{"id":21721,"date":"2021-10-06T06:00:34","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T06:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/?p=21721"},"modified":"2021-09-16T16:44:59","modified_gmt":"2021-09-16T16:44:59","slug":"the-old-damascene-house-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a8%d9%8a%d8%aa-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%af%d9%85%d8%b4%d9%82%d9%8a-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%82%d8%af%d9%8a%d9%85-part-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/the-old-damascene-house-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a8%d9%8a%d8%aa-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%af%d9%85%d8%b4%d9%82%d9%8a-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%82%d8%af%d9%8a%d9%85-part-two\/","title":{"rendered":"The Old Damascene House \u0627\u0644\u0628\u064a\u062a \u0627\u0644\u062f\u0645\u0634\u0642\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0642\u062f\u064a\u0645 Part Two"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In this part two post, we&#8217;ll continue listening to a clip about the old Damascus style houses and answer some questions. I have provided the Arabic transcription to help you follow along as you listen to the speakers and an English translation below. <\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Again, you&#8217;ll hear the reporter speaking in Modern Standard Arabic when describing these houses and Syrian Levantine Arabic from the two men being interviewed about their houses. ?<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Before we continue, here is a clip showing the interior and exterior of Damascene houses.<\/span><\/h3>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center\">?<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=br_yI6HiN_c&amp;list=LL&amp;index=1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Damascene house &#8211; \u0627\u0644\u0628\u064a\u062a \u0627\u0644\u062f\u0645\u0634\u0642\u064a<\/span><\/a>?<\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_21715\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21715\" class=\"wp-image-21715 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/09\/Damascene-house-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/09\/Damascene-house-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/09\/Damascene-house-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/09\/Damascene-house-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/09\/Damascene-house-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/09\/Damascene-house-rotated.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-21715\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image provided by Yasmine K.<\/p><\/div>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center\">?<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TVQF_7_LEYo&amp;list=LL&amp;index=2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0646\u0627\u0632\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u062f\u0645\u0634\u0642\u064a\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u062a\u0642\u0644\u064a\u062f\u064a\u0629 \u0637\u0627\u0628\u0639 \u0645\u0645\u064a\u0632 \u0648\u062a\u0631\u0627\u062b \u0639\u0631\u064a\u0642<\/span><\/a>?<\/h1>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Transcription: (Minute 1:04 till the end)<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0631\u0627\u0633\u0644: \u0648\u0641\u064a \u062d\u064a\u0646\u060c \u0642\u0631\u0631 \u0628\u0639\u0636 \u0623\u0635\u062d\u0627\u0628 \u0647\u0630\u0647 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0646\u0627\u0632\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u0627\u0633\u062a\u062b\u0645\u0627\u0631 \u0641\u064a\u0647\u0627\u060c \u062a\u0645\u0633\u0643 \u0622\u062e\u0631\u0648\u0646 \u0628\u0647\u0627 \u0648\u0642\u0631\u0631\u0648\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u062d\u0641\u0627\u0638 \u0639\u0644\u064a\u0647\u0627 \u0631\u063a\u0645 \u0643\u0644\u0641\u0629 \u0635\u064a\u0627\u0646\u062a\u0647\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0627\u062f\u064a\u0629<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>:\u0627\u0644\u0645\u062a\u062d\u062f\u062b \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0648\u0644<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>\u0639\u0645\u0627\u062a\u064a \u0648\u0639\u0645\u0648\u0645\u064a \u0648\u0642\u062a\u00a0 \u0644\u062a\u0631\u0643\u0648\u0644\u064a \u0645\u0627 \u0642\u062f\u0631\u0648\u0627 \u064a\u062a\u0645\u0643\u0646\u0648\u0627 \u0623\u0648 \u0645\u0627 \u0643\u0627\u0646\u0648\u0627 \u064a\u062a\u0645\u0643\u0646\u0648\u0627 \u0645\u0646 \u062e\u062f\u0645\u062a\u0647 \u0648\u0635\u064a\u0627\u0646\u062a\u0647 \u0623\u0648 \u062a\u0646\u0636\u064a\u0641\u0647\u060c \u0641\u0627\u0646\u0647\u062c\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0628\u064a\u062a \u0648\u0628\u0627\u0644\u062a\u0627\u0644\u064a \u0623\u0642\u0633\u0627\u0645 \u0643\u0628\u064a\u0631\u0629 \u0645\u0646\u0647 \u062a\u0639\u0631\u0636\u062a \u0644\u0644\u0627\u0646\u0647\u064a\u0627\u0631 \u0648\u0643\u0627\u0646 \u0641\u064a <\/strong><strong>\u0639\u0628\u0621 \u0643\u0628\u064a\u0631\u060c \u0633\u0648\u0649 \u0639\u0628\u0626 \u0643\u0628\u064a\u0631 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0627\u0626\u0644\u0629 \u0644\u0625\u0646\u0648 \u0645\u0627 \u062d\u062f\u0649 \u0642\u062f\u0631\u0627\u0646 \u064a\u0631\u0645\u0645\u0647. \u0641\u0631\u0648\u062f\u062a\u0646\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0641\u0643\u0631\u0629 \u0625\u0646\u0648 \u0623\u0646\u0627 \u0623\u062d\u0648\u0644\u0647 \u0644\u0645\u0637\u0639\u0645 \u0644\u0623\u062c\u064a\u0628 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0648\u0631\u062f \u0648\u0623\u0643\u0645\u0644 \u062a\u0631\u0645\u064a\u0645\u0647<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>:\u0627\u0644\u0645\u062a\u062d\u062f\u062b \u0627\u0644\u062b\u0627\u0646\u064a<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>\u0623\u0646\u0627 \u0635\u0631\u0644\u064a \u062a\u0642\u0631\u064a\u0628\u0627\u064b \u0633\u0627\u0643\u0646 \u0647\u0648\u0646 \u0634\u064a \u062a\u0646\u0627\u0639\u0634\u0631 \u0633\u0646\u0629 \u0628\u0647\u062f\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u0628\u064a\u062a\u060c \u064a\u0639\u0646\u064a \u0623\u0646\u0627 \u0648\u0645\u0631\u062a\u064a\u060c \u0648\u0643\u0644 \u064a\u0648\u0645 \u0639\u0646 \u064a\u0648\u0645 \u0639\u0645\u0628\u0634\u0648\u0641 \u0642\u062f\u064a\u0634 \u0627\u0644\u0641\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0648\u0631\u064a\u060c \u0627\u0644\u0647\u0646\u062f\u0633\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0648\u0631\u064a \u0642\u062f\u064a\u0634 \u0639\u0638\u064a\u0645. \u0644\u0623\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u064a\u0648\u0645<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>\u0628\u0643\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u062a\u0642\u0646\u064a\u0627\u062a \u0627\u0644\u064a \u0645\u0648\u062c\u0648\u062f\u0629 \u0645\u0627 \u0628\u064a\u0639\u0631\u0641\u0648\u0627 \u064a\u0639\u0645\u0631\u0648\u0627 \u0644\u0644\u0625\u0646\u0633\u0627\u0646 \u0628\u064a\u0648\u062a \u0628\u0643\u0648\u0646 \u0641\u064a\u0647\u0627 \u0645\u0631\u062a\u0627\u062d \u0642\u062f \u0645\u0627 \u0645\u0631\u062a\u0627\u062d \u0627\u0644\u0627\u0646\u0633\u0627\u0646 \u0641\u064a \u0647\u062f\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u0628\u064a\u062a<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0631\u0627\u0633\u0644: \u0628\u0647\u0646\u062f\u0633\u062a\u0647\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0645\u064a\u0632\u0629 \u0648\u062a\u0641\u0627\u0635\u064a\u0644\u0647\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u062c\u0645\u064a\u0644\u0629\u060c \u0644\u0627 \u062a\u0632\u0627\u0644 \u0628\u0639\u0636 \u0647\u0630\u0647 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0646\u0627\u0632\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u062f\u0645\u0634\u0642\u064a\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u062a\u0642\u0644\u064a\u062f\u064a\u0629 \u0635\u0627\u0645\u062f\u0629 \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0627\u0635\u0645\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0648\u0631\u064a\u0629 \u062a\u0631\u0648\u064a \u062d\u0643\u0627\u064a\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0627\u0636\u064a \u0648\u064a\u0633\u0643\u0646\u0647\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u062d\u0627\u0636\u0631<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0 ?Questions:<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>\u0644\u0645\u0627\u0630\u0627 \u062a\u0631\u0643\u0648\u0627 \u0644\u0647 \u0639\u0645\u0627\u062a \u0648\u0639\u0645\u0627\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u062a\u062d\u062f\u062b \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0648\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u0628\u064a\u062a\u061f<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>\u0643\u064a\u0641 \u0627\u0633\u062a\u0637\u0627\u0639 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u062a\u062d\u062f\u062b \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0648\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0646\u0627\u064a\u0629 \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0628\u064a\u062a\u061f<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>\u0643\u0645 \u0633\u0646\u0629 \u0639\u0627\u0634 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u062a\u062d\u062f\u062b \u0627\u0644\u062b\u0627\u0646\u064a \u0645\u0639 \u0632\u0648\u062c\u062a\u0647 \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0628\u064a\u062a\u061f\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: right\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>\u0628\u0631\u0623\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0645\u062a\u062d\u062f\u062b \u0627\u0644\u062b\u0627\u0646\u064a\u060c \u0647\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u0628\u064a\u0648\u062a \u0627\u0644\u062c\u062f\u064a\u062f\u0629 \u0645\u0631\u064a\u062d\u0629 \u0642\u062f \u0627\u0644\u0628\u064a\u0648\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0642\u062f\u064a\u0645\u0629\u061f<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Why did the aunts and uncles of the first speaker leave him the house?\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">How was the first speaker able to take care of the house?<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">How many years did the second speaker live with his wife in the house?\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the opinion of the second speaker, are the new houses as comfortable as the old houses?<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Translation:<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Reporter: While some owners of these houses decided to invest in them, others stuck with them and decided to preserve them despite the cost of their physical maintenance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The first speaker: When my aunts and uncles left it (the house) to me, they were unable to\u00a0 take care of it, nor maintain, or clean it. So, the house was abandoned and therefore large parts of it collapsed and it was a great burden, it created a great burden on the family because no one was able to restore it. The idea came to me that I would turn it into a restaurant to get the resource to complete its restoration.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The second speaker: I have been living here in this house for about twelve years, I mean, my wife and I, and day by day, I see how Syrian art and Syrian engineering are great. Because today, with all the technologies that exist, they do not know how to build homes for the person in which he is comfortable, as much as the person is comfortable in this house.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Reporter: With their distinctive architecture and beautiful details, some of these traditional Damascene houses are still standing in the Syrian capital, telling the tale of the past and inhabiting the present.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>I hope you enjoyed these two posts about \u0627\u0644\u0628\u064a\u0648\u062a \u0627\u0644\u062f\u0645\u0634\u0642\u064a\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u062a\u0642\u0644\u064a\u062f\u064a\u0629 as well as listening to the Syrian Levantine dialect \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647\u062c\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0634\u0627\u0645\u064a\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0648\u0631\u064a\u0629.\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>Till next week, happy Arabic learning! ?\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"233\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/10\/Damascene-house-1024x683-1-350x233.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/10\/Damascene-house-1024x683-1-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/10\/Damascene-house-1024x683-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/10\/Damascene-house-1024x683-1.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>In this part two post, we&#8217;ll continue listening to a clip about the old Damascus style houses and answer some questions. 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