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The Old Bookshop
مَكْتَبَةُ الْكُتُبِ الْقَدِيمَةِ
Level B1 · ~4 min read · 12 key words
Opening lines
فِي زُقَاقٍ ضَيِّقٍ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ الْقَدِيمَةِ تُوجَدُ مَكْتَبَةٌ صَغِيرَةٌ يَمْلِكُهَا رَجُلٌ عَجُوزٌ اسْمُهُ أَبُو سَعِيدٍ. الْمَكْتَبَةُ مَمْلُوءَةٌ بِالْكُتُبِ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ إِلَى السَّقْفِ.
Transliteration
fī zuqāqin ḍayyiqin fī al-madīnati al-qadīmati tūjadu maktabatun ṣaghīratun yamlikuhā rajulun ʿajūzun ismuhu Abū Saʿīdin. al-maktabatu mamlūʾatun bil-kutubi mina al-arḍi ilā as-saqfi.
English translation
In a narrow alley in the old city, there is a small bookshop owned by an old man named Abu Said. The bookshop is filled with books from floor to ceiling.
Sample vocabulary
هَذَا
hādhā
this (masculine)
يَعْرِفُ
yaʿrifu
he knows
يَجِدُ
yajidu
he finds
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