Personal Practice

Listening - Dialogue C

Listen to the dialogue and then answer the questions below.

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  1. What is the first speaker's name?
    Feedback ImageShahira
    Feedback ImageMarra
    Feedback ImageSamira
  2. What is the second speaker's name?
    Feedback ImageShahira
    Feedback ImageMarra
    Feedback ImageSamira
  3. The first speaker does not understand something the second speaker says. What is it?
    Feedback Imagethe second speaker's greeting
    Feedback Imagethe second speaker's name
    Feedback Imagethe second speaker's request to repeat something
  4. What are the final words of these two speakers to each other?
    Feedback ImageGoodbye
    Feedback Image(Have a) good evening
    Feedback ImageNice to meet you

Explanation

  1. Shahira is the name of the second speaker, but the first speaker gives her name before Shahira does. Listen for when the first speaker says ismi... ...اسمي. marra مرّة is not a name. It is the first word in the phrase marra thaaniyya مرّة ثانية "again".
  2. marra مرّة is not a name. It is the first word in the phrase marra thaaniyya مرّة ثانية "again". Samira is the name of the first speaker, but the second speaker says her name later in the dialogue. Listen for when the first speaker says ismi... ...اسمي.
  3. The first speaker makes her request after the second speaker says, "ismi shahiira اسمي شهيرة." The first speaker is the only one who makes this request in the dialogue; the second speaker does not.
  4. We do not hear the speakers say maca ssalaama مع سلامة and allah yisallimik الله يسلّمك "goodbye" or masaa' il-kheer مساء الخير and masaa' in-nuur مساء النور "good evening".

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