Dialogue 2: Where are you from?

For a grammatical explanation of the concepts used in this lesson, please read this lesson.

A. Samy: enta mnein? John: ana men kanada Samy: ya3ny enta kanady? John: aywa, ana kanady. Samy: wenty mnein? Kate: ana men 2amreeka. Samy: ya3ny enty 2amreekeyya? Kate: aywa Sa77, ana 2amreekeyya. B. Samy: enta mnein ya samya? Samya: ana men maSr. Samy: wenty kamaan men maSr ya maha? Maha: aywa, ana kamaan men maSr. Samy: ya3ny ento letnein men maSr? Samya: aywa Sa77, e7na letnein men maSr. e7na maSreyeen. C. Mirvat: dol mnein ya samy? Samy: dol Talaba engeleez Mirvat: esmohom eih? Samy: da esmo Mike, w di esmaha Janet. Mirvat: ya tara homma mnein? Samy: men durham w men manchester D Samya: afandem? ma-fhemtish! homma mnein? Samy: homma ltnein men maSr. Samya: w dol? dol mnein? Samy: dol mesh men maSr, dol agaaneb. Samya: ya tara homma kwayyeseen fel3araby? Samy: kwayyeseen w shaTreen 2awy.

سامي: انت منين؟ جون: انا من كندا سامي: يعني انت كندي؟ جون: ايوه, انا كندي سامي: و انتي منين؟ كيت: انا من أمريكا سامي: يعني انتي أمريكية؟ ايوه صح, انا أمريكية سامي: انت منين يا سمية؟ سمية: انا من مصر سامي: و انتي كمان من مصر يا مها؟ مها: ايوه, انا كمان من مصر سامي: يعني انتو لتنين من مصر؟ سنية: ايوه صح, احنا لتنين من مصر. احنا مصريين سامي: دول منين يا سامي؟ سامي: دول طلبا انجليز ميرفت: اسمهم ايه؟ سامي: ده اسمه مايك و دي اسمها جانت ميرفت: يا طره هم منين؟ سامي: من درهام و من مانشستير سمية: افندم؟ مافهمتش! هم منين؟ سامي: هم لتنين من مصر سمية: و دول؟ دول منين؟ سامي: دول مش من مصر, دول اجانب سمية: يا طرة, هم كويسين في العربي سامي: كويسين و شطرين قوي

I'll include the translation at the end of the post, because I feel that trying to understand first with the given vocabulary is a better exercise.

Vocabulary

افندم	afandem	pardon
اجنبي	agaaneb	foreigner; foreign
اجانب	agaaneb	foreigners
قهوه	2ahwa	coffee
امريكا	amreeka	America
امريكي	amreeky	American
قوي	2awy	very
بكلم	bekallem	I speak
بيكلم	beyekallem	he speaks
دول	dol	those
جميل	gameel	beautiful, pretty
جبنه	gebna	cheese
هم	homma	they
احنا	e7na	we
انجليز	engeleez	English people
انتو	ento	you (plural)
كندا	kanada	Canada
كندي	kanady	Canadian
كويس	kwayyes	good
لتنين	letnein	both
لغة	lugha	language
مافهمتش	ma-fahemtesh	I didn't understand
مصر	maSr	Egypt; Cairo
مصري	maSry	Egyptian
مع	ma3a	with
من	men	from
منين	mnein	where from?
صح	sa77	right
شاطر	shaaTer	clever
ترابيزة ~ تربيزات	tarabeza ~ tarabeezat (pl.)	table ~ tables
تلفون ~ تلفونات	telefon ~ telefonaat (pl.)	telephone ~ telephones
طلبا	Talaba	students (irregular plural)
يا تره	ya tara	I wonder
يعني	ya3ny	that means
عربي	3araby	Arabic

Translation:

A.

Samy: Where are you from?

John: I'm from Canada

Samy: That means you're Canadian?

John: Yeah, I'm Canadian

Samy: And where are you from?

Kate: I'm from America.

Samy: That means you're American?

Kate: Yes that's right. I'm American.

B.

Samy: Where are you from Samya?

Samya: I'm from Egypt 

Samy: And are you also from Egypt Maha?

Maha: Yes, I'm also from Egypt.

Samy: That means you are both from Egypt?

Samya: Yes that's right. We're both from Egypt, we're Egyptians.

C.

Mirvat: Where are they from Samy?

Samy: They're English students.

Mirvat: What are their names?

Samy: His name is Mike and her name is Janet

Mirvat: I wonder where they're from?

Samy: From Durham and Manchester.

D.

Samya: Pardon? I didn't understand! Where are they from?

Samy: They're both from Egypt.

Samya: And them? Where are they from?

Samy: They're not from Egypt. They're foreigners.

Samya: I wonder if they are good at Arabic?

Samy: They're good and very smart.