إيهابٌ يَجِبُ عَلَيْهِ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ أنْ يَذْهَبَ إلىَ الْعَمَلِ بِعَرِبَتِهِ         [click]

Ehab has to go every day to work with his car.

 عَرَبَتَهُ حَمْراءُ وَصَغيرَةٌ وَقَديمَةٌ        [click]

His car is red and small and old.

  لَكِنْ إيهابٌ يُحِبُّها جِداً وَيُسَمّيها حَبيبَةُ      [click]

But Ehab likes it a lot and calls it "habyba".

 حَبيبَةُ تُحِبُّهُ كَذَلِكَ لَكِنَّها لا تُحِبُّ اَلطَّريقَ لِعَمَلِ إيهابِ        [click]

Habyba likes him also but she doesn't like the way to Ehab's work.

  كُلَّ يَوْمٍ حَبيبَةُ، عَرَبَةُ إيهابِ، يَجِبُ عَلَيْها أنْ تَصْعَدَ جَبَلاً مُرْتَفِعاً جِداً        [click]

Every day habyba, Ehab's car, has to go up a very high mountain.

  هَذا الْجَبَلُ اِسْمُهُ جَبَلُ زينَةَ، لِأنَّ زينَةَ اِسْمُ الْبَلَدِ الّتي يَسْكُنُ فيها إيهابٌ        [click]

The name of the mountain is the "mountain of Zina" because Zina is the name of the town that   Ehab lives in.

 جَبَلُ زينَةَ لَهُ شارِعٌ طَويلٌ مُنْحَدِرٌ يَدورُ حَوْلَ  الجَّبَل بِأكْمَلِـهِ         [click]

The "mountain of Zina" has a long steep street which goes around the entire mountain.

 شارِعُ زينَةَ شارِعٌ خَطيرٌ لِلّذي لا يَعْرِفُهُ جَيِّداً        [click]

The street of Zina is a dangerous street for he who does not know it well.

 إيهابٌ وَحَبيبَةُ يَعْرِفانِ الطَّريقَ جَيِّداً         [click]

Ehab and Habyba know the way very well.

 هُما يَمُرّانِ مِنْ هَذا الطّريقِ لِمُدَّةِ عِشْرينَ سَنَةً كُلَّ يَوْمٍ        [click]

They have been going this way twenty years every day.

  لِمُدَّةِ عِشْرينَ سَنَةً زَوٍجَةُ إيهابِ لا تُحِبُّ هَذا الشّارِعَ      [click]

For a period of twenty years Ehab's wife does not like this street.

  سُكّانُ بَلـَدِ زينَةَ  كَذَلِك لا يُحِبّونَ هَذا الشّارَعَ       [click]

The residents of the town of Zina also dislike this street.

 لَكِنْ مُديرُ إيهابِ بَنىَ مَكْتَبَهُ فَوْقَ جَبَلِ زينَةَ        [click]

But Ehab's boss built his office over the mountain of Zina.

 ما هُوَ الْحَلُّ؟        [click]

What is the solution?

 اَلـْحـَلُّ بـِالنـِّسـْبـَةِ لـِإيـهابَ وَلـِزَوْجـَتـِهِ وَلـِسـُكـّانِ زَيـْنـَةَ وَلـِحـَبيبـَةَ  هـُوَ أنْ يـَعيشوا عـَلىَ أعـْلىَ الْجـَبـَلِ   
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The solution is for Ehab, his wife, the residents of Zina, and Habyba to live at the top of   the mountain.

 Questions with answers   

كَيْفَ يَذْهَبُ إيهابٌ لِلْعَمَلِ؟        [click]

Q:  How does Ehab go to work?

A:   إيهابٌ يّذهَبُ إلىَ الْعَمَلِ بِعَرَبَتِهِ Ehab goes to work with his car.

ما اِسْمُ الْبـَلـَدِ الَتي يَسْكُنُ فيها؟        [click]

Q:  What is the name of the town he lives in?

A:  زينةُ اِسْمُ الْبَلـَدِ اَلّتي يَسْكُنُ فيها إيهابٌ     Zina is the name of the town that Ehab lives in.

ما الَذي لا يُحِبُّهُ سُكـّانُ بَلـَدِهِ؟        [click]

Q:  What do the residents of his town dislike?

A:  سُكّانُ بَلـَدِ زينَةَ لا يُحِبُّونَ الشّارِعَ الّذي عَلىَ الجَّبَلِ     The inhabitants of Zina do not like the street that is on the mountain.

كَمْ سَنَةً مَضَتْ وَإيهابٌ يَطْلَعُ الْجَبَلَ بِعَرَبَتِهِ؟        [click]

Q:  How many years has Ehab been driving up the mountain?

A:  عِشْرونَ عاماً وَهُوَ يَطْلَعُ هَذا الجَّبَلَ     Twenty years and he is going up the mountain.

اِوْصِفْ الشّارِعَ عَلىَ الْجَبَلِ        [click]

Q:  Describe the street on the mountain.

A:  الشّارعُ طَويلٌ و مُنْحَدِرٌ و يَدورُ حَوْلَ الجَّبَلِ بِأكْمَلِهِ     The street is long, steep, and goes around the entire mountain.