Khalid’s house

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بَيْتُ

Person or thing

baytu

house (of)

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Khalid’s house is big and beautiful. The house is on Muhammad Iqbal Street. The house number is eighty-five (85). In front of the house is a spacious garden. Around the garden is a high wall. There are beautiful trees in the garden. The house consists of three floors. The house is near the mosque and far from the market. Khalid’s car is parked in front of the house.

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1
أَيْنَ بَيْتُ خَالِدٍ؟
ayna baytu Khālid?Where is Khalid’s house?
Answer
بَيْتُ خَالِدٍ فِي شَارِعِ مُحَمَّد إِقْبَال.
baytu Khālidin fī shāriʿi Muḥammad Iqbāl.
Khalid’s house is on Muhammad Iqbal Street.
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2
مَا رَقْمُ الْبَيْتِ؟
mā raqmu al-bayt?What is the house number?
Answer
رَقْمُ الْبَيْتِ خَمْسَةٌ وَثَمَانُونَ.
raqmu al-bayti khamsatun wa-thamānūna.
The house number is eighty-five.
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3
مَاذَا أَمَامَ الْبَيْتِ؟
mādhā amāma al-bayt?What is in front of the house?
Answer
أَمَامَ الْبَيْتِ حَدِيقَةٌ وَاسِعَةٌ.
amāma al-bayti ḥadīqatun wāsiʿatun.
In front of the house is a spacious garden.
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4
مَاذَا حَوْلَ الْحَدِيقَةِ؟
mādhā ḥawla al-ḥadīqah?What is around the garden?
Answer
حَوْلَ الْحَدِيقَةِ سُورٌ مُرْتَفِعٌ.
ḥawla al-ḥadīqati sūrun murtafiʿun.
Around the garden is a high wall.
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5
مَاذَا فِي الْحَدِيقَةِ؟
mādhā fī al-ḥadīqah?What is in the garden?
Answer
فِي الْحَدِيقَةِ شَجَرٌ جَمِيلٌ.
fī al-ḥadīqati shajarun jamīlun.
There are beautiful trees in the garden.
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6
كَمْ طَابِقًا لِلْبَيْتِ؟
kam ṭābiqan lil-bayt?How many floors does the house have?
Answer
لِلْبَيْتِ ثَلَاثَةُ طَوَابِقَ.
lil-bayti thalāthatu ṭawābiqa.
The house has three floors.
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هَلِ الْبَيْتُ قَرِيبٌ مِنَ السُّوقِ؟
hal al-baytu qarībun mina as-sūq?Is the house near the market?
Answer
لَا، الْبَيْتُ بَعِيدٌ عَنِ السُّوقِ.
lā, al-baytu baʿīdun ʿani as-sūq.
No, the house is far from the market.
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8
أَيْنَ تَقِفُ سَيَّارَةُ خَالِدٍ؟
ayna taqifu sayyāratu Khālid?Where is Khalid’s car parked?
Answer
تَقِفُ سَيَّارَةُ خَالِدٍ أَمَامَ الْبَيْتِ.
taqifu sayyāratu Khālidin amāma al-bayti.
Khalid’s car is parked in front of the house.
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