My worst holidays ever

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Vocabulary and key phrases

ُ‫ﺍﻟﺮِّﺣْﻠَﺔُ ﺍﻟﻤُﻠْﻐﺎﺓ‬ the cancelled flight

al-rihlatou al-moulghatou They've cancelled my flight to Argentina!
.َ‫ﺃَﻟْﻐﻮﺍ ﺭِﺣْﻠَﺘﻲ ﺇِﻟﻰ ﺍﻷَﺭْﺟَﻨْﺘﻴﻦ‬
alghou rihlati ilal arjantina

ُ‫ﺍﻟﺮِّﺣﻠَﺔُ ﺍﻟﻤُؤَﺟَّﻠَﺔ‬ the delayed flight

al-rihlatou al-mou'ajalatou I'm late, because my flight was delayed.
.ْ‫ ﻷَﻥَّ ﺭِﺣْﻠَﺘﻲ ﺗَﺄَﺟَّﻠَﺖ‬،ُ‫ﺗَﺄَﺧَّﺮْﺕ‬
ta'akhartou li'ana rihlati ta'ajalat

ِ‫ﻓِﻘْﺪﺍﻥُ ﺍﻟﺤَﻘﻴﺒَﺔ‬ to lose your suitcase

fiqdanou al-haqibati Maria had to buy clothes, because they lost her
.‫ ِﻷَﻧَّﻬﺎ ﻓَﻘَﺪَﺕْ ﺣَﻘﻴﺒَﺘَﻬﺎ‬،ِ‫ﺇِﺿْﻄُﺮَّﺕْ ﻣﺎﺭِﻳﺎ ﺇِﻟﻰ ﺷِﺮﺍﺀِ ﺍﻟﻤَﻼﺑِﺲ‬ suitcase.
idtourat maria ila chira'i al-malabisi li'anaha
faqadat haqibataha

ِ‫ﺗَﺤْﻄﻴﻢُ ﺍﻟﺤَﻘﻴﺒَﺔ‬ to break your suitcase

tahtimou al-haqibati We made an official complaint, because they
.‫ ِﻷَﻧَّﻬُﻢ ﺣَﻄَّﻤﻮﺍ ﺣَﻘﻴﺒَﺘَﻨﺎ‬،ً‫ﻗَﺪَّﻣْﻨﺎ ﺷَﻜْﻮﻯ ﺭَﺳْﻤِﻴَّﺔ‬ broke our suitcase.
qadamna chaqwa rasmiyatan li'anahoum hatamou
haqibatana

ُ‫ﺍﻟﻮَﺯْﻥُ ﺍﻟﺰﺍﺋِﺪ‬ excess baggage

al-waznou al-za'idou I had to pay Eur80 for excess baggage.
.ِ‫ ﻳﻮﺭﻭ ﻣُﻘﺎﺑِﻞَ ﺍﻟﻮَﺯْﻥِ ﺍﻟﺰﺍﺋِﺪ‬80 ِ‫ﺇِﺿْﻄُﺮِﺭْﺕُ ﺇِﻟﻰ ﺩَﻓْﻊ‬
idtourirtou ila dafaei 80 yourou mouqabila al-wazni
al-za'idi

ِ‫ﺛِﻘْﺐُ ﺇِﻃﺎﺭِ ﺍﻟﺴَّﻴّﺎﺭَﺓ‬ to get a flat tyre

thiqbou itari al-sayarati He arrived late for the excursion because the
.‫ﻭَﺻَﻞَ ﻣُﺘَﺄَﺧِّﺮﺍً ﻋَﻠﻰ ﺍﻟﺮَّﺣْﻠَﺔِ ِﻷَﻥَّ ﺍﻟﺤﺎﻓِﻠَﺔَ ﺛُﻘِﺐَ ﺇِﻃﺎﺭُﻫﺎ‬ bus got a flat tyre.
wasala mouta'akhiran aala lil-rahlati li'ana
al-hafilata thouqiba itarouha

ِ‫ﺍﻟﺸُّﻌﻮﺭُ ﺑِﺎﻟﺪُّﻭﺍﺭ‬ to feel dizzy

al-chouaeourou bil-douwari I felt dizzy on the bus, because it was going too
.ً‫ ِﻷَﻧَّﻪُ ﻛﺎﻥَ ﻣُﺴْﺮِﻋﺎ‬،ِ‫ﺷَﻌَﺮْﺕُ ﺑِﺎﻟﺪُّﻭﺍﺭِ ﻋَﻠﻰ ﻣَﺘْﻦِ ﺍﻟﺒﺎﺹ‬ fast.
chaartou bil-douwari aala matni al-basi li'anahou
qana mousriaan

.ً‫ﺃَﻥْ ﻳَﻜﻮﻥَ ﻣَﻮْﻗِﻌُﻪُ ﺳَﻴِّﺌﺎ‬ to be badly located

an yaqouna mawqieouhou sayi'an The hotel was very badly located, it was far
.ِ‫ ﺇِﺫْ ﻛﺎﻥَ ﺑَﻌﻴﺪﺍً ﻋَﻦِ ﺍﻟﻤَﺪﻳﻨَﺔ‬،ً‫ﻛﺎﻥَ ﻣَﻮْﻗَﻊُ ﺍﻟﻔُﻨﺪُﻕِ ﺳَﻴِّﺌﺎ‬ from the city.
qana mawqieou al-foundouqi sayi'an iz qana
baeidan aanil madinati

ِ‫ﺑَﻌﻴﺪﺍً ﻋَﻦِ ﺍﻟﺸﺎﻃِﺊ‬ to be far from the beach

baeidan aanil chati'i On the website it said the hotel was next to the
.ً‫ ﻟَﻜِﻨَّﻪُ ﺑَﻌﻴﺪٌ ﺟِﺪّﺍ‬،ِ‫ ﻗﻴﻞَ ﺃَﻥَّ ﺍﻟﻔُﻨْﺪُﻕَ ﺑِﺠِﻮﺍﺭِ ﺍﻟﺸﺎﻃِﺊ‬،ِّ‫ﻓﻲ ﺍﻟﻤَﻮﻗَﻊِ ﺍﻹِﻟِﻜْﺘﺮﻭﻧِﻲ‬ beach, but it's very far.
fil-mawqaei al-iliqtrouniyi qila ana al-foundouqa
bijiwari al-chati'i laqinahou baeidon jidan

ُ‫ﻣُﻮَﻇَّﻔَﺔُ ﺍﻻﺳْﺘِﻘْﺒﺎﻝِ ﺍﻟﻔَﻈَّﺔ‬ the rude receptionist

mouwazafatou al-istiqbali al-fazatou The receptionist was very rude and unfriendly.
.ٍ‫ﻛﺎﻧَﺖْ ﻣُﻮَﻇَّﻔَﺔُ ﺍﻻﺳْﺘِﻘْﺒﺎﻝِ ﻓَﻈَّﺔً ﺟِﺪّﺍً ﻭَﻏَﻴْﺮَ ﻭَﺩﻭﺩَﺓ‬
qanat mouwazafatou al-istiqbali fazatan jidan

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ُّ‫ﺍﻟﻔَﻨﺎﻥُ ﺍﻟﺘَﺮْﻓﻴﻬِﻲُّ ﺍﻟﻤُﻤِﻞ‬ the boring entertainer

al-fananou al-tarfihiyou al-moumilou The hotel entertainers were very boring and
.َ‫ﻛﺎﻥَ ﻓَﻨﺎﻧﻮ ﺍﻟﻔُﻨْﺪُﻕِ ﻣُﻤِﻠّﻴﻦَ ﺟِﺪّﺍً ﻭَﻣُﺰْﻋِﺠﻴﻦ‬ annoying.
qana fananou al-foundouqi moumilina jidan wa
mouzaeijina

ِ‫ﻣُﺸﺎﺭَﻛَﺔُ ﺍﻟﺤَﻤﺎﻡ‬ to share the bathroom

moucharaqatou al-hamami I booked a room with an individual bathroom,
.ٍ‫ ﻟَﻜِﻦْ ﺣَﺼَﻠْﺖُ ﻋَﻠﻰ ﺣَﻤﺎﻡٍ ﻣُﺸْﺘَﺮَﻙ‬،ٍّ‫ﺣَﺠَﺰْﺕُ ﻏُﺮْﻓَﺔً ﻣَﻊَ ﺣَﻤﺎﻡٍ ﻓَﺮْﺩِﻱ‬ but I have a shared bathroom.
hajaztou ghourfatan maa hamamen fardiyen laqin
hasaltou aala hamamin mouchtaraqin

ٍ‫ﻻ ﻳﻮﺟَﺪُ ﺣَﻮْﺽُ ﺳِﺒﺎﺣَﺔ‬ not to have a swimming pool

la youjadou hawdou sibahaten I demand an explanation! The hotel was
،ِ‫ﺃُﻃﺎﻟِﺐُ ﺑِﺘَﻔْﺴﻴﺮٍ! ﻛﺎﻥَ ﻳُﻔْﺘَﺮَﺽُ ﺃَﻥْ ﻳَﻜﻮﻥَ ﻫُﻨﺎﻙَ ﺣَﻮْﺽُ ﺳِﺒﺎﺣَﺔٍ ﻓﻲ ﺍﻟﻔُﻨْﺪُﻕ‬ supposed to have a swimming pool, but it
.ٌ‫ﻟَﻜِﻦْ ﻻ ﻳﻮﺟَﺪُ ﺣَﻮْﺽ‬ didn't.
outalibou bitafsiren qana youftaradou an yaqouna
hounaqa hawdou sibahaten fil-foundouqi laqin la
youjadou
ٌ‫ﻣَﻠﻴء‬ hawdon to be full
mali'on I arrived at the hotel and it was full.
.ً‫ﻭَﺻَﻠْﺖُ ﺇِﻟﻰ ﺍﻟﻔُﻨْﺪُﻕِ ﻭَﻛﺎﻥَ ﻣَﻠﻴﺌﺎ‬
wasaltou ilal-foundouqi wa qana mali'an

ِ‫ﺍﻟﻤِﺼْﻌَﺪُ ﺧﺎﺭِﺝُ ﺍﻟﺨِﺪْﻣَﺔ‬ the out-of-order lift

al-misaadou kharijou al-khidmati The hotel lift was out-of-order.
.ِ‫ﻛﺎﻥ ﻣِﺼْﻌَﺪُ ﺍﻟﻔُﻨْﺪُﻕِ ﺧﺎﺭِﺝَ ﺍﻟﺨِﺪْﻣَﺔ‬
qana misaadou al-foundouqi kharija al-khidmati

ٌ‫ﻻ ﻳﻮﺟَﺪُ ﻣِﻴﺎﻩٌ ﺳﺎﺧِﻨَﺔ‬ there's no hot water

la youjadou miyahon sakhinaton Excuse me, there's no hot water in my room.
.‫ ﻻ ﻳﻮﺟَﺪُ ﻣِﻴﺎﻩٌ ﺳﺎﺧِﻨَﺔٌ ﻓﻲ ﻏُﺮْﻓَﺘﻲ‬،ً‫ﻋُﺬْﺭﺍ‬
aeouzran la youjadou miyahon sakhinaton fi
ghourfati

ُ‫ﺍﻟﻐُﺮْﻓَﺔُ ﺍﻟﻘَﺬِﺭَﺓ‬ the dirty room

al-ghourfatou al-qaziratou A four-star hotel and the room is dirty!
!ٌ‫ﻓُﻨْﺪُﻕٌ ﺃَﺭْﺑَﻊُ ﻧُﺠﻮﻡٍ ﻭَﻏُﺮْﻓَﺔٌ ﻗَﺬِﺭَﺓ‬
foundouqon arbaeou noujoumen wa ghourfaton
qaziraton

ٌ‫ﺍﻟﺘَّﺪْﻓِﺌَﺔُ ﻣُﻌَﻄﱠﻠَﺔ‬ the heating doesn't work

al-tadfi'atou mouatalaton Excuse me, the heating in room 321 doesn't
.ٌ‫ ﻣُﻌَﻄﱠﻠَﺔ‬321 ِ‫ ﺍﻟﺘَّﺪْﻓِﺌَﺔُ ﻓﻲ ﺍﻟﻐُﺮﻓَﺔ‬،ً‫ﻋُﺬْﺭﺍ‬ work.
aeouzran al-tadfi'atou fil ghourfati 321 mouatalaton

ُ‫ﺍﻟﻤَﻨﺎﺷِﻒُ ﺍﻟﻤُﺘَّﺴِﺨَﺔ‬ the dirty towels

al-manachifou al-moutasikhatou The towels in my room are dirty, they haven't
.‫ ﻟَﻢْ ﻳُﻐَﻴِّﺮﻭﻫﺎ‬،ٌ‫ﺍﻟﻤَﻨﺎﺷِﻒُ ﻓﻲ ﻏُﺮْﻓَﺘﻲ ﻣُﺘَّﺴِﺨَﺔ‬ changed them.
al-manachifou fi ghourfati moutasikhaton lam
youghayirouha

َ‫ﻋﺎﻣِﻠﻮ ﺍﻟﺘَّﻨْﻈﻴﻒِ ﺍﻟﻔُﻀﻮﻟِﻴّﻮﻥ‬ the indiscreet cleaning staff

aamilou al-tanzifi al-foudouliyouna The cleaning staff entered my room despite the
."ُ‫ﺩَﺧَﻞَ ﻋﺎﻣِﻠﻮ ﺍﻟﺘَّﻨْﻈﻴﻒِ ﻏُﺮْﻓَﺘﻲ ﺭُﻏْﻢَ ﻻﻓِﺘَﺔِ "ﻣَﻤْﻨﻮﻉٌ ﺍﻹِﺯْﻋﺎﺝ‬ "Do not disturb" sign.
dakhala aamilou al-tanzifi ghourfati roughma
lafitati mamnouaeon al-izaajou

ِ‫ﺍﻹِﺻﺎﺑَﺔُ ﺑِﺎﻹِﺳْﻬﺎﻝ‬ to have diarrhoea

al-isabatou bil-ishali Excuse me, I've had diarrhoea due to the hotel
.ِ‫ ﺃُﺻِﺒْﺖُ ﺑِﺎﻹِﺳْﻬﺎﻝِ ﻧَﺘﻴﺠَﺔَ ﻃَﻌﺎﻡِ ﺍﻟﻔُﻨْﺪُﻕ‬،ً‫ﻋُﺬْﺭﺍ‬ food.
aeouzran ousibtou bil-ishali natijata taami
al-foundouqi

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ُّ‫ﺍﻟﻐِﺶ‬ to deceive
al-ghichou I feel deceived!
!ِّ‫ﺷَﻌَﺮْﺕُ ﺑِﺎﻟﻐِﺶ‬
chaartou bil-ghichi

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Dialogue

.‫ ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤﺎ ﻳُﺤﺎﻭِﻝُ ﻣُﻮَﻇَّﻒُ ﺍﻻﺳْﺘِﻘْﺒﺎﻝِ ﻣَﻨْﻌَﻬﺎ‬،ً‫ﺗُﺤﺎﻭِﻝُ ﺯَﺑﻮﻧَﺔٌ ﻏﺎﺿِﺒَﺔٌ ﺃَﻥْ ﺗُﻘَﺪِّﻡَ ﺷَﻜْﻮﻯ ﺭَﺳْﻤِﻴَّﺔ‬ An angry customer tries to make an official complaint,
while the receptionist tries to prevent her.
ٌ‫ ﺣَﺠَﺰْﺕُ ﻏُﺮْﻓَﺔً ﻣَﻊَ ﺣَﻤﺎﻡٍ ﻓَﺮﺩِﻱٍّ ﻭﺗَﺒَﻴَّﻦَ ﺃَﻧَّﻪُ ﺣَﻤﺎﻡ‬.ً‫ ﺃُﺭﻳﺪُ ﺗَﻘْﺪﻳﻢَ ﺷَﻜْﻮﻯ ﺭَﺳْﻤِﻴَّﺔ‬:ُ‫ﺍﻟﺰَّﺑﻮﻧَﺔ‬
.ٌ‫ﻣُﺸْﺘَﺮَﻙ‬ Customer: I want to make an official complaint. I
booked a room with an individual bathroom and I've
.ٌ‫ ﻟَﻜِﻦْ ﺍﻟﻐُﺮَﻑُ ﻣَﻊَ ﺍﻟﺤَﻤﺎﻣﺎﺕِ ﺍﻟﻔَﺮْﺩِﻳَّﺔِ ﻣَﻠﻴﺌَﺔ‬،ٌ‫ ﺃَﻧﺎ ﺁﺳِﻒ‬:ِ‫ﻣُﻮَﻇَّﻒُ ﺍﻻﺳْﺘِﻘْﺒﺎﻝ‬ been given one with a shared bathroom.
Receptionist: I'm sorry, but all the rooms with
.ً‫ ﺃَﻭَﺩُّ ﺃَﻥْ ﺃُﻗَﺪِّﻡَ ﺷَﻜْﻮﻯ ﺭَﺳْﻤِﻴَّﺔ‬،ُ‫ ﻟِﻬَﺬﺍ ﺍﻟﺴَّﺒَﺐ‬:ُ‫ﺍﻟﺰَّﺑﻮﻧَﺔ‬ individual bathrooms are full.
Customer: That's why I want to make an official
.ِ‫ ﻋَﻠﻰ ﺯِﻳﺎﺭَﺗِﻚِ ﺍﻟﻤُﻘْﺒِﻠَﺔ‬25% َ‫ ﺳَﻴَﻤْﻨَﺤُﻚِ ﺍﻟﻔُﻨْﺪُﻕُ ﺣَﺴْﻢ‬:ِ‫ﻣُﻮَﻇَّﻒُ ﺍﻻﺳْﺘِﻘْﺒﺎﻝ‬ complaint.
Receptionist: The hotel will give you a 25% discount
.َ‫ ﺃُؤَﻛِّﺪُ ﻟَﻚَ ﺃَﻧَّﻬﺎ ﺳَﺘَﻜﻮﻥُ ﺍﻟﺰِّﻳﺎﺭَﺓَ ﺍﻷَﺧﻴﺮَﺓ‬:ُ‫ﺍﻟﺰَّﺑﻮﻧَﺔ‬ on your next visit.
Customer: I assure you there won't be any next visit.

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‫‪Please choose the correct answer‬‬

‫‪ .1‬ﺃَﻱَّ ﻧَﻮْﻉٍ ﻣِﻦَ ﺍﻟﻐُﺮَﻑِ ﺃَﺭﺍﺩَﺕِ ﺍﻟﺰَّﺑﻮﻧَﺔُ؟‬

‫‪ً.‬ﻨﺎﺣﺎِﺟ ُﺔَﺑﻮﻧَّﺍﻟﺰ ِﺕَﺭﺍﺩَﺃ ‪a.‬‬
‫‪ٍّ.‬ﻱِﺮﺩَﻓ ٍﻤﺎﻡَﺣ َﻊَﻣ ًﺔَﻓْﺮُﻏ ُﺔَﺑﻮﻧَّﺍﻟﺰ ِﺕَﺭﺍﺩَﺃ ‪b.‬‬
‫‪ٍ.‬ﻙَﺮَﺘْﺸُﻣ ٍﻤﺎﻡَﺣ َﻊَﻣ ًﺔَﺮﻓُﻏ ُﺔَﺑﻮﻧَّﺍﻟﺰ ِﺕَﺭﺍﺩَﺃ ‪c.‬‬

‫‪ .2‬ﻟِﻢَ ﻟَﻢْ ﺗَﺤْﺼَﻞِ ﺍﻟﺰَّﺑﻮﻧَﺔُ ﻋَﻠﻰ ﺍﻟﻐُﺮْﻓَﺔِ ﺍﻟﻤَﻄْﻠﻮﺑَﺔِ؟‬

‫‪ِ.‬ﻉْﻮَّﺍﻟﻨ ﺬﺍَﻫ ْﻦِﻣ ًﻓﺎَﺮُﻏ ُﻚِﻠْﻤَﻳ ﻻ َﻕُﺪْﻨُﺍﻟﻔ َّﻥَﻷِ ‪a.‬‬
‫‪ِ.‬ﺰْﺠَﺍﻟﺤ َﺪْﻨِﻋ ًﺄَﻄَﺧ َﻑَﺮَﺘْﺍﻗ ِﺒﺎﻝْﻘِﺘْﺍﻻﺳ َﻒَّﻇَﻮُﻣ َّﻥَﻷِ ‪b.‬‬
‫‪ً.‬ﺮﺍِّﻓَﻮَﺘُﻣ ْﻦُﻜَﻳ ْﻢَﻟ ِﻠﻮﺏْﻄَﺍﻟﻤ ِﺔَﻓْﺮُﺍﻟﻐ َﻉْﻮَﻧ َّﻥَﻷِ ‪c.‬‬

‫‪ .3‬ﻫَﻞْ ﺗَﻈُﻦُّ ﺍﻟﺰَّﺑﻮﻧَﺔَ ﺭﺍﺿِﻴَﺔً ﻋَﻦِ ﺍﻟﺤَﺴْﻢِ؟‬

‫‪َ.‬ﻞِﺒْﻘُﺍﻟﻤ َﺒﻮﻉْﺳُﺍﻷ ِﺓَﺩْﻮَﺍﻟﻌ ﻓﻲ ُﺮِّﻜَﻔُﺗ َﺔَﺑﻮﻧَّﺍﻟﺰ َّﻥَﺃ ﻰّﺘَﺣ ‪ْ،‬ﻢَﻌَﻧ ‪a.‬‬
‫ْﻢَﻌَﻧ ‪b.‬‬
‫ﻻ ‪c.‬‬

‫)‪Answers: 1(b): 2(c): 3(c‬‬

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