازة ، إزازة مــيــة و كــبــايـــة شاي ، ماشي. |
| هالة: مــمــكــن الحــساب؟ |
| الجــرسـونة: إتــفــضــلو ،الحـساب خــمـسة و خــمــسين "55) جنيه ، أي خـدمـة تانــية ؟ |
| رولاند: لأ ، آدي سـتـــيـن "60 " ، خـلـي الباقي عــشانك. |
| الجــرسـونة: شــكــراً ، مــع الســلامـة ! |
| رولاند و هالة: مع الســلامة. |
| English Host: Let’s hear the conversation one time slowly. |
| A: ʾtfaḍḍalū il-ʾkl , ʾy ḫidmh tānyh ? |
| B: ʾwyh, mumkin ʿaṣīr burtuʾān ṭāzh ? |
| C: Wa ʾna ʿāyzh ʾizāzit mayyh , wa kubbāyit šāy law samaḥtī |
| A: ʿaṣīr burtuʾān ṭāzh wa kubbāyit šāy, māšī |
| C: Mumkin il- ḥisāb ? |
| A: ʾtfaḍḍalū, il- ḥisāb ḫamsh wa ḫamsīn ginīh , ʾy ḫidmh tānya ? |
| B: lʾ, ʾadī sittīn ginīh, ḫallī ilbāʾī ʿašānik |
| A: Šukran , maʿh issalamh |
| D: maʿh issalamh |
| English Host: Now let’s hear it with the English translation. |
| الجــرسـونة: إتـــفــضــلـو الأكــل ، أي خـدمـة تانــية ؟ |
| Roland: Here is the food, anything else? |
| رولاند: أيــوة ، مــمــكــن عــصير بــرتـــقان طازة ؟ |
| Roland: Yes, can I have fresh orange juice? |
| هالة: و أنا عايزة إزازة مية ، و كــبــايـــة شاي لــو ســمـحــتي. |
| Roland: And I want a bottle of water, and a glass of tea, please. |
| الجــرسـونة: عــصير بــرتـــقان طازة ، إزازة مــيــة و كــبــايـــة شاي ، ماشي. |
| Roland: Fresh orange juice, a bottle of water, and a glass of tea, Okay. |
| هالة: مــمــكــن الحــساب؟ |
| Roland: May I have the check? |
| الجــرسـونة: إتــفــضــلو ،الحـساب خــمـسة و خــمــسين "55) جنيه ، أي خـدمـة تانــية ؟ |
| Roland: Here you are. Fifty-five pounds; anything else? |
| رولاند: لأ ، آدي سـتـــيـن "60 " ، خـلـي الباقي عــشانك. |
| Roland: No. Here is sixty pounds; keep the rest for yourself. |
| الجــرسـونة: شــكــراً ، مــع الســلامـة ! |
| Roland: Thank you; good bye. |
| رولاند و هالة: مع الســلامة. |
| Roland: Goodbye! |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Hala: After enjoying a delicious meal in any Egyptian restaurant, and paying the check |
| Roland: its expected to leave tips, the trick is, how much and how to make sure its the right amount ,so here is how it goes! |
| Hala: In a small normal restaurant, its any amount between 3 to 6 pounds, depends on the place , but, in big restaurants, its 10% of the total, this is not official, but its common knowledge to everyone. |
| Roland: yes, the more pleased you are, the more you can give, even if you are just buying sandwiches and leaving, you would be expected to leave a very small tip, to the guy who makes it, or the guy who wraps it, usually he does both. |
| Hala: So he deserves it. |
| VOCAB LIST |
| Roland: Let's take a look at the vocabulary for this lesson. |
| : The first word we shall see is: |
| Hala: إزازة [natural native speed] |
| Roland: a bottle (Egyptian Arabic) |
| Hala: إزازة [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Hala: إزازة [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Hala: كــبــايـــة [natural native speed] |
| Roland: a glass (Egyptian Arabic) |
| Hala: كــبــايـــة [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Hala: كــبــايـــة [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Hala: بــرتـــقان [natural native speed] |
| Roland: orange (Egyptian Arabic) |
| Hala: بــرتـــقان [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Hala: بــرتـــقان [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Hala: مــيـة [natural native speed] |
| Roland: water (Egyptian Arabic) |
| Hala: مــيـة [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Hala: مــيـة [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Hala: شاي [natural native speed] |
| Roland: tea |
| Hala: شاي [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Hala: شاي [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Hala: بـعـد [natural native speed] |
| Roland: after |
| Hala: بـعـد [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Hala: بـعـد [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Hala: خــلـي [natural native speed] |
| Roland: keep (Egyptian Arabic) |
| Hala: خــلـي [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Hala: خــلـي [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Hala: عـشانِك [natural native speed] |
| Roland: for you/ for yourself (Egyptian Arabic) |
| Hala: عـشانِك [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Hala: عـشانِك [natural native speed] |
| VOCAB AND PHRASE USAGE |
| Roland: Let's have a closer look at the usage for some of the words and phrases from this lesson.The first word/phrase we’ll look at is.... |
| Hala: خَلّي الباقِي عَشانِك. (ḫallī al-bāqiī ʿašānik) |
| Roland: this means "keep the rest for you ", one of many ways to give tips . very polite and popular. |
| Hala: the verb used here "ḫallī ", has 6 meanings depending where it comes in the sentence , but in this case, its imperative with the meaning of (keep). |
| Roland: I am interested to know about the 6 cases Hala, let's leave it till later, this one is more than enough for now! |
| Roland: and the second word we will look at is |
| Hala: عَشانِك (ʿašānik) |
| this is "ašān),which has an important meaning as "because ", plus 3 more meanings "in order to- so that and for ", in this sentence it was attached to "ik ", whenever its found attached to it, it gives the meaning "for you , for him, for us, for them ... ", not because of you, this is very important as its used all the time with this meaning. |
| Roland: Interesting, but I am not falling for it, I`m very pleased knowing this one very important meaning for now! |
Lesson focus |
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| Hala: The focus of this lesson is noun construct, we have an example, (إزازِة مَيَّة ʾizāziẗ mayyah |
| Roland: that means "a bottle of water " |
| Hala: In Arabic, the word "of ", doesn't exist , but its replaced by the noun construct, It is a grammar rule, It is not something you can see, or you can put your hands on. we had "a bottle OF water ", bottle is a feminine noun in Arabic, so in order to give the effect of "of ", we pronounced the last letter clearly, it was a "t " |
| Roland: but generally and when it's not in the noun construct it's pronounced like "a " |
| Hala: Yes,that is true, and by pronouncing it it gave the "of " meaning, so "izāzit mayyh ", literally, its "bottle water ", the meaning is "a bottle of water ", its found in another example "كباية شاي, kubbāyit šāi ", a glass of tea, how can we say a glass? |
| Roland: kubbāyah. |
| Hala: And to say a cup of tea? |
| Roland: A glass of tea is kubbāyit šāi. |
| Hala: Again! pronouncing the "t " here give the "of " meaning. It is very simple. It could be a bit tricky. Remember! you will hear it, you will not see it. The word is written the same way. Nothing will change in it. |
Outro |
| Roland: That just about does it for today. |
| Hala: Ready to test what you just learned? |
| Roland: Make this lesson's vocabulary stick by using lesson specific flashcards in the learning center. |
| Hala: There is a reason everyone uses flashcards... |
| Roland: They work... |
| Hala: They really do help memorization. |
| Roland: You can get the flashcards for this lesson at |
| Hala: ArabicPod101.com. |
| Roland: Okay.... |
| Roland: شكرا ، أشوفكو المرة الجاية |
| Hala: مع السلامة، أشوفكو بعدين |
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