On this half two submit, we’ll proceed listening to a clip in regards to the previous Damascus fashion homes and reply some questions. I’ve supplied the Arabic transcription that will help you observe alongside as you hearken to the audio system and an English translation under.
Once more, you may hear the reporter talking in Trendy Normal Arabic when describing these homes and Syrian Levantine Arabic from the 2 males being interviewed about their homes. 🙂
Earlier than we proceed, here’s a clip exhibiting the inside and exterior of Damascene homes.
Transcription: (Minute 1:04 until the tip)
Posts: On this case, a number of the companions of those homes shall be exploited in it, counting on the latter and guarding them despite the shortage of fabric safety.
: المتحدث الأول
The general public and the general public, with regards to what they’ll do, can do what they’ll, or what they’ll do from their service, safety, or discount. Abba Kabir, so Abi Kabir Ali Al-Alayh, for which he has a certain quantity of gratitude. The reducing of the thoughts إno I’m the one who is able to eat the great factor and full the remaining
: الثحدث الثاني
أنا سرلي ميق شا سونون هون شي تناعشر سنة بهدا البيت ، يعنى أنا ومرتي ، وكل يوم عن يوم امبشوف قدیش الفن السوري ، الحندسة السوري قديش عظيم. لأن اليوم
With all of the persuasions to the present ones, we have no idea that they’re constructed for human beings.
Al-Mursal: The arms of the distinguished and the main points of the attractive, a few of these homes of Damascus are imitated within the unique Syrian Syria to inform the story of the previous and the current
📝Questions:
Why did they depart his uncle and uncle within the first home?
How can the newcomer afford the primary care in the home?
What’s the age of the second al-Muhaddith together with his spouse in the home?
Based on the second innovator, is the brand new home stunning, the previous home is previous?
Why did the aunts and uncles of the primary speaker depart him the home?
How was the primary speaker in a position to deal with the home?
What number of years did the second speaker reside together with his spouse in the home?
Within the opinion of the second speaker, are the brand new homes as comfy because the previous homes?
Translation:
Reporter: Whereas some house owners of those homes determined to put money into them, others caught with them and determined to protect them regardless of the price of their bodily upkeep.
The primary speaker: When my aunts and uncles left it (the home) to me, they had been unable to deal with it, nor keep, or clear it. So, the home was deserted and subsequently massive components of it collapsed and it was a terrific burden, it created a terrific burden on the household as a result of nobody was in a position to restore it. The concept got here to me that I might flip it right into a restaurant to get the useful resource to finish its restoration.
The second speaker: I’ve been dwelling right here on this home for about twelve years, I imply, my spouse and I, and day-to-day, I see how Syrian artwork and Syrian engineering are nice. As a result of right this moment, with all of the applied sciences that exist, they have no idea easy methods to construct properties for the particular person wherein he’s comfy, as a lot because the particular person is comfy on this home.
Reporter: With their distinctive structure and exquisite particulars, a few of these conventional Damascene homes are nonetheless standing within the Syrian capital, telling the story of the previous and inhabiting the current.
