al-7ajz

Audio with Theyab's pronunciation

One day, I decide to run an errand, on foot and bruuHii.

"Hag shinu?" he asks.
"a-khalii-k tshuuf ... ba:adiin," is all I say.

It is ash-shita and al-jaw muu Haar, so moving around on foot is fine.
I walk for half an hour without seeing what I want to find. A woman passes
and I ask hعر: "law samaHtay, ta:rifiin al-shatayah al-watiyah?"
She seems confused and says, "maa a:rif." 

Then a taxi passes and slows down. I ask sawaag at-taaksi:
"luu samaHt, fiih maT:am kuwaiti gariib min hini?"
He replies: "ee fiih bas uhuwa ba:iid shwayah."

I get in the taxi and we arrive at Shatiyah Shatiyah Watiyah.
I greet the waiter. "Ah, but I don't want to eat right away.
mumkin Hajz tawlah Hag shakhSiin?" Can I reserve a table for two people?

And so I made aH-Hajz for a surprise :ashaa. 

بروهي	bruuHii	Alone (m/f)
حق شنو؟	Hag shinu?	What for?
اخليك تشوف	a-khalii-k tshuuf	You’ll see (lit. I let you you see )
بعدين	ba:adiin	Later
الشتاء	ash-shitaa’	Winter
الجو موحار	al-jaw muu Haar	It’s not hot out
سواق التاكسي	sawaag at-taaksi	Taxi driver
لو سمحتي	law samaHtay	Excuse me (to a woman)
تعرفين؟	ta:rifiin?	Do you know? (to a woman
ما عريف	maa a:rif	I don’t know
في مطعم؟	fiih maT:am?	Is there a restaurant?
قريب من هني	gariib min hini	near to here
اي في بس حو بعيد شويه	ee fiih bas uhuwa ba:iid shwayah	Yes there’s one but it’s a little far
العشاء	al-:ashaa	The dinner