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ٱلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ، أَهْلًا أَهْلًا، حَيَّاكُمُ ٱللَّهُ، كَيْفَ حَالُكُمْ يَا شَبَابُ، إِنْ شَاءَ ٱللَّهُ طَيِّبُونَ.
As-salāmu ʿalaykum, ahlan ahlan, ḥayyākumu Allāhu, kayfa ḥālukum yā shabābu, in shā'a Allāhu ṭayyibūn.
Peace be upon you, welcome, may God preserve you, how are you, young men? God willing, you are well.
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كَمَا فَهِمْتُ مِنْ هَذِهِ ٱلْمُقَدِّمَةِ، مَوْضُوعُ لِقَائِنَا ٱلْيَوْمَ ٱلْعَامِّيَّةُ، وَسَامِحُونِي عَلَى هَذَا ٱلْوَجْهِ ٱلْمُتْعَبِ،
Kamā fahimtu min hādhihi al-muqaddimati, mawḍūʿu liqā'inā al-yawma al-ʿāmmiyyatu, wa sāmiḥūnī ʿalā hādhā al-wajhi al-mutaʿabi,
As I understood from this introduction, the topic of our meeting today is colloquial Arabic, and forgive me for this tired face,
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فَٱلسَّاعَةُ ٱلْآنَ ٱلثَّالِثَةُ وَٱلنِّصْفُ فَجْرًا، وَأَنَا ٱنْتَهَيْتُ مِنَ ٱلدُّرُوسِ قَبْلَ سَاعَةٍ، وَأَكَلْتُ قَلِيلًا، وَقُلْتُ يَجِبُ أَنْ أَسْتَفِيدَ مِنْ هَذَا ٱلْهُدُوءِ ٱلنَّادِرِ فِي هَذِهِ ٱلشَّقَّةِ.
Fa-as-sāʿatu al-āna ath-thālithatu wa an-niṣfu fajran, wa-anā intahaytu mina ad-durūsi qabla sāʿatin, wa akaltu qalīlan, wa qultu yajibu an astafīda min hādhā al-hudū'i an-nādiri fī hādhihi ash-shaqqati.
For it is now three thirty in the morning, and I finished my lessons an hour ago, ate a little, and said I must take advantage of this rare quiet in this apartment.
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هَذِهِ ٱلشَّقَّةُ ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ فِيهَا ضَوْضَاءٌ دَائِمَةٌ وَضَجَّةٌ دَائِمَةٌ وَبُكَاءٌ دَائِمٌ وَضِحْكٌ دَائِمٌ.
Hādhihi ash-shaqqatu al-ḥamdu lillāhi fīhā ḍawḍā'un dā'imatun wa ḍajjatun dā'imatun wa bukā'un dā'imun wa ḍiḥkun dā'imun.
This apartment, praise be to God, has constant noise, constant commotion, constant crying, and constant laughter.
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كَيْفَ ذَلِكَ؟ ٱسْأَلُوا ٱلْآبَاءَ كَيْفَ ذَلِكَ، خَاصَّةً ٱلْآبَاءَ ٱلَّذِينَ ...
Kayfa dhālika? Is'alū al-ābā'a kayfa dhālika, khāṣṣatan al-ābā'a alladhīna ...
How is that? Ask the fathers how that is, especially the fathers who ...
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ArabicTransliterationMeaning
ٱلسَّلَامُpeace
عليكمupon you (plural, masculine or mixed gender)
حَيَّاكُمُmay (God) greet/welcome you
ٱللَّهُGod
كَيْفَkayfahow
حَالُكُمْyour state
يَاO (vocative particle)
شَبَابyouth
إِنْif (conditional particle)
شَاءَwilled
طَيِّبُونَwell (masculine plural)
كماas
فَهِمْتُI understood
مِنmanfrom; of (preposition indicating origin, partitive, etc.)
هٰذِهِhādhihithis (feminine)
ٱلْمُقَدِّمَةِthe preface/introduction
موضوعtopic
لِقَائِنَاfor our meeting
ٱلْيَوْمَtoday
ٱلْعَامِّيَّةُcolloquial dialect
وَسَامِحُونِيand forgive me
علىon; upon; over (preposition)
هٰذَاhādhāthis (masculine singular)
ٱلْوَجْهِthe manner
ٱلْمُتْعَبِtired
فَٱلسَّاعَةُso the hour
ٱلْآنَnow
ٱلثَّالِثَةُthe third
وَٱلنِّصْفُand the half
فَجْرًاdawn
وَأَنَاand I
ٱنْتَهَيْتُI finished
ٱلدُّرُوسِthe lessons
قَبْلَbefore
سَاعَةًsā‘ahhour / clock / watch
وَأَكَلْتُand I ate
قَلِيلًاa little
وَقُلْتُand I said
يَجِبُis necessary
أنthat (subordinating particle)

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