Learn five words to use at the office
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| Hi its Chaima again, welcome to Arabic weekly words and let’s find out this week’s topic. Its office, office [المكتب (al maktab)] or in Darija [المكتب (lmaktab)] same word, just pronounced differently again. |
| First word is |
| 1. |
| [الساعات الاضافية] |
| [ssâ‘ât l’iDâfiyya] overtime |
| بزاف ت الناس ما كيعجبهمش يديرو الساعا ت |
| الاضافية |
| [bzzâf t nnâs mâ kay‘jabhumsh ydîrû ssâʻât l’iDâfiyya.] |
| So many people don’t like to do overtime which is a fact, it’s true. |
| Next word |
| 2. |
| [تقاعد] |
| [tqâ‘ad] it’s to retire and |
| in Darija, we say [tqâ‘ad] it’s the same word |
| فاش الوالد ديالها تقاعد ولى كيمارس الرياض ة |
| و كيتفرج ف التلفزة بزاف |
| [fâsh lwâlid dyâlhâ tqâʻd wllâ kaymârs rriyâDa wkaytfarraj f ttalfaza bzzâf.] |
| when her father retired, he started exercising and watching TV a lot. |
| Next word |
| 3. |
| [إجتما ع] meeting. |
| [’ijtimâ‘] |
| The same word in Darija is ʾiǧtimāʿ, ’ijtimâ‘ |
| هاد الصباح ف الإجتماع اتخدنا بزاف ت |
| القرارات المهمة للشركة ديالنا |
| [hâd SSbâH f l’ijtimâʻ ttakhadnâ bzzâf t lqarârât lmuhimma lishsharika dyâlnâ. ] |
| This morning in the meeting, we made really important decisions for our company. |
| Next word |
| 4. |
| شركة |
| company [sharika] same word in Darija, we say |
| أپل شركة كبيرة ديال الكمپيوترات |
| [’appl sharika kbîra dyâl lkumpyûtrât.] |
| Apple is a big company for computers. |
| Another word is |
| 5. |
| [مكتب] |
| [maktab] is office. |
| Yeah and we say also the same word in Darija. A good sentence with this word would be |
| كل صباح كيمشي للمكتب ديالو مع الثمانية و |
| ما كيخرج حتى الربعة |
| [kulla SbâH kaymshî lilmaktab dyâlû mʻa tthmânya w mâ kayukhruj Httâ lrbʻa. ] |
| Every morning, he goes to his office at 8 and he leaves at – yeah that was it. |
| Thank you for joining us for this series of words. I will see you next week [بسلامة (bslama)] |
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