Conversation: Visiting the Zoo
علي: مَاذَا سَنَفْعَلُ الْيَوْمَ؟
Mādhā sanaf‘alu al-yawm?
What are we going to do today?
فاطمة: سَنَذْهَبُ إِلَى حَدِيقَةِ الْحَيَوَانَاتِ.
Sanaḏhabu ilā ḥadīqat al-ḥayawānāt.
We’re going to the zoo.
علي: هَلْ هِيَ بَعِيدَةٌ عَنَّا؟
Hal hiya ba‘īdah ‘annā?
Is it far from us?
فاطمة: لَا، تَبْعُدُ حَوَالَيْ عَشَرَ دَقَائِقَ بِالسَّيَّارَةِ.
Lā, tab‘udu ḥawālī ‘ashara daqā’iq bi as-sayyārah.
No, it’s about ten minutes by car.
علي: رَائِع! أَيُّ حَيَوَانٍ تُرِيدِينَ أَنْ تَرَي؟
Rā’i‘! Ayyu ḥayawān turīdīna an taray?
Great! Which animal do you want to see?
فاطمة: أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَرَى الزَّرَافَةَ وَالدُّبَّ.
Urīdu an arā az-zarāfah wa ad-dubb.
I want to see the giraffe and the bear.
علي: أَنَا أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَرَى الأَسَدَ وَالْفِيلَ.
Anā urīdu an arā al-asad wa al-fīl.
I want to see the lion and the elephant.
فاطمة: لَا تَنْسَ أَنْ نَذْهَبَ إِلَى بُحَيْرَةِ الطُّيُورِ.
Lā tansā an naḏhaba ilā buḥayrat aṭ-ṭuyūr.
Don’t forget to visit the bird lake.
علي: نَعَمْ، وَسَنُصَوِّرُ كَثِيرًا.
Na‘am, wa sanuṣawwir kathīran.
Yes, and we’ll take lots of pictures.
فاطمة: هَيَّا نَذْهَبْ إِذًا!
Hayyā naḏhab idhan!
Let’s go then!
Vocabulary Highlights:
- حَدِيْقَةُ الْحَيَوَانَاتِ ḥadīqat al-ḥayawānāt - Zoo
- سَيَّارَةٌ sayyārah - Car
- زَرَافَةٌ zarāfah - Giraffe
- دُبٌّ dubb - Bear
- أَسَدٌ asad - Lion
- فِيْلٌ fīl - Elephant
- بُحَيْرَةُ الطُّيُوْرِ buḥayrat aṭ-ṭuyūr - Bird lake
- نُصَوِّرُ nuṣawwir - We take pictures
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