Cyrine’s birthday is coming up at the end of the month. Her fiance Chady and best friend Hiba plan to throw her a surprise birthday party. To get ready, they have to decide on the location, timing, cake, and guests before Chady travels abroad for work! Tune in to this week’s episode of Language Wave to know how they will manage it all!
Lebanese Arabic Transcript and English Contextual Translation
شادي: مرحبا هبة، كيفك؟ ما بدي آخد كتير من وقتك، بس في مفاجأة لازم نحضرا سوا. عيد صديقتك المفضلة وخطيبتي، سيرين.
Chady: Hello Hiba, how are you? I do not want to take a lot of your time, but there is a surprise we have to plan together. It is the birthday of your best friend and my fiancée, Cyrine.
هبة: أهلًا شادي، أنا منيحة وإنت؟ لا ولا يهمك، عندي كتير أوقات فراغ اليوم. بس بدك نبلش تحضير عيد سيرين من هلأ؟ إذا مني غلطانة، بعد بكير.
Hiba: Hey Shady, I am good and you? Not at all, do not worry. I have a lot of free time today. But do you want us to start preparing for Cyrine’s birthday as of now? If I am not mistaken, it is still early.
شادي: منك غلطانة، عيدا آخر الشهر. بس أنا مسافر بعد كم يوم لجمعتين كرمال الشغل، وما رح أفضى كتير للموضوع. فقلت بتفق معك على أهم الإشيا. شو بدنا نعمل؟ وين بدنا نعيّد؟ ومين بدنا نعزم؟ هيك بطمن بالي من ناحية الحجوزات والعزايم، وبخلّص باقي التفاصيل لما إرجع من سفرتي.
Chady: You are not mistaken. Her birthday is not until the end of the month, but I am traveling in a couple of days for work for two weeks, and I will not have much time for this. Thus, I thought I could agree with you on the most important things. What are we going to do? Where are we going to celebrate? Whom are we going to invite? This way, I would relax regarding reservations and invitations, and I would finish the rest of the details when I come back from my trip.