Moving into a new apartment

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the move; relocation
نقلةnaqle
The move is tomorrow.
النقلة بكرا.an-naqla bukra.
the furniture
عفشafsh
The furniture is in the room.
العفش بالغرفة.al-'afsh bil-ghurfeh
the owner
مالكmâlik
The owner is at the apartment.
المالك بالشقة.el-mâlek bishshi'a
the tenant
مستأجرmusta'jir
The tenant is waiting at the apartment.
المستأجر ناطر بالشقة.al-musta'jir nâTer bil-shaqqa.
the contract
عقد'aqd
The contract is on the table.
العقد عالطاولة.al-'aqd 'al-tâwle.
the real-estate agent; broker
سمسارsimsâr
The real-estate agent saw the apartment.
السمسار شاف الشقة.as-samsâr shâf ash-shaqqa
the doorman; building porter
بوابbawwâb
The doorman is in the building.
البواب بالبناية.el-bawwâb bil-binâye.
the truck
شاحنةshâḥine
The truck is outside.
الشاحنة برا.ash-shâḥina barra.
the cardboard box
كرتونةkartôna
There are books in the cardboard box.
في كتب بالكرتونة.fi kutub bil-kartône
the adhesive tape
شريط لاصقsharît lâsi'
The adhesive tape is on the cardboard box.
الشريط اللاصق عالكرتونة.ash-sharîṭ el-lâṣeq 3al-kartôna
the load; cargo
حمولةḥumûle
The load is in the truck.
الحمولة بالشاحنة.el-ḥmoule bishshâḥne.
the weight
وزنwazn
The weight of the furniture is high.
وزن العفش كبير.wazn el-‘afsh kbir
the entrance
مدخلmadkhal
the storage room; warehouse
مستودعmustawda3
The storage room is in the building.
المستودع بالبناية.al-mustawda3 bil-binâye
heavy
تقيلti'il
The sofa is heavy.
الكنباية تقيلة.el-kanabâye ti'ile.
light (not heavy)
خفيفkhafîf
The chair is light.
الكرسي خفيف.el-kursi khafîf
wide; spacious
واسعwâse3
The building entrance is wide.
مدخل البناية واسع.madkhal el-binâye wâse3
The room is spacious.
الغرفة واسعة.il-ghurfeh wâs3a
narrow; tight
ضيقdayye'
The door is narrow.
الباب ضيق.il-bâb dayyi'
to move; relocate
انتقلintaqal
We moved last week.
انتقلنا الاسبوع الماضي.intaqalnâ el-usbou3 el-mâdi
The real-estate agent talked with the doorman before the tenant moved.
السمسار حكى مع البواب قبل ما ينتقل المستأجر.as-samsâr ḥaka ma3 al-bawwâb 'abl ma yinti'il al-musta'jir
to carry
حملhamal
I carried the cardboard box.
حملت الكرتونة.hamalt il-kartôneh
The truck carried the heavy load.
الشاحنة حملت الحمولة التقيلة.ash-shâḥine ḥamalat il-ḥumûle it-taqîle
I carried the light furniture onto the truck.
حملت العفش الخفيف عالشاحنة.hamalt al-'afash al-khafif 'ashshahne
The load is heavy, so the doorman carried it with the tenant.
وزن الحمولة كبير، فالبواب حملها مع المستأجر.wazn el-ḥmūle kbīr, fal-bawwâb ḥamalha ma' el-musta'jir
to pack; put in order
وضبwaddab
I packed my things in the bag.
وضبت اغراضي بالشنطة.waddabt aghrâdi bishshanta.
I packed the things in the box and sealed it with adhesive tape.
وضبت الاغراض بالكرتونة وسكرتها بالشريط اللاصق.waddabt al-aghrâd bil-kartôna w-sakkartha bish-sharît il-lâseq.
to unpack; empty
فرغfaragh
I unpacked the cardboard box in the room.
فرغت الكرتونة بالغرفة.farraghet il-kartôna bil-ghorfe.
We unpacked the boxes and put the things in storage.
فرغنا الكراتين وحطينا الاغراض بالمستودع.farraghna l-karâtîn w-ḥaṭṭêna l-aghrâd bil-mustawda3.
to measure
قاسqâs
I measured the door before the move.
قست الباب قبل النقلة.qist il-bâb abl in-naqle.
I measured the entrance before we carried the sofa because the door was narrow.
قست المدخل قبل ما نحمل الكنباية، لانه الباب ضيق.qist al-madkhal qabl ma nihmil al-kanabâye, la'anno al-bâb dayyiq.
to work out; suit
زبطzabat
The scheduled time for the move worked for us.
موعد النقلة زبط معنا.maw3ed en-naqle zabaṭ ma3na
The contract worked for the owner and tenant, and they put their signatures on it.
العقد زبط مع المالك والمستأجر، وحطوا توقيعهم عليه.al-3aqd zabaṭ ma3 al-mâlik wal-musta'jir, w-ḥaṭṭu tawqî3hom 3alêh
difficult
صعبsa3b
It is difficult to carry the sofa.
صعب نحمل الكنباية.sa3b nihmil il-kanabaye.
The move was difficult.
النقلة كانت صعبة.in-naqle kânet sa'be
different
مختلفmukhtalif
The apartments are different.
الشقق مختلفة.ash-shuqaq mukhtalifeh
This contract is different.
هاد العقد مختلف.hâd il-'aqd mukhtalif.
strange
غريبghareeb
The fault is strange.
العطل غريب.al-'atal ghrîb
The mechanic saw something strange.
الميكانيكي شاف شي غريب.il-mikaniki shâf shi ghrib.
safe
آمنâmin
The people are safe in the apartment.
الناس آمنين بالشقة.n-nâs âminîn bishshaqqa.
This entrance is safe.
هاد المدخل آمن.hâd il-madkhal âmin
easy
سهلsahl
The work is easy.
الشغل سهل.ash-shughul sahl
It is easy to carry the chair.
سهل نحمل الكرسي.sahl nihmil il-kursi.
to seem; appear
بانbân
The apartment seemed spacious.
الشقة بانت واسعة.ash-shaqqa bânat wâsi'a
It seemed that the repair was expensive.
بان انو التصليح غالي.bân inno it-tasliih ghâli
to allow
سمحsamah
The owner allowed the move.
المالك سمح بالنقلة.al-mâlik samah bil-naqle.
The doorman allowed us to enter.
البواب سمحلنا نفوت.al-bawwâb samaḥlna nfout
future
مستقبلmustaqbal
The future is good.
المستقبل منيح.al-mustaqbal mniih.
We are thinking about the future.
عم نفكر بالمستقبل.amm nfakker bil-mustaqbal.

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