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محمد : حزَر فزَر ؟ في تلات كتب في المجموعة القصصية دي و الكاتب كسب بيهم جايزة المركز الأول !

خالد : واو , هي الكتب دي عن ايه ؟

محمد : في الكتاب الأول , ولد صغير بيكتشف انه عنده قدرات خارقة .في الكتاب التاني , الولد بيستخدم سحره عشان يساعد عيلته تبقي غنية بس عندهم مشاكل كتير.في الكتاب التالت الولد هيبقي ملك !

خالد : واو , انا عايز اقرا الكتب دي انا كمان . بعد ما تقراها ممكن استلف منك الكتاب الأول ؟

محمد : اه , أكيد طبعا .

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Mohammed: Guess what? There are three books in this series and the author won a first-place prize for them!

Khaled: Wow, what are they about?

Mohammed: In the first book, a young boy discovers he has magic powers. In the second book, the boy uses his magic to help his family become very rich but they have many problems. In the third book, he becomes a king!

Khaled: Wow, I want to read the books too. After you read it, can I borrow the first book?

Mohammed: Yes, of course.

----Informal English----

Mohammed: Guess What? There are three books in this series and the author won a first place prize for them!

Khaled: Wow, what are they about?

Mohammed: In the first book, a young boy discovers he has magic powers. In the second book, the boy uses his magic to help his family become very rich but they have many problems. In the third book, he becomes a king!

Khaled: Wow, I want to read the books too. After you read it, can I borrow the first book?

Mohammed: Yes, of course.

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mḥamaّd : ḥazaّr fazaّr ? fī talāt kutub fī el-maǧmūʿah el-qaṣaṣeyaّh dī wa el-kāteb keseb bīhm ǧāyzeh el-markaz el-ʾawaّl !

ḫāled : wāw , heyya el-kutub dī ʿan āīh ?

mḥamaّd : fī el-ketāb el-ʾawaّl , walad ṣuġayaّr byektešef enuّh ʿanduh qudrāt ḫāreqah .fī el-ketāb el-tānī , el-walad byestaḫdem seḥruh ʿašān īsāʿed ʿīltuh tebqaā ġaneyaّh bas ʿanduhum mašākel ktīr.fī el-ketāb el-tālet el-walad hayebqā malek !

ḫāled : wāū , ʾanā ʿāyez ʾaʾrā el-kutub dī ʾanā kamān . baʿd mā teqrāhā mumken astelef menaّk el-ketāb el-ʾawaّl ?

mḥamaّd : ʾāh , ʾakīd ṭabʿan .

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محَمَّد : حَزَّر فَزَّر ؟ في تَلات كُتُب في المَجموعَة القَصَصِيَّة دي و الكاتِب كِسِب بيهم جايْزِةْ المَركَز الأَوَّل !

خالِد : وْاوْ , هِيَّ الكُتُب دي عَن ايه ؟

محَمَّد : في الكِتاب الأَوَّل , وَلَد صُغَيَّر بيِكتِشِف اِنُّه عَندُه قُدرات خارِقَة .في الكِتاب التاني , الوَلَد بيِستَخدِم سِحرُه عَشان يساعِد عيلتُه تِبقَى غَنِيَّة بَس عَندُهُم مَشاكِل كتير.في الكِتاب التالِت الوَلَد هَيِبقى مَلِك !

خالِد : وْاو , أَنا عايِز أَقْرا الكُتُب دي أَنا كَمان . بَعد ما تِقراها مُمكِن اَستِلِف مِنَّك الكِتاب الأَوَّل ؟

محَمَّد : آه , أَكيد طَبعاً .

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كريم: السلام عليكم. لو سمحت, كيف أذهب إلى محطة مصر؟

سائق تاكسي: إتجة إلى الأمام و لا تسلك أول كوبري, بل انعطف من تحته يميناً.

كريم: حسناً. أين أتجه بعد ذلك؟

سائق تاكسي: ستجد نفق أمامك. لا تنزل في النفق, بل انعطف يساراً من فوقه.

كريم: يساراً من فوق النفق. حينها سأكون عند محطة العباسية, اليس كذلك؟

سائق تاكسي: صحيح. بعد محطة العباسية أكمل إلى الأمام في نفس الطريق وتجاهل جميع الكباري التي تمر بها حتى ترى محطة مصر على يمينك.

كريم: هل هناك موقف سيارات حول محطة مصر؟

سائق تاكسي: لست متأكداً. اسأل مرة أخرى عندما تصل إلى هناك.

كريم: إن شاء الله. شكراً جزيلاً يا حاج.

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Karim: Hello. Excuse me, how can I get to Masr station?

Taxi driver: Go straight and don't go up the first bridge, but take a right underneath it.

Karim: Ok. Then which way should I go?

Taxi driver: You'll find a tunnel in front of you. Don't take it, but turn left above it.

Karim: Left above the tunnel. Then I'll be near Abbasseya station, correct?

Taxi driver: Yes. After Abbasseya station, go straight forward in the same street and ignore all the bridges until you see Masr station on your right.

Karim: Is there a parking lot around Masr station?

Taxi driver: I'm not sure. Ask again when you get there.

Karim: If God wills. Thank you very much, pops.

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karīm: al-slām ʿalaykum. law samaḥt, kayfa ʾaḏhabu ʾilā maḥaṭṭaẗi miṣr?

sāʾiq tāksī: ʾittaǧih ʾilā al-ʾamām wa lā tasluk ʾawwala kūbrī, bal inʿaṭif min taḥtihi yamīnan.

karīm: ḥasanan. ʾayna ʾattaǧihu baʿda ḏalik?

sāʾiq tāksī: sataǧidu nafaqan ʾamāmak. lā tanzil fī al-nafaq, bal inʿaṭif yasāran min fawqih.

karīm: yasāran min fawqi al-nafaq. ḥīnahā saʾakūnu ʿinda maḥaṭṭaẗi al-ʿabbāsiyyah, alaysa kaḏalik?

sāʾiq tāksī: ṣaḥīḥ. baʿda maḥaṭṭaẗi al-ʿabbāsiyyah ʾakmil ʾilā al-ʾamām fī nafsi al-ṭarīq ūtaǧāhal ǧamīʿi al-kabārī al-ّatī tamurru bihā ḥattaā tarā maḥaṭṭaẗa miṣr ʿalā yamīnik.

karīm: hal hunāka mawqifu sayyārātin ḥawla maḥaṭṭaẗi miṣr?

sāʾiq tāksī: lastu mutaʾakkidan. isʾal marrah ʾuḫrā ʿindamā taṣilu ʾilā hunāk.

karīm: ʾin šāʾ al-lh. šukran ǧazīlan yā ḥāǧ.

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كَريم: السلام عَلَيْكُم. لَوْ سَمَحت, كَيْفَ أَذهَبُ إلى مَحَطَّةِ مِصر؟

سائِق تاكسي: إتَّجِه إلى الأَمام و لا تَسلُك أَوَّلَ كوبري, بَل اِنعَطِف مِن تَحتِهِ يَميناً.

كَريم: حَسَناً. أَيْنَ أَتَّجِهُ بَعدَ ذَلِك؟

سائِق تاكسي: سَتَجِدُ نَفَقاً أَمامَك. لا تَنزِل في النَفَق, بَل اِنعَطِف يَساراً مِن فَوْقِه.

كَريم: يَساراً مِن فَوْقِ النَفَق. حينَها سَأَكونُ عِندَ مَحَطَّةِ العَبّاسِيَّة, اَلَيْسَ كَذَلِك؟

سائِق تاكسي: صَحيح. بَعدَ مَحَطَّةِ العَبّاسِيَّة أَكمِل إلى الأَمام في نَفسِ الطَريق وتَجاهَل جَميعِ الكَباري الَّتي تَمُرُّ بِها حَتَّى تَرى مَحَطَّةَ مِصر عَلى يَمينِك.

كَريم: هَل هُناكَ مَوْقِفُ سَيّاراتٍ حَوْلَ مَحَطَّةِ مِصر؟

سائِق تاكسي: لَستُ مُتَأَكِّداً. اِسأَل مَرَّة أُخرى عِندَما تَصِلُ إلى هُناك.

كَريم: إن شاء الله. شُكراً جَزيلاً يْا حاج.

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