At the grocer's Ziboon (male customer): Massa el-kheir. (Good evening). Saheb el-mahal (Shop owner): Massa el-nur. (Good evening to you). Inta awez eeh el-nahardah? (What do you want today?) Ziboon: Ana awez kees sukar, wa kees roz, wa kees makarouna, wa bartaman salsa, wa ezzazat zeit, wa elbat samna sinae, wa backo zebda laou samhaat. (I want a bag of sugar, a bag of rice, a bag of macaroni, a jar of tomato paste, a bottle of cooking oil, a can of margarine, and a bar of butter, please). Saheb el-mahal: Hader, etfaddal. (OK, here you are). Awez eeh tani? (What else do you want?) Ziboon: Ana awez bartaman meraba farawla, wa bartaman assal iswed, wa elbat tehina, wa elbat fassoulia beida. (I want a jar of strawberry jam, a jar of molasses, a tin of tehina and a tin of white beans). Saheb elmahal: Hader, etfaddal. (OK, here you are). Ziboon: Ana awez kilo gibna beida, wa nouss gibna roumi, wa rouba kilo luncheon, wa toumn kilo basterma, wa toumn kilo salami, wa toumn kilo zaytoun eswid min gheir bizr. (I want one kilo of white cheese, half a kilo of Turkish cheese, quarter of a kilo of luncheon meat, oneeighth of a kilo of pastrami, one-eighth of a kilo of salami, and 150g of seedless black olives). Saheb el-mahal: Hader, etfaddal. (OK, here you are). Alla fikrah, ihna aandina lahma kuweissa awei. (By the way, we have some very good meat). Ziboon: Hayil. Ana awez kilo lahma kandooz, wa nous kilo lahma bettelo, wa rouba kilo dhani, wa nous kilo lahma mafrooma. (Great, I want one kilogram of beef, half a kilo of veal, one-quarter of a kilo of mutton and one kilo of mincemeat). Saheb el-mahal: Hader, etfaddal. (OK, here you are). Saheb el-mahal: Tehib haad min omaal el-mahal yesheel maak kol el-hagaat di leghaiyaat el-arabiya betaatak? (Would you like one of the shop workers to carry all these things to your car?) Ziboon: Motshakir awei. (Thanks a lot). Yatarah el-hessab kam? (How much do you want?) Saheb el-mahal: Toltomeet genih masri. (LE300). Ziboon: Etfaddal. (Here you are) Saheb el-mahal: Shokran. Ziboon: El-afw (Don't mention it). Enquires and proposals are most welcome to be sent to this e-mail [email protected]
