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Exercise 3

'innani 'imtalku sayyāra fīāt 'uwnuw wa hiyya 'al-'ān cumruhā 'ithnā cashar cāmān

I have a Fiat Uno, which now is 12 years old.

laqad kānat sayyāra jayyida jiddan li-sanawāt cadīda wa-rakhīsa bi-n-nisbat lil-binzīn

It has been a very good car for many years, and cheap with gas.

wa-lakinnahā 'al-'ān bada'ta tusbih mushkila wa-bihā bacda l-makhātir fî l-qiyyāda

But now it's becoming a problem, and a little bit dangerous to drive.

wa-lākin hattā fī misr haythu kull shay' rakhīs, fa-'inna 'islāhi s-sayyāra ghālī jiddan bin-nisbati lī

But even in Egypt, where everything is cheap, fixing the car is too expensive for me.

'actaqidu 'innanī māhir jiddan fī l-nawāhī l-fanniyya

I think I am quite clever with technical things.

li-dhālika sa'usallah l-muharrik wal-farāmil bi-nafsī

So I will fix the engine and the brakes by my own.

lā 'acrif idhā kuntu sa-'anjah 'am lā, calā 'ayya hāl sa'ukhbir kam fi-mā bacda

I don't know if I will succeed or not, any way I will tell you later.