LexemicaArabic course

Beginner · scenario 16 of 84

Follow basic directions

Listen to directions to go straight and turn left.

The situation You're on the street. Someone is giving you directions.

The dialogue

  1. عفواً، من فضلك، أين محطة القطار؟

    ʿafwan, min faḍlik, ayna maḥaṭṭatu al-qiṭār?

    Excuse me, please, where is the train station?

  2. امشِ إلى الأمام، ثم انعطف إلى اليسار.

    imshi ilā al-ʾamām, thumma inʿaṭif ilā al-yasār.

    Walk straight ahead, then turn left.

  3. إلى الأمام، ثم انعطف إلى اليسار؟

    ilā al-ʾamām, thumma inʿaṭif ilā al-yasār?

    Straight ahead, then turn left?

  4. نعم، هي هناك على اليسار.

    naʿam, hiya hunāka ʿalā al-yasār.

    Yes, it is over there on the left.

  5. شكراً لك، مع السلامة.

    shukran lak, maʿa as-salāma.

    Thank you, goodbye.

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