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LESSON 187Bicycle Security at Work
Lesson objective
In this lesson, you will learn how to talk about protecting a bicycle from theft, explain why something should be locked, and give simple security advice.
Vocabulary
| English | Darija |
|---|---|
| To bring something inside | dxxl |
| To take something outside | xrrj |
| To steal | srq |
| To be stolen | tsrq |
| To lock something to another object | šdd m3a |
| Lock | qfl |
Darija dialogue
At work — f l-xdma
Colleague: s-salamu 3alaykum. jiti bkri l-yum.
Patrick: wa 3alaykum s-salam. ši šwiya.
Colleague: aš hada? 3laš dxxlti l-bisklit l l-biru?
Patrick: ah, ġadi y-tsrq ila xllitu brra.
Colleague: welakin hadi maši blaṣa d l-bisklit.
Patrick: iyeh, welakin aš ġadi n-dir?
Colleague: dir qfl l l-bisklit u šddu m3a l-bab dyal brra.
Patrick: fikra mzyana. ma-fkkrt-š fiha.
Colleague: weš 3ndk qfl?
Patrick: iyeh, 3ndi. n-xrrju daba u n-šddu m3a l-bab.
Colleague: sdd t-lqa ma-t-нll.
English meaning: Patrick brought his bicycle into the office to protect it from theft. His colleague suggests a better solution: buy a lock and secure it to the outside gate instead. Patrick agrees and goes to do it right away.
Questions
- 3laš dxxl Patrick l-bisklit l l-biru? — Why did Patrick bring the bicycle into the office?
- šnu gal l-kolig l Patrick? — What did the colleague tell Patrick?
- šnu dar Patrick f t-tali? — What did Patrick do at the end?
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