LexemicaArabic course

Elementary · scenario 78 of 84

Send a package

Ask about the cost to mail a box to another city.

The situation You're at the post office. Time to mail a package.

The dialogue

  1. مرحباً، أريد إرسال هذا الطرد بالبريد، من فضلك.

    marḥaban, urīdu irsāl hādhā aṭ-ṭard bi-l-barīd, min faḍlik.

    Hello, I want to send this package by mail, please.

  2. أهلاً بك، إلى أين؟

    ahlan bik, ilā ayn?

    Welcome, where to?

  3. إلى الدمام، كم سعر الإرسال من فضلك؟

    ilā ad-Dammām, kam siʿr al-irsāl min faḍlik?

    To Dammam, how much is shipping, please?

  4. ثلاثون ريالاً، هل العنوان مكتوب على الطرد؟

    thalāthūn riyālan, hal al-ʿunwān maktūb ʿalā aṭ-ṭard?

    Thirty riyals, is the address written on the package?

  5. نعم، العنوان مكتوب هنا. متى يصل إلى هناك؟

    naʿam, al-ʿunwān maktūb hunā. matā yaṣil ilā hunāk?

    Yes, the address is written here. When will it arrive there?

  6. يصل بعد يومين فقط.

    yaṣil baʿd yawmayn faqaṭ.

    It arrives in just two days.

  7. ممتاز، أريد الدفع بالبطاقة، من فضلك.

    mumtāz, urīdu ad-dafʿa bil-biṭāqah, min faḍlik.

    Great, I'd like to pay by card, please.

  8. تفضل هنا، من فضلك.

    tafaḍḍal hunā, min faḍlik.

    Right over here, please.

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