fī fatra bacda z-zuhr 'uhibb 'an 'aqdi l-waqt maca 'asdaqā'i. In the afternoons I love to spend time with my friends.
nahnu nataqābil fī l-maqhā. We meet in the coffeeshop.
hunā 'astatīca 'an 'abqā tuwāla l-masā'. Here I can stay all evening.
nahnu nashrabu l-qahwa, nalcabu l-duwmīnuw, wa natakallam. We drink coffee, play domino, and talk.
wa lākin cindamā yakūn butrus hunāk, 'anā 'ughādir. But when Butros is there, I leave.
cindamā yatakallam lā yastatīca 'ayyi shakhs 'an yatakallam. When he talks, nobody else can talk.
'anā 'azunn 'annahu yuhibb samac sawtahu. I think he loves to listen to his own voice.
'al-'asdiqā'u l-'akharūn hum 'asdiqā' qudāmā. The other friends are old friends.
hum mithla 'al-cā'ila. They are like a family.

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