Wayn
maktab il-bariid?
- Where is the Post office?
Makbtab
il-bariid, wallahi, ba3iid 3an hini. Al-a7san taaxidh taksi.
- The Post Office...hmm...is far away from here. You better take
a taxi.
Chayf
aruu7 il-matHaf il-waTani?
- How do I get to (go to) the national museum?
Ruu7
siida 3ala hadha sh-shaari3 7atta tishuuf mabna 3ood waayd. Hadha
huwa al-mat7af il-waTani.
- Go straight along this road until you see a very large building.
That is the national museum.
Wayn
shaari3 7amdaan?
- Where is Hamdaan Road?
Suug
ra’san li ghayat il-ishaara, wa ihnaak liff yisaar. Ba3ad
il-jisir, liff yamiin. Hay shaari3 7amdaan.
- Drive straight until the traffic lights, and there turn left.
After (you pass) the bridge, turn right. There's Hamdaan Road.
Law
sama7t, 7afiiz as-sayyid a7mad al-manSuuri min wain?
- Excuse me, where is the office of Mr. Ahmad Al-Mansouri?
Xudh
il-miS3ad. 7afiiz as-sayyid al-manSuuri fii d-door ith-thaani
mgaabil il-miS3ad.
- Take the elevator/lift. The office of Mr. Ahmad Al-Mansouri
is on the second floor in front of the elevator.
3afwan,
kayf aruu7 madiinat jumeira?
- Excuse me, how do I get to Madina Jumeirah?
Ah,
hadha sahil. Suug siida wa 3ind id-dawwaar ruu7 3ala yisaarik.
- Oh, that's easy. Drive straight and at the roundabout go left
(literally go on your left).
Fii makiinat Sarf gariib min hini min faDHlak?
- Is there an ATM nearby?
Na3am,
fii. Hini fi niahaayat shaari3 al-malik fahd mgaabil il-mool.
- Yes, tehre is. Here at the end of King Fahd Road in front of
the mall.
Shukran
jaziilan.
- Thank you very much indeed. (literally Copius, abundant
thanks.)
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