Games with Luke's English Podcast - Advanced Listening Practice

Anna: You are listening to the English Like A Native Podcast, a

Anna: Qed tisma’ l-Ingliż Like A Native Podcast,

listening resource for intermediate and advanced level English learners.

riżors ta’ smigħ għal studenti ta’ livell intermedju u avvanzat tal-Ingliż.

Today is a very special episode as we are joined by one of my favourite

Illum huwa episodju speċjali ħafna peress li jingħaqad ma' wieħed mill

guests, Luke from Luke's English Podcast, which is an incredible podcast

-mistednin favoriti tiegħi, Luke mill-Podcast bl-Ingliż ta' Luke, li huwa podcast inkredibbli

that you should all have a listen to.

li għandek tisimgħu lkoll.

So in today's podcast, we are going to deep dive into a much

Għalhekk fil-podcast tal-lum, se nidħlu fil-fond

loved British pastime, board games.

f’pastime Brittaniku tant maħbub, board games.

It's gonna be fun.

Ikun pjaċevoli.

Without further ado, let's roll.

Mingħajr aktar dewmien, ejja roll.

What do you do when you are with company, say your family or your friends, and

X'tagħmel meta tkun mal-kumpanija, ngħidu aħna l-familja tiegħek jew sħabek, u

the conversation has begun to dry up and you are feeling a little bit bored?

l-konversazzjoni bdiet tinxef u tkun qed tħossok xi ftit iddejjaq?

Well, you may decide to rummage around in the cupboard, to dig out and dust

Ukoll, inti tista 'tiddeċiedi li rummage madwar fl-armarju, biex tħaffer u trab

off a board game to pass the time.

off logħba tal-bord biex tgħaddi l-ħin.

In the UK, dice rolling, card shuffling, and arguing about who's

Fir-Renju Unit, it-tidwir tad-dadi, it-tfixkil tal-karti, u l-argument dwar min

cheating is a much loved pastime.

qed iqarraq huwa pastime maħbub ħafna.

And here for a second time to discuss the ins and outs, the ups and downs of board

U hawn għat-tieni darba biex niddiskutu l-iżvantaġġi, it-tlugħ u l-inżul tal

games is Luke from Luke's English Podcast.

-logħob tal-bord huwa Luke minn Luke's English Podcast.

Welcome back Luke.

Merħba lura Luke.

Luke: Hi Anna.

Luke: Hi Anna.

Thanks for having me back.

Grazzi talli ħadni lura.

Anna: Oh, thank you for returning.

Anna: Oh, grazzi talli rritornajt.

I haven't scared you off that's the important thing.

Ma bżajtx dik hija l-importanti.

Luke: No, this is a great topic.

Luke: Le, dan huwa suġġett kbir.

Yeah, I love board games.

Iva, inħobb il-logħob tal-bord.

Anna: You do.

Anna: Inti tagħmel.

You have a big love of Monopoly.

Għandek imħabba kbira lejn il-Monopolju.

Luke: Yeah.

Luke: Iva. Allura aħna biss tkellimna dwar Monopoly f'ċertu tul fuq l-ispettaklu tiegħi, għamilna aktar minn siegħa ta '

So we just talked about Monopoly at some length on my show, we did over an hour's

worth of conversation only about Monopoly.

konversazzjoni biss dwar Monopoly.

Anna: Yeah.

Who would've thought there was so much to say about the game?

Anna: Iva.

Min kien ħaseb li kien hemm tant xi jgħid dwar il-logħba?

Luke: Well, yeah.

Luke: Tajjeb, iva.

It is actually a fascinating game, as we've just discussed with all of

Fil-fatt hija logħba affaxxinanti, kif għadna kif iddiskutejna ma

the different strategies, the sort of statistics, the mathematics, the politics,

’ l-istrateġiji differenti kollha, it-tip ta’ statistika, il-matematika, il-politika,

the things it says about society and yeah, all the things we are getting

l-affarijiet li tgħid dwar is-soċjetà u iva, l-affarijiet kollha li qed nieħdu

wrong, that everyone gets wrong when they play it, and all those other things.

ħażin, li kulħadd jiġrilha ħażin meta jilagħbuha, u dawk l-affarijiet l-oħra kollha.

Anna: A really important strategy that I think we've taken away from

Anna: Strateġija tassew importanti li naħseb li ħadna minn

that particular episode that anyone who's interested in Monopoly should

dak l-episodju partikolari li kull min hu interessat fil-Monopoly

definitely go and listen to the episode just to learn the strategy, if not to

żgur li għandu jmur jisma' l-episodju biss biex jitgħallem l-istrateġija, jekk mhux biex

learn lots of fabulous English phrases.

jitgħallem ħafna frażijiet fabulous bl-Ingliż.

Luke: Yeah, absolutely.

Luke: Iva, assolutament.

Yeah.

Iva.

Anna: I'll put a link in the description so everyone can check that out later.

Anna: Se npoġġi link fid-deskrizzjoni biex kulħadd ikun jista' jiċċekkja dan aktar tard.

But do you play lots of games?

Imma int tilgħab ħafna logħob?

Do you have a game cupboard in your house?

Għandek cupboard tal-logħob fid-dar tiegħek?

Luke: Yeah, we do.

Luke: Iva, aħna nagħmlu.

So we've got, like the sort of bottom compartment of a cupboard in

Allura aħna ltqajna, bħall-tip ta 'kompartiment tal-qiegħ ta' cupboard fil-

my daughter's bedroom has got all the board games stuffed into it.

kamra tas-sodda ta 'binti għandu l-logħob tal-bord kollu mimli fih.

So yeah, we definitely have a games cupboard.

Mela iva, żgur għandna cupboard tal-logħob.

Back in my childhood home, when I was growing up, in my parents'

Lura fid-dar ta’ tfuliti, meta kont qed nikber, fid-

house, we had a kind of a wooden box.

dar tal-ġenituri tiegħi, kellna speċi ta’ kaxxa tal-injam.

Anna: Yeah.

Luke: And we would open up the wooden kind of a chest, and that was full of

Anna: Iva.

Luke: U konna niftħu l-għamla ta’ kaxxa tal-injam, u dik kienet mimlija bil-

all the different games and things, some of which have survived, including that

logħob u l-affarijiet differenti kollha, li wħud minnhom baqgħu ħajjin, inkluż dak is-

old monopoly set and various others.

sett ta’ monopolju antik u diversi oħrajn.

So, yeah.

Allura, iva.

Yeah.

Iva.

Anna: So we have a couple of spaces in our house where we keep our games

Anna: Mela għandna ftit spazji fid-dar tagħna fejn inżommu l-logħob tagħna

because I've, you know, got two young children and it is possibly the same...

għax jien, taf, sibt żewġt itfal żgħar u possibilment huwa l-istess...

you said yours is in your daughter's bedroom.

għidt li tiegħek qiegħed fil-kamra tas-sodda ta’ bintek.

I mean, the risk there, 'cause I think your daughter's quite young, the risk

Jiġifieri, ir-riskju hemm, għax naħseb li bintek hija pjuttost żgħira, ir-riskju

there is that they might take them out when they're exploring one day and you're

hemm li jistgħu joħorġuhom meta xi darba jkunu qed jesploraw u

not looking, and then you find that there are lots of pieces missing or shoved into

ma tkunx qed tfittex, u mbagħad issib li hemm ħafna biċċiet nieqsa jew imbuttata f'ħafna

lots of different places all mixed up.

postijiet differenti kollha mħallta.

So we have been separating our stuff for a while, with the

Għalhekk ilna nisseparaw l-affarijiet tagħna għal xi żmien, bil-

majority of the games accessible in the kind of kiddie's play area.

maġġoranza tal-logħob aċċessibbli fit-tip ta 'żona tal-logħob tat-tfal.

We have those IKEA cupboards, you know, there's the, I think

Għandna dawk l-armarji tal-IKEA, tafu, hemm il-, naħseb li

they're called Kallax or something.

jissejħu Kallax jew xi ħaġa.

There's like, everyone has one of these cupboards in the UK if they

Hemm bħal, kulħadd għandu wieħed minn dawn l-armarji fir-Renju Unit jekk jixtru

shop at IKEA for any furniture, they all have these Kallax units.

minn IKEA għal xi għamara, kollha għandhom dawn l-unitajiet Kallax.

And we've got about five of them around the house.

U aħna għandna madwar ħamsa minnhom madwar id-dar.

So we just fill one of those with the accessible games that we don't mind

Mela nimlew biss wieħed minn dawk bil-logħob aċċessibbli li ma niddejqux li

the children just grabbing at will.

t-tfal jaqbduhom kif riedu.

And then we have an inaccessible cupboard that has all the more advanced games,

U mbagħad għandna cupboard inaċċessibbli li għandu l-logħob l-aktar avvanzat,

like the chess sets and things like that.

bħas-settijiet taċ-ċess u affarijiet bħal dawn.

Luke: Right.

Luke: Tassew.

Anna: And the jigsaw puzzles.

Anna: U l-jigsaw puzzles.

I'm a big fan of jigsaws.

Jien fan kbir ta' jigsaws.

How about you?

Luke: Oh, yeah, yeah.

U inti?

Luke: Oh, iva, iva.

I love a jigsaw, and of course it's very good that you keep the jigsaw puzzles

Inħobb jigsaw, u ovvjament huwa tajjeb ħafna li żżomm il-jigsaw puzzles '

away from the little kids because you cannot let any of those pieces go missing.

l bogħod mit-tfal żgħar għax ma tistax tħalli xi waħda minn dawk il-biċċiet tintilef.

Anna: No.

Luke: Because if you try and do a jigsaw and there's one piece missing, then ah,

Anna: Le Luke: Għax jekk tipprova tagħmel jigsaw u jkun hemm biċċa waħda nieqsa, allura ah,

that's the worst thing in the world.

dik hija l-agħar ħaġa fid-dinja.

Anna: Yeah, yeah.

Luke: A 1000-piece jigsaw has to be complete and if you put all that time into

Anna: Iva, iva.

Luke: Jigsaw ta’ 1000 biċċa trid tkun kompluta u jekk tpoġġi dak il-ħin kollu biex

doing it, and then at the end there's just one missing piece, it really ruins it.

tagħmel dan, u mbagħad fl-aħħar ikun hemm biċċa waħda nieqsa, tassew tħassarha.

But yeah, I do like a jigsaw.

Imma iva, nagħmel bħal jigsaw.

They, you know, it forces you to slow down and take the time to just

Huma, tafu, iġġiegħlek tnaqqas il-veloċità u tieħu l-ħin biex

focus on building that picture.

tiffoka biss fuq il-bini ta 'dik l-istampa.

And there are strategies involved as well in jigsaws.

U hemm strateġiji involuti wkoll fil jigsaws.

Anna: How do you do your jigsaws?

Anna: Kif tagħmel il-jigsaws tiegħek?

Luke: So you find all the edge pieces first, obviously.

Luke: Allura l-ewwel issib il-biċċiet kollha tat-tarf, ovvjament.

Anna: Of course.

Anna: Ovvjament.

Luke: Corner pieces are vital and then edges.

Luqa: Il-biċċiet tal-kantunieri huma vitali u mbagħad it-truf.

And then, well, you just do your best from there, don't you really?

U mbagħad, ukoll, tagħmel l-almu tiegħek minn hemm, hux veru?

Anna: Do you look at the picture?

Anna: Tħares lejn l-istampa?

Luke: Oh yeah, of course.

Luke: Oh iva, ovvjament.

Anna: Ah, see, the most fun is to spend about 60 seconds, before you

Anna: Ah, ara, l-aktar pjaċevoli huwa li tqatta' madwar 60 sekonda, qabel tibda

start, studying the picture, and then you never look at it again.

, tistudja l-istampa, u mbagħad qatt ma terġa' tħares lejha.

Luke: Oh my God.

Luke: Oh Alla tiegħi.

But that's too difficult, surely.

Imma dan huwa diffiċli wisq, żgur.

Anna: Well, if you...

Anna: Tajjeb, jekk int...

it depends on the jigsaw.

jiddependi mill-jigsaw.

We once did a jigsaw of the Rosetta Stone, and actually, I think that's

Darba għamilna jigsaw tal-Ġebla Rosetta, u fil-fatt, naħseb li dak

the one jigsaw that defeated us.

jigsaw wieħed li għelibna.

We had to first look at the picture and even then we couldn't get it.

L-ewwel kellna nħarsu lejn l-istampa u lanqas allura ma stajniex niksbuha.

So we ended up putting that one away.

Allura spiċċajna npoġġu dak wieħed.

But often we will just study the picture initially and then put it

Iżda ħafna drabi aħna se nistudjaw l-istampa inizjalment u mbagħad inpoġġuha

away and then try and figure it out without ever looking at the picture.

bogħod u mbagħad nippruvaw nifhmuha mingħajr qatt ma nħarsu lejn l-istampa.

It does take a long time.

Huwa jieħu ħafna żmien.

It will often take maybe a week or two, which now, because we've got

Ħafna drabi se tieħu forsi ġimgħa jew tnejn, li issa, għax għandna

the kids, we can't just leave it out on the table 'cause the kids

t-tfal, ma nistgħux inħalluha barra fuq il-mejda għax it-tfal

will be like, "oh, what's this?

se jkunu bħal, "oh, x'inhu dan?

I help, I help."

Ngħin, jien għajnuna."

Putting them everywhere.

Tpoġġihom kullimkien.

Luke: Mm-hmm.

Luqa: Mm-hmm.

Anna: But we did just buy one of these mats.

Anna: Imma xtrajna waħda minn dawn it-twapet.

And, sorry, this is jigsaws.

U, skużani, dan huwa jigsaws.

This is completely off topic, but anyway, we bought one of these

Dan huwa kompletament barra mis-suġġett, iżda xorta waħda, xtrajna wieħed minn dawn it

mats that you can roll up with a big inflatable like sausage.

-twapet li tista 'tirrombla ma' li jintefħu kbir bħal zalzett.

You lay the jigsaw out on the mat, and then when you finished for that

Tpoġġi l-jigsaw fuq it-tapit, u mbagħad meta spiċċajt għal dik is

session, you just roll it very carefully around this inflatable sausage.

-sessjoni, tirromblaha b'attenzjoni kbira madwar dan iz-zalzett li jintefħu.

And then just tie it off.

U mbagħad torbotha.

And then you can travel with it, take it with you, unroll it somewhere else.

U mbagħad tista’ tivvjaġġa magħha, teħodha miegħek, tneħħiha x’imkien ieħor.

Luke: Right.

Luke: Tassew.

So you're not restricted to just doing the jigsaw in this one location.

Allura int m'intix ristrett biss biex tagħmel il-jigsaw f'dan il-post wieħed.

Yeah.

Anna: Exactly.

Iva. Anna: Eżattament.

But for us, it's a protection thing to get it away from the kids.

Imma għalina, hija ħaġa ta' protezzjoni li nneħħiha mit-tfal.

Luke: Very good.

Luke: Tajjeb ħafna.

Very smart move.

Mossa intelliġenti ħafna.

Yeah,

Iva,

Anna: We would never buy jigsaws from a charity shop, as well.

Anna: Aħna qatt ma nixtru jigsaws minn ħanut tal-karità, ukoll.

Like we have a little jigsaw club in my group of friends

Bħal li għandna klabb żgħir tal-jigsaw fil-grupp ta' ħbieb tiegħi

locally and we swap jigsaws.

lokalment u nibdlu jigsaws.

So we're always on the lookout for good jigsaws in different,

Allura aħna dejjem qegħdin ifittxu jigsaws tajbin f'diversi,

like garden centres and shops.

bħal ċentri tal-ġonna u ħwienet.

But I would never buy from a charity shop because you can't guarantee if it's a

Imma qatt ma kont nixtri minn ħanut tal-karità għax ma tistax tiggarantixxi jekk hux

complete jigsaw, and I'm sure the charity shop don't say, "Hey Vera, can you just

jigsaw komplut, u żgur li l-ħanut tal-karità ma jgħidx, "Ħej Vera, tista' sempliċement

complete the puzzle and make sure it's complete before we put it for sale?"

tlesti l-puzzle u kun żgur li jkun komplut qabel inqiegħduha għall-bejgħ?"

But I did break my rule when recently visiting the charity shop to reward my

Imma jien kissejt ir-regola tiegħi meta dan l-aħħar żort il-ħanut tal-karità biex nippremja lis

boys who had slept through the night for five consecutive nights, got their

-subien tiegħi li kienu raqdu matul il-lejl għal ħames iljieli konsekuttivi, kisbu

little stars on their star chart, and I said, okay, five stars you can go

l-istilel żgħar tagħhom fuq it-tabella tal-istilla tagħhom, u għedt, okay, ħames stilel tista 'tmur

to the charity shop and pick anything.

għand il-karità. shop u pick xi ħaġa.

And while we were there, I saw a jigsaw, which was a map of the world, and I

U waqt li konna hemm, rajt jigsaw, li kien mappa tad-dinja, u ħsibt

thought, it's a little bit old for them at the moment, but wouldn't this be a

, huwa ftit qadim għalihom bħalissa, imma din ma tkunx ħaġa

great thing to help teach them geography?

kbira biex tgħinhom jgħallmu l-ġeografija?

So we bought it and broke it out with them.

Allura xtrajna u faqqitha magħhom.

We did it on the floor.

Għamilna fuq l-art.

The hardest jigsaw I think I've ever done.

L-aktar jigsaw diffiċli naħseb li qatt għamilt.

I had to actually look at the picture, because it's not a typical jigsaw shape.

Kelli fil-fatt inħares lejn l-istampa, għax mhix forma tipika ta’ jigsaw.

All the pieces are only the shape of the countries.

Il-biċċiet kollha huma biss il-forma tal-pajjiżi.

Luke: Ah, I see.

Luke: Ah, nara.

Anna: And so when you get to like Africa...

Anna: U allura meta tasal togħġob l-Afrika...

Luke: Yeah.

Luke: Iva.

Anna: And there's all these teeny, tiny little, you know,

Anna: U hemm dawn il-pajjiżi kollha ċkejkna, ċkejkna, taf

countries, all fit together.

, kollha jaqblu flimkien.

Luke: A lot of them are straight lines as well in Africa, in

Luke: Ħafna minnhom huma linji dritti wkoll fl-Afrika, fil

the central parts of Africa.

-partijiet ċentrali tal-Afrika.

Yeah.

Anna: It was so hard.

Iva. Anna: Kienet tant diffiċli.

So hard.

Allura diffiċli.

It is really good.

Huwa tassew tajjeb.

I mean, it was teaching me a thing or two about where places are.

Jiġifieri, kien jgħallimni xi ħaġa jew tnejn dwar fejn huma l-postijiet.

It makes you realise like, oh, I know where this place is.

Jagħmel inti tirrealizza bħal, oh, naf fejn hu dan il-post.

No, I actually don't.

Le, fil-fatt ma nagħmilx.

I've got no idea.

M'għandi l-ebda idea.

Luke: Yeah.

Luke: Iva.

Yeah.

My parents have got the same thing, but for all the counties in...

Iva. Il-ġenituri tiegħi għandhom l-istess ħaġa, iżda għall-kontej kollha fi...

Anna: Right.

Luke: In, I think it's only in England, just the English counties.

Anna: Tassew.

Luke: Fil, naħseb li huwa biss fl-Ingilterra, biss il-kontej Ingliżi.

And yeah, that's surprisingly difficult as well because you kind of think

U iva, dan huwa sorprendentement diffiċli wkoll għax taħseb li

you know them, but that's very hard.

tafhom, iżda dan huwa diffiċli ħafna.

Anna: I'm terrible at geography.

Anna: Jien terribbli fil-ġeografija.

Luke: Mm-hmm.

Luqa: Mm-hmm.

Anna: Absolutely terrible.

Anna: Assolutament terribbli.

So I wouldn't be able to do that.

Allura ma nkunx kapaċi nagħmel dan.

And the globe one ended up me, just me on the floor.

U l-globu wieħed spiċċa lili, jien biss fl-art.

The kids got bored, and so they were off doing their Play-Doh or whatever it was.

It-tfal niddejjaq, u għalhekk kienu qed jagħmlu l-Play-Doh tagħhom jew dak kollu li kien.

Luke: Yeah.

Anna: And I'm there doing this jigsaw on my own, on the floor and

Luke: Iva. Anna: U jien qiegħed hemm nagħmel dan il-jiggsaw waħdi, fl-art u

there were three pieces missing at the end, and I was just devastated.

kien hemm tliet biċċiet neqsin fl-aħħar, u kont biss meqruda.

But it turned out, They weren't missing, they were under the rug.

Imma rriżulta, Huma ma kinux neqsin, kienu taħt it-tapit.

The boys had helped me by stuffing them under the rug.

Is-subien kienu għenuni billi jimtlewhom taħt it-tapit.

Luke: Right, yeah.

Luke: Tassew, iva.

That's the thing with jigsaws, you've gotta watch out for all the pieces.

Dik hija l-ħaġa ma jigsaws, inti ħadthom trid toqgħod attent għall-biċċiet kollha.

But I do love jigsaws.

Imma jien inħobb jigsaws.

I love doing jigsaws of maps, but I will look at the picture.

Inħobb nagħmel jigsaws tal-mapep, imma se nħares lejn l-istampa.

You know, I don't consider that to be cheating 'cause ultimately if I

Taf, ma nqisx li qed iqarraq għax fl-aħħar mill-aħħar kieku kont

was doing it without looking at the picture, I would have a horrible time.

qed nagħmilha mingħajr ma nħares lejn l-istampa, kien ikolli żmien orribbli.

So why make life difficult for yourself, you know?

Allura għaliex tagħmel il-ħajja diffiċli għalik innifsek, taf?

Anna: Well, you should try it.

Anna: Ukoll, għandek tipprovaha.

Luke: I suppose so.

Luke: Nissuponi li hekk.

Anna: I challenge you.

Don't take a really hard picture that's just like clouds or waves.

Anna: Nisfidak.

Tiħux stampa tassew iebsa li tkun bħal sħab jew mewġ.

Luke: Yeah.

Anna: Or trees.

Luke: Iva.

Anna: Jew siġar.

Rose bushes.

Arbuxxelli tal-ward.

Just, you know, take something that's a mixture of things that you can figure out.

Biss, tafu, ħu xi ħaġa li hija taħlita ta 'affarijiet li tista' tara.

Luke: Mm-hmm.

Luqa: Mm-hmm.

Anna: You know, I think it's fun.

Anna: Taf, naħseb li huwa pjaċevoli.

Luke: Jigsaws with lots and lots of little details are great.

Luke: Jigsaws b'ħafna u ħafna dettalji żgħar huma kbar.

Anna: Mm-hmm.

Luke: Like one of my favourites is the Beatles Sergeant Pepper album cover.

Anna: Mm-hmm. Luke: Bħal waħda mill-favoriti tiegħi hija l-qoxra tal-album tas-Surġent Pepper tal-Beatles.

Anna: Yeah.

Luke: Because every single portion of that picture has got

Anna: Iva. Luke: Għax kull porzjon ta’ dik l-istampa fih

something interesting in it.

xi ħaġa interessanti.

Alexa: Someone's at the front door.

Anna: Sorry, Alexa is so rude.

Alexa: Xi ħadd fil-bieb ta’ barra.

Anna: Jiddispjaċini, Alexa hija daqshekk rude.

Luke: You are being interrupted by Alexa.

Luke: Inti qed tiġi interrott minn Alexa.

Anna: She always does this.

Anna: Hija dejjem tagħmel dan.

Luke: What's Alexa saying to you?

Luke: X'qed tgħidlek Alexa?

Anna: Someone's at the front door.

Anna: Xi ħadd fil-bieb ta’ barra.

Bing bong.

Bing bong.

Luke: This happened to us last time, Anna.

Luke: Dan ġralna l-aħħar darba, Anna.

Anna: It always happens.

I've unplugged her.

Anna: Jiġri dejjem.

Stajt splaggha.

Luke: Alexa is so helpful and yet unhelpful at the same time.

Luke: Alexa hija tant ta’ għajnuna u madankollu mhux ta’ għajnuna fl-istess ħin.

Anna: So, what was I talking about?

Anna: Allura, fuq xiex kont qed nitkellem?

I was doing a podcast when I was talking about how a lot of English words come from

Kont qed nagħmel podcast meta kont qed nitkellem dwar kif ħafna kliem bl-Ingliż ġejjin mill

Arabic or have a relationship to Arabic.

-Għarbi jew għandhom relazzjoni mal-Għarbi.

And I was going through the list and one of the words was elixir, an

U kont qed ngħaddi mil-lista u waħda mill-kliem kienet elixir,

elixir and she kept coming on going,

elixir u baqgħet ġejja,

"I'm sorry, I don't know that one right now."

"Jiddispjaċini, ma nafx dik issa."

Luke: Yeah.

Anna: I'm not talking to you!

Luke: Iva.

Anna: Jien mhux qed nitkellem miegħek!

Luke: I'll be teaching in class in, you know, in English lessons and I say

Luke: Inkun qed ngħallem fil-klassi fi, taf, fil-lezzjonijiet tal-Ingliż u ngħid

something that sounds like Hey, Siri.

xi ħaġa li tinstema’ bħal Ħej, Siri.

Oh!

Oh!

Anna: There we go.

Anna: Hemmhekk immorru.

Luke: Not talking to you now, doing a podcast.

Luke: Mhux qed nitkellem miegħek issa, tagħmel podcast.

Siri: Okay.

Siri: Tajjeb.

Luke: Okay, says Siri.

Luke: Tajjeb, tgħid Siri.

Anna: Brilliant.

Luke: Alright.

Anna: Brillanti.

Luke: Tajjeb.

And I'll say something that sounds like that and, and Siri steps in and

U jien ngħid xi ħaġa li tinstema bħal dik u, u Siri tidħol u

says, "I'm sorry, I can't find that.

tgħid, "Jiddispjaċini, ma nistax insibha.

Here are some results from the internet", or something like that.

Hawn xi riżultati mill-internet", jew xi ħaġa bħal dik.

It's always a hilarious moment.

Huwa dejjem mument divertenti.

Anna: Yeah.

Anna: Iva.

It's so rude.

It's so rude.

Huwa daqshekk rude.

Huwa daqshekk rude.

Someone should teach them some manners.

Xi ħadd għandu jgħallimhom xi manjieri.

Okay, so, jigsaws fantastic, but...

Okay, mela, jigsaws meraviljuż, imma...

Luke: Yeah.

Anna: What's your default, what's your go-to game when you're, say,

Luke: Iva.

Anna: X'inhi d-default tiegħek, x'inhi l-logħba tiegħek meta tkun, ngħidu aħna,

with your family or your friends?

mal-familja tiegħek jew mal-ħbieb tiegħek?

Luke: Well, obviously Monopoly, as we've said.

Luke: Ukoll, ovvjament Monopolju, kif għidna.

Anna: Yeah.

Luke: But other ones, Scrabble is a bit of a favourite, oh it's a tough one.

Anna: Iva. Luke: Imma oħrajn, Scrabble huwa daqsxejn favorit, oh huwa wieħed iebsa.

You know.

Inti taf.

Anna: What, Scrabble's a tough one?

Anna: Xi, Scrabble huwa wieħed iebsa?

Luke: Yeah.

Anna: Or the question's tough?

Luke: Iva. Anna: Jew il-mistoqsija hija iebsa?

Luke: Scrabble is, well, both the question is tough because there are

Luke: Scrabble huwa, ukoll, kemm il-mistoqsija hija iebsa għax hemm

many games I could talk about, but I realise there are only a certain number

ħafna logħob li stajt nitkellem dwarhom, imma nirrealizza li hemm biss ċertu numru

of minutes that we can do this for.

ta 'minuti li nistgħu nagħmlu dan għalihom.

But I mean, you know, we could do an hour on each game.

Imma ngħid, taf, nistgħu nagħmlu siegħa fuq kull logħba.

Anna: Why is Scrabble tough for you?

Anna: Għaliex Scrabble huwa iebes għalik?

Luke: Well, it's just, you know, words innit?

Luke: Ukoll, huwa biss, taf, kliem innit?

You know, just like, ahh...

Taf, bħal, ahh...

Anna: English words?

Anna: Kliem bl-Ingliż?

Luke: English words, spelling.

Luqa: Kliem bl-Ingliż, ortografija.

Anna: Yeah.

Luke: But it's tough because I'm competing against, probably my mum and dad.

Anna: Iva.

Luke: Imma iebsa għax qed nikkompeti kontra, aktarx ma’ ommi u missieri.

And my wife, now she is French, but she's so good at Scrabble

U marti, issa hi Franċiża, imma tant hi tajba fl-Scrabble

in English, it's frightening.

bl-Ingliż, hija tal-biża.

Yeah, I'm so ashamed of myself when I play against her and, and lose.

Iva, jien tant mistħija minni nnifsi meta nilgħab kontriha u, u nitlef.

I mean, you know, I suppose I shouldn't be, I should just be

Jiġifieri, taf, nissoponi li m'għandix inkun, għandi nkun

proud of my wife for being so good at Scrabble in a second language.

kburi biss b'marti talli tant tajba fi Scrabble fit-tieni lingwa.

We were on holiday in Brittany recently, and there was a Scrabble set in the room.

Konna fuq btala fi Brittany dan l-aħħar, u kien hemm Scrabble sett fil-kamra.

And it was a French Scrabble set.

U kien sett Scrabble Franċiż.

Anna: Ah.

Luke: You might think, well, the alphabet's the same, but like the number

Anna: Ah.

Luke: Inti tista 'taħseb, ukoll, l-alfabett huwa l-istess, iżda bħall-numru

of letters is, you know, the arrangement, the number of each letter is different.

ta' ittri huwa, taf, l-arranġament, in-numru ta 'kull ittra huwa differenti.

And in a French Scrabble set, just so many vowels, just,

U f'sett Scrabble Franċiż, daqstant vokali, biss,

it's just like too many vowels.

huwa biss bħal wisq vokali.

'cause you know, in French spelling, they use a lot more vowels.

għax taf, fl-ortografija Franċiża, jużaw ħafna aktar vokali.

Anna: Do you have the ones with the, the little, um...

Anna: Għandek dawk bil-, iċ-ċkejken, um...

Luke: Accents?

Luke: Aċċenti?

No, there are no accents.

Le, m'hemmx aċċenti.

They don't do accents, 'cause that would be too complicated.

Ma jagħmlux aċċenti, għax dan ikun ikkumplikat wisq.

But no, just, just way more vowels.

Imma le, biss, biss ħafna aktar vokali.

So I'm just like picking out my letters.

Allura jien qisni naqbad l-ittri tiegħi.

Just like, okay, E O U E.

Eżatt bħal, okay, EOU E.

Just O's U's and E's like millions of E's, and O'S and U's.

Biss O's U's u E's bħal miljuni ta' E's, u O'S u U's.

So that was complicated.

Allura dan kien ikkumplikat.

And of course, you know, we, I was like, oh, there's a Scrabble set here.

U ovvjament, taf, aħna, kont qisni, oh, hemm sett Scrabble hawn.

And my wife's like, should we play in English or French?

U marti bħal, għandna nilagħbu bl-Ingliż jew bil-Franċiż?

And you know, just, you know, it's sometimes hard for me to win in English.

U taf, biss, taf, xi drabi jkun diffiċli għalija li nirbaħ bl-Ingliż.

Yeah.

So there's really no chance of being able to win in French.

Iva. Allura m'hemm l-ebda ċans li tkun tista' tirbaħ bil-Franċiż.

But it's still a great game.

Imma xorta logħba kbira.

I do love like trying to find like the, it's not just about

Inħobb nipprova nsib bħall-, mhuwiex biss dwar

finding the long words, but finding clever ways to use little words,

is-sejba tal-kliem twil, iżda nsib modi għaqlija biex tuża kliem żgħir,

but maximise the extra points.

iżda timmassimizza l-punti żejda.

You know, if someone's put down a word with a Q in it or an X or something

Taf, jekk xi ħadd poġġa kelma b'Q fiha jew X jew xi ħaġa

like that, you can find a way to incorporate that X and get a triple

bħal dik, tista' ssib mod kif tinkorpora dik X u tikseb tripla

and land on a double at the same time.

u tinżel fuq double fl-istess ħin.

And then you can get a massive score if you're clever enough.

U allura tista 'tikseb punteġġ enormi jekk int għaqlija biżżejjed.

Anna: And if you struggle with spelling, 'cause I am really

Anna: U jekk tissielet mal-ortografija, għax tassew jien

not very good at spelling.

ma tantx tajjeb fl-ortografija.

I've improved a lot since teaching because I'm always looking at

Ttejjeb ħafna minn mindu tgħallem għax dejjem inħares lejn

and writing out notes and looking at words and teaching them.

u nikteb in-noti u nħares lejn il-kliem u ngħallimhom.

Luke: Mm-hmm.

Anna: But I'm dyslexic, so spelling has always been a bit of a weak point.

Luqa: Mm-hmm.

Anna: Imma jien dyslexic, allura l-ortografija dejjem kienet punt dgħajjef.

And I think I've often hidden behind that as an excuse.

U naħseb li spiss ħbejna wara dan bħala skuża.

Oh, I'm dyslexic, so I'm not gonna worry too much about it.

Oh, jien dyslexic, allura jien mhux ser ninkwieta wisq dwar dan.

But as a teacher, you try and hold yourself to account a bit more.

Imma bħala għalliem, tipprova żżomm lilek innifsek biex tagħti kont xi ftit aktar.

Luke: Mm-hmm.

Anna: And make sure what you're putting out is good.

Luqa: Mm-hmm.

Anna: U kun żgur li dak li qed toħroġ huwa tajjeb.

So I think I've learned a lot with that.

Allura naħseb li tgħallimt ħafna b'dan.

So I think maybe I'll be better at Scrabble now than I used to be.

Allura naħseb li forsi nkun aħjar fl-Scrabble issa milli kont inkun.

But you can get Junior Scrabble, can't you?

Imma tista 'tikseb Junior Scrabble, hux?

So if you're an English learner, maybe Scrabble would be a

Mela jekk int qed titgħallem l-Ingliż, forsi Scrabble tkun

good game for you to play.

logħba tajba għalik biex tilgħab.

Luke: Sure.

Anna: To help with your English.

Luke: Żgur. Anna: Biex tgħin bl-Ingliż tiegħek.

Luke: Absolutely.

Luke: Assolutament.

Anna: But perhaps a Junior Scrabble board initially would be good.

Anna: Imma forsi board Junior Scrabble inizjalment ikun tajjeb.

Luke: Yeah, yeah.

Luke: Iva, iva.

Absolutely.

Assolutament.

Yeah.

All those things.

Iva. Dawk l-affarijiet kollha.

I mean, board games for learning English, a hundred percent.

Jiġifieri, board games għat-tagħlim tal-Ingliż, mija fil-mija.

Great idea.

Idea tajba.

'Cause, you know, it is basically a scenario in which you often have to use

Għax, taf, huwa bażikament xenarju li spiss ikollok tużah

language in order to complete the game.

lingwa sabiex tlesti l-logħba.

Anna: Mm-hmm.

Anna: Mm-hmm.

Luke: It essentially takes away the need for forced social interaction.

Luke: Essenzjalment ineħħi l-ħtieġa għal interazzjoni soċjali sfurzata.

It's a great social lubricant, which is exactly what you need to practise English.

Huwa lubrikant soċjali kbir, li huwa eżattament dak li għandek bżonn biex tipprattika l-Ingliż.

You know, you don't have to be like, oh and what we're gonna talk

Taf, m'għandekx għalfejn tkun bħal, oh u dak li se nitkellmu

about now, you know, it's all there.

dwaru issa, taf, kollox hemm.

You just have to play the game and you will be encouraged to use language.

Trid tilgħab il-logħba u tkun imħeġġeġ tuża l-lingwa.

Some games involve language like Scrabble, for example, or some others and some games

Xi logħob jinvolvu lingwa bħal Scrabble, per eżempju, jew xi oħrajn u xi logħob

also just encourage you to use language to achieve the outcome of the game.

biss jinkoraġġuk tuża l-lingwa biex tikseb ir-riżultat tal-logħba.

Like for example, if you have to negotiate in Monopoly for something, you know, for

Bħal pereżempju, jekk ikollok tinnegozja f'Monopolju għal xi ħaġa, taf, pereżempju

example, that can be really good practice.

, li tista' tkun prattika tassew tajba.

So yeah, I should give a shout out to another teacher called Zdenek,

Allura iva, għandi nagħti għajta lil għalliem ieħor imsejjaħ Zdenek,

uh, Zdenek Lukas from the Czech Republic, who has been doing a

uh, Zdenek Lukas mir-Repubblika Ċeka, li ilu jagħmel

podcast in English for many years.

podcast bl-Ingliż għal ħafna snin.

And he likes to use board games as well.

U jħobb juża board games ukoll.

He's kind of a huge board game enthusiast, and he has a Discord

Huwa tip ta 'entużjast enormi tal-logħob tal-bord, u għandu

server called the Achievers Chamber.

server ta' Discord imsejjaħ il-Kamra tal-Achievers.

Right.

And they do play board games there in English.

Dritt. U huma jilagħbu board games hemmhekk bl-Ingliż.

So he's a good person to go to if you're interested in practising

Għalhekk huwa persuna tajba biex tmur għand jekk int interessat li tipprattika

your English with board games.

l-Ingliż tiegħek bil-logħob tal-bord.

Anna: Fantastic.

Yeah, and I think having fun while learning is always really important for

Anna: Fantastiku.

Iva, u naħseb li tieħu pjaċir waqt li titgħallem huwa dejjem tassew importanti għall

motivation, also your brain, you process things and you know, it helps your memory.

-motivazzjoni, ukoll moħħok, tipproċessa l-affarijiet u taf, tgħin il-memorja tiegħek.

If you are enjoying and releasing all those happy hormones.

Jekk qed tgawdi u tirrilaxxa dawk l-ormoni kuntenti kollha.

Luke: Yeah.

Anna: While you are learning, it, you know, removes all the stress,

Luke: Iva. Anna: Waqt li tkun qed titgħallem, din, taf, tneħħi l-istress kollu,

which isn't good for memory.

li mhux tajjeb għall-memorja.

So, so play some games.

Allura, tilgħab xi logħob.

Now, one of the great things with Scrabble is getting a Scrabble dictionary and

Issa, waħda mill-affarijiet mill-aqwa bi Scrabble hija li jkollok dizzjunarju Scrabble u

learning some of the weird and bizarre words that you'll throw down on the

titgħallem xi kliem stramb u stramb li titfa’ fuq il-

board and it's a high scorer and someone will go, "that's not a word!", and

bord u jkun skorer għoli u xi ħadd imur, "dik mhix kelma!", u

you say, "hey, check out the Scrabble dictionary because it is a word."

tgħid, "ħej, iċċekkja d-dizzjunarju Scrabble għax hija kelma."

I actually played for my school, funnily enough, terrible speller, but I played in

Fil-fatt lgħabt għall-iskola tiegħi, b'mod funnily biżżejjed, speller terribbli, imma lgħabt fl

the Scrabble, like leagues at school, and there was always a whole bunch of random

-Scrabble, bħal kampjonati fl-iskola, u dejjem kien hemm mazz sħiħ ta '

two letter words that I'm like, you would never use this word in a conversation.

kelmiet b'żewġ ittri bl-addoċċ li jien bħal, int qatt ma tuża din il-kelma fi konverżazzjoni.

What even is it?

X'inhu anke?

But there're allowed because they're in the dictionary and one of these words

Imma hemm permess għax qegħdin fid-dizzjunarju u waħda minn dawn il-kliem

is not even in the official dictionary.

lanqas biss tinsab fid-dizzjunarju uffiċjali.

It's allowed in the Scrabble dictionary, and it's an abbreviation of casual.

Huwa permess fid-dizzjunarju Scrabble, u hija abbrevjazzjoni ta' każwali.

It's cazh, spelled C-A-Z-H.

Huwa cazh, spjegat CAZH.

Luke: C-A-Z-H?

Luke: CAZH?

Anna: Mm-hmm.

Cazh.

Anna: Mm-hmm.

Cazh. Luke: Tassew, cazh?

Luke: Really, cazh?

Anna: Mm-hmm.

Anna: Mm-hmm.

Luke: Yeah, that Scrabble dictionary is very suspect, isn't it?

Luke: Iva, dak id-dizzjunarju Scrabble huwa suspettat ħafna, hux?

Don't you think?

Anna: Bit dodgy.

Ma taħsibx?

Anna: Daqxejn dodgy.

Bit dodgy.

Luke: Like it's, yeah, like, my parents, when we play Scrabble with them, they

Bit dodgy.

Luke: Bħal, iva, bħal, ġenituri tiegħi, meta nilagħbu Scrabble magħhom, huma

basically ban the Scrabble dictionary.

bażikament jipprojbixxu d-dizzjunarju Scrabble.

Anna: Right.

Luke: You know, because otherwise what happens is you just end up digging

Anna: Dritt.

Luke: Taf, għax inkella dak li jiġri hu li tispiċċa tħaffer

through the Scrabble dictionary, trying to justify some ridiculous three letter

fid-dizzjunarju Scrabble, tipprova tiġġustifika xi

word that contains an X or something.

kelma redikola ta’ tliet ittri li fiha X jew xi ħaġa.

Or you know, you come out with Q I.

Jew tafu, toħroġ bi Q I.

It's like ah, qi?

Huwa bħal ah, qi?

And so like, everyone's like qi, that's not a word.

U hekk bħal, kulħadd bħal qi, dik mhix kelma.

Yeah, it is qi.

Iva, huwa qi.

It's pronounced 'key'.

It's a Chinese word.

Huwa ppronunzjat "ċavetta".

Hija kelma Ċiniża.

It means energy.

Dan ifisser enerġija.

Ah, there you go.

Ah, hemm tmur.

You know.

Inti taf.

Anna: Yeah.

Your parents are a lot of fun.

Anna: Iva.

Il-ġenituri tiegħek jieħdu pjaċir ħafna.

You did an episode with them recently for the coronation?

Għamilt episodju magħhom dan l-aħħar għall-inkurunazzjoni?

Luke: Yeah.

Anna: Yeah, they are.

Luke: Iva.

Anna: Iva, huma.

You can see a lot of your personality and where that's, well, not

Tista 'tara ħafna mill-personalità tiegħek u fejn dak hu, ukoll, mhux

that your personality came from your parents, you are unique.

li l-personalità tiegħek ġiet mill-ġenituri tiegħek, int uniku.

But, um...

Imma, um...

Luke: Yeah, I did it myself.

Luke: Iva, għamilt jien.

I built it on my own!

Bniha waħdi!

Anna: But they are, they're good fun.

Anna: Imma huma, huma pjaċevoli.

You can tell that they're quite astute and clever.

Tista 'tgħid li huma pjuttost astuti u għaqlija.

Luke: Yeah, yeah.

Luke: Iva, iva.

Yeah, they are pretty smart and clever people.

Iva, huma nies pjuttost intelliġenti u għaqlija.

Quite funny.

Pjuttost umoristiċi.

Yeah, it's nice.

Iva, huwa sabiħ.

Yeah.

I'm lucky.

Iva. Jien xortik tajba.

Lucky to have parents like that and yeah, it's nice to play board games with them.

Lucky li jkollok ġenituri bħal dawn u iva, huwa sabiħ li tilgħab board games magħhom.

It's always pretty good fun.

Huwa dejjem pjuttost pjaċevoli.

Although you know, my wife's very competitive and my

Għalkemm taf, marti hija kompetittiva ħafna u missieri

dad is competitive, right.

huwa kompetittiv, hux.

So there's, when the two of them clash heads...

Mela hemm, meta t-tnejn iħabbtu rashom...

Anna: Oh, they fight do they?

Anna: Oh, jiġġieldu hux?

Luke: Well, in a nice way.

Luke: Tajjeb, b’mod sabiħ.

Anna: Which side do I take?

Anna: Liema naħa nieħu?

Obviously always your wife's.

Ovvjament dejjem ta’ martek.

Luke: Yeah, of course.

Luke: Iva, ovvjament.

But it's always interesting to see how the dynamic switches

Iżda huwa dejjem interessanti li tara kif id-dinamika tinbidel

when the competition arrives.

meta tasal il-kompetizzjoni.

But it's good.

Imma tajjeb.

Anna: Yeah.

Luke: No, it's great.

Anna: Iva. Luke: Le, huwa kbir.

Anna: Okay, so there's just two more words I'm gonna mention

Anna: Tajjeb, mela hemm biss żewġ kelmiet oħra li se nsemmi

on Scrabble before we move on.

fuq Scrabble qabel nimxu 'l quddiem.

Luke: Mm-hmm.

Anna: And one of them is zax, which is the highest scoring three

Luqa: Mm-hmm.

Anna: U waħda minnhom hija zax, li hija l-ogħla punteġġ ta’ tliet

letter word that you can have.

ittri li jista’ jkollok.

Luke: Z-A-X?

Luqa: ZAX?

Anna: Zax, do you know what this is?

Anna: Zax, taf x'inhu dan?

Luke: Zax?

Luqa: Zax?

Mm-hmm.

I've no idea what zax is.

Mm-hmm. M'għandix idea x'inhu zax.

No one ever uses the word zax.

Ħadd qatt ma juża l-kelma zax.

I've never read it, heard it.

Qatt ma qrajtu, smajtu.

Anna: It would be used in a specific industry.

Anna: Ikun użat f'industrija speċifika.

So if you work in a specific industry, it's a tool.

Mela jekk taħdem f'industrija speċifika, hija għodda.

Luke: Okay.

Luke: Tajjeb.

Like can you just pass me that zax over there.

Bħal tista’ tgħaddili dak iż-żax hemmhekk.

Anna: Yeah.

Anna: Iva.

Luke: It's a tool like that.

Luke: Hija għodda bħal dik.

Anna: Yeah.

Luke: Sorry, pass, pass you what?

Anna: Iva. Luke: Jiddispjaċini, għaddi, jgħaddilek xiex?

The zax over there.

Iz-zax hemm.

It's his first day on the job.

Huwa l-ewwel jum tiegħu fuq ix-xogħol.

He doesn't know what a zax is.

Ma jafx x’inhu zax.

Anna: So it's an axe that a slater uses, so it's a specific axe for a

Anna: Mela hija mannara li juża slater, allura hija mannara speċifika għal

specific job of putting nails into slate.

xogħol speċifiku li jpoġġi d-dwiefer fis-lavanja.

Luke: Slate, which is like things that would go on the roof of a house.

Luqa: Lavanja, li hija bħal affarijiet li jmorru fuq il-bejt ta’ dar.

Anna: Mm-hmm.

Mm-hmm.

Yeah.

Anna: Mm-hmm.

Mm-hmm.

Iva.

Luke: Okay.

A zax is a specific hammer for hitting nails into a roof.

Luke: Tajjeb.

Zax huwa martell speċifiku biex jolqot dwiefer fis-saqaf.

Anna: Yeah, I believe so.

Anna: Iva, nemmen hekk.

Don't quote me on that.

Tikkwotax fuq dan.

I might have got that wrong.

I jista 'jkollni dan ħażin.

Luke: Yeah, I'll take your word for it.

Luke: Iva, nieħu kelmtek għaliha.

Anna: A slater's axe.

Anna: Mannara tas-slater.

Now the other one, quite funny, is the word gangbang.

Issa l-oħra, pjuttost umoristiċi, hija l-kelma gangbang.

Luke: Oh yeah?

Luke: Oh iva?

Anna: Oh yeah.

Anna: Oh iva.

Luke: Oh yes, okay.

Luke: Oh iva, okay.

Wait, that's quite a long word as well for G A N G...

Stenna, dik hija kelma twila mhux ħażin ukoll għal GAN ​​G...

Anna: Four, uh, four?

Anna: Erbgħa, uh, erbgħa?

Eight!

Luke: B A N G, eight.

Tmienja! Luke: BANG, tmienja.

So that's, yeah.

Allura dak, yeah.

If you've got a word that ends in a G on the board, and you've got

Jekk ikollok kelma li tispiċċa b'G fuq il-bord, u għandek

'angbang' in your hand then, you know...

'angbang' f'idejk allura, taf...

Anna: Boom!

Luke: Don't waste any time!

Anna: Boom! Luke: Taħlix ħin!

Anna: Get on with the gangbang!

Anna: Kompli mal-gangbang!

Luke: Yeah, exactly.

Luke: Iva, eżattament.

Anna: So what I've got here is the word was allowed in the second edition of

Anna: Allura dak li sibt hawnhekk huwa li l-kelma kienet permessa fit-tieni edizzjoni tad-

the Scrabble dictionary, but then it got removed from the third edition and

dizzjunarju Scrabble, iżda mbagħad tneħħiet mit-tielet edizzjoni u

then was reintroduced in the fourth.

mbagħad reġgħet ġiet introdotta fir-raba '.

Now apparently this is because it changed meaning over the time.

Issa jidher li dan minħabba li biddlet it-tifsira maż-żmien.

So gangbang, it's transitioned its meaning from participating

Allura gangbang, it's transizzjoni tifsira tagħha mill-parteċipazzjoni

in gang related activities.

f'attivitajiet relatati gang.

Luke: Right.

Luke: Tassew.

Gangbanging or to be a gangbanger.

Gangbanging jew li tkun gangbanger.

Anna: Yeah.

Yes.

Anna: Iva.

Iva.

Yeah.

So, me and my gang are gonna go and hang out in the fields

Iva. Għalhekk, jien u l-grupp tiegħi se mmorru noħorġu fl-għelieqi

and just make daisy chains.

u nagħmlu biss daisy chains.

We're just having a gangbang.

Aħna biss jkollna gangbang.

Luke: Um, I dunno about that.

Luke: Um, ma nafx dwar dan.

I think it would be more like what, some guys going and

Naħseb li jkun aktar bħal xiex, xi guys imorru u

stealing a car or something, no?

jisirqu karozza jew xi ħaġa, le?

Anna: Maybe.

Luke: Or maybe something as innocent as just collecting flowers.

Anna: Forsi.

Luke: Jew forsi xi ħaġa innoċenti daqs kemm tiġbor il-fjuri.

Yeah.

Iva. Anna: Forsi.

Anna: Perhaps.

I've never been involved with any gang activities.

Qatt ma kont involut ma’ xi attivitajiet ta’ gang.

So, and some people might be listening, going, what on earth are they...?

Allura, u xi nies jistgħu jkunu qed jisimgħu, sejrin, x'inhuma huma...?

Why are they laughing so much?

Għaliex qed jidħku daqshekk?

What is going on?

X'qed jigri?

The like overarching meaning of this word that everyone knows it

It-tifsira ġenerali simili ta 'din il-kelma li kulħadd jafha għaliha

for is a bunch of chaps having intimate relations with one woman.

hija mazz ta' xgħir li għandhom relazzjonijiet intimi ma 'mara waħda.

Luke: Mm-hmm.

Anna: And so that's why we're kind of like sniggering and giggling.

Luqa: Mm-hmm.

Anna: U għalhekk hu għalhekk li qed nidħak u nidħak.

Luke: About sex - lol.

Luke: Dwar is-sess - lol.

Anna: So yes, initially it was thought of as gang related activities

Anna: Mela iva, inizjalment kien maħsub bħala attivitajiet relatati mal-gangs

to then something quite naughty.

biex imbagħad xi ħaġa pjuttost imqareb.

And then it went back to meaning participating in gang related activities.

U mbagħad marret lura biex tfisser parteċipazzjoni f'attivitajiet relatati mal-gangs.

I don't know how that happens.

Ma nafx kif jiġri dan.

Luke: So as the word sort of drifted in and out of acceptability.

Luqa: Mela hekk kif il-kelma ħarġet u ħarġet mill-aċċettabbiltà.

Anna: Yeah.

Anna: Iva. Luke: Il-kelma saret għax, għax iva, fi Scrabble...

Luke: The word has become because, 'cause yeah, in Scrabble...

Anna: It was in and out, in and out.

Anna: Kien ġewwa u barra, ġewwa u barra.

In and out.

Ġewwa u barra.

Luke: Yeah.

That's another way of saying it, Anna, yeah.

Luke: Iva.

Dak huwa mod ieħor kif tgħidha, Anna, iva.

Anna: Yeah.

Anna: Iva. Luke: 'Għax fi Scrabble, bħal rude jew tabù jew kliem tal-ħalef mhumiex permessi,

Luke: 'Cause in Scrabble, like rude or taboo or swear words are not allowed,

which I find completely wrong and disappointing because I mean, you

li nsib kompletament żbaljat u diżappuntanti għax irrid, taf

know, why exclude the swear words?

, għaliex teskludi l-ħalef?

Anna: Maybe it's because it's not family friendly.

Anna: Forsi għax mhux favur il-familja.

Luke: Oh, yeah, yeah.

Luke: Oh, iva, iva.

Okay.

If you're playing it with your grandma, and you write, you know, you put down

Okay. Jekk qed tilgħab man-nanna tiegħek, u tikteb, taf, tpoġġi

gangbang and then, you know, you say, well, it's in the rules, grandma,

l-gangbang u mbagħad, taf, tgħid, ukoll, huwa fir-regoli, nanna,

you're allowed to use that word.

titħalla tuża dik il-kelma.

Yeah, I suppose they're just trying to prevent those sort of family, potential

Iva, nissuponi li qed jippruvaw jipprevjenu dawk it-tip ta'

problems that could be caused by writing extremely rude words on a board.

problemi potenzjali tal-familja li jistgħu jiġu kkawżati mill-kitba ta' kliem estremament rude fuq bord.

I mean, it, you know, depends how committed you are to winning

Jiġifieri, tafu, jiddependi kemm tkun impenjat li tirbaħ

the game, doesn't it really?

il-logħba, hux veru?

If you're like, I'm gonna risk it all.

Jekk int bħal, jien ser nirriskja dan kollu.

And I'm gonna, I'm gonna write gangbang.

U jien ser nikteb gangbang.

I don't care what my grandparents think.

Ma jimpurtaniex x’jaħsbu n-nanniet tiegħi.

I wanna win this game and I'm prepared to defend my choice.

Irrid nirbaħ din il-logħba u lest niddefendi l-għażla tiegħi.

I'll Google it in front of them if I have to.

I ser Google quddiemhom jekk ikolli.

Anna: And display the trophy with pride.

Anna: U uri t-trofew bi kburija.

Luke: Yeah.

Anna: Okay.

Luke: Iva. Anna: Tajjeb.

So that's Scrabble.

Allura dak Scrabble.

We'll leave that there.

Aħna ser inħallu dak hemm.

Luke: Okay.

Yeah.

Luke: Tajjeb.

Iva.

Anna: So some, I think when it comes to board games, you're either a lover

Anna: Mela xi wħud, naħseb li meta niġu għal board games, int jew dilettant

of games that really take strategy and thinking, so they're like strategic

tal-logħob li verament jieħu l-istrateġija u l-ħsieb, allura huma bħal

games that you have to use your brain.

logħob strateġiku li trid tuża moħħok.

Luke: Mm-hmm.

Luqa: Mm-hmm.

Anna: Or they're just a game of chance.

Anna: Jew huma biss logħba tal-ażżard.

And I guess with younger children, a lot of their board games tend

U naħseb li mat-tfal iżgħar, ħafna mill-logħob tal-bord tagħhom għandhom it-tendenza

to be just rolling a dice or, you know, picking the right card.

li jkunu biss rolling dadi jew, tafu, ġbir tal-karta t-tajba.

It's all a game of chance.

Hija kollha logħba tal-ażżard.

For example, Snakes and Ladders, the old classic Snakes and Ladders.

Per eżempju, Snakes and Ladders, l-antik Snakes u Slielem klassika.

Luke: Snakes and Ladders.

Luqa: Sriep u Slielem.

Yeah.

Iva.

Anna: You just have to get the right numbers and work your way up the board.

Anna: Trid tikseb in-numri t-tajbin u taħdem fuq il-bord.

And what happens if you land on a ladder?

U x'jiġri jekk tinżel fuq sellum?

Luke: You climb up it.

Luke: Titla’ fuqha.

If you land on a snake's head, just like in the real world,

Jekk tinżel fuq ras serp, bħal fid-dinja reali,

you slide all the way down.

tiżżerżaq it-triq kollha 'l isfel.

All the way down to its tail.

It-triq kollha sa denbha.

Anna: Yeah.

Luke: I mean, yeah.

It's not based in, it's not a very realistic game, I suppose.

Anna: Iva. Luke: Jiġifieri, iva.

Mhijiex ibbażata fi, mhix logħba realistika ħafna, nissuponi.

Anna: No.

Anna: Le

Luke: You're more likely to get bitten by the snake, I suppose.

Luke: Int aktar probabbli li tigidmu mis-serp, nissuponi.

Especially if you land on its head.

Speċjalment jekk tinżel fuq rasha.

Anna: Yeah.

Anna: Iva. Luke: Imma xorta waħda, iva.

Luke: But anyway, yeah.

In terms of the game, yeah.

F'termini tal-logħba, iva.

You climb up the ladder if you land at the bottom of it, if you're lucky enough.

Titla’ s-sellum jekk tinżel fil-qiegħ tagħha, jekk int xortik tajba biżżejjed.

And if you land on a snake's head, you slide all the way down to the bottom

U jekk tinżel fuq ras serp, tiżżerżaq sa l-isfel

and it's, yeah, the drama, the, ahh no!

u hija, yeah, id-drama, il-, ahh le!

Slide all the way down!

Żerżaq it-triq kollha 'l isfel!

But yeah, the kids love it because it's pretty simple stuff.

Imma iva, it-tfal iħobbuha għax hija ħaġa pjuttost sempliċi.

Anna: Yeah.

Aging up again.

Anna: Iva.

Tixjiħ mill-ġdid.

One of the things I used to play a lot as a child was Trivial Pursuit.

Waħda mill-affarijiet li kont nilgħab ħafna meta kont żgħir kienet Trivial Pursuit.

Did you ever play that?

Qatt tilgħab hekk?

Luke: Oh, yeah.

Luke: Oh, iva. Inħobb daqsxejn Trivial Pursuit.

I love a bit of Trivial Pursuit.

Anna: What do you love about it?

Anna: X’tħobb dwarha?

Luke: I think the trivia more than the pursuit.

Luke: Naħseb li l-trivia aktar milli l-insegwiment.

Anna: Right.

Luke: In fact, I'm quite happy sometimes to just get the box of cards and just

Anna: Dritt. Luke: Fil-fatt, jiena pjuttost kuntenta li kultant nieħu l-kaxxa tal-karti u bħad

like, just ask me some questions.

, staqsuni xi mistoqsijiet.

Let's ask each other questions, you know?

Ejja nistaqsu mistoqsijiet lil xulxin, taf?

Never mind about these bits of different coloured cheese in a wheel.

Qatt ma jimpurtax dwar dawn il-biċċiet ta 'ġobon ta' kulur differenti f'rota.

Like what?

Bħal xiex?

Just ask the questions.

Staqsi biss il-mistoqsijiet.

Anna: Yeah.

That's right.

Anna: Iva. Hekk hu.

I called it a pie in the notes, but you're right, it's a

Sejħitha torta fin-noti, imma għandek raġun, hija

wheel and it's cheeses, right?

rota u ġobon, hux?

Luke: Well, I don't know, 'cause like when you play Trivial Pursuit, people will

Luke: Tajjeb, ma nafx, għax bħal meta tilgħab lil Trivial Pursuit, in-nies se

just decide to call it a pie or cheese.

jiddeċiedu biss li jsejħulha torta jew ġobon.

It's cheese pies.

Huwa torti tal-ġobon.

Anna: Yeah.

Luke: I don't know really.

Anna: Iva. Luke: Ma nafx tassew.

That's not written in the rules, is it?

Dak mhux miktub fir-regoli, hux?

I dunno.

Segments, segments.

Ma nafx.

Segmenti, segmenti.

Anna: It sounds really familiar.

Anna: Jidher tassew familjari.

As soon as you said cheese, that really made sense to me.

Hekk kif għidt ġobon, dak tassew għamel sens għalija.

I was like, yeah, that's what we used to call it.

Kont qisni, iva, hekk konna ngħidulu.

I couldn't remember.

Ma stajtx niftakar.

I'm sure that's what it's written as.

Jien ċert li huwa dak li huwa miktub kif.

You have a cheese.

Għandek ġobon.

Luke: Because Trivial Pursuit, it's got a kind of air of slight

Luke: Minħabba Trivial Pursuit, għandu tip ta 'arja ta'

sophistication about it and sort of, oh, we're very clever and sophisticated.

sofistikazzjoni żgħira dwarha u tip ta ', oh, aħna għaqlija ħafna u sofistikati.

We know things about science and geography, and history

Nafu affarijiet dwar ix-xjenza u l-ġeografija, u l-istorja

and literature and the arts.

u l-letteratura u l-arti.

Anna: Mm-hmm.

Luke: I don't think they're referring to those pieces as cheeses.

Anna: Mm-hmm.

Luke: Ma naħsibx li qed jirreferu għal dawk il-biċċiet bħala ġobon.

I think they call them segments.

Naħseb li jsejħulhom segmenti.

Anna: Oh, oh yes.

Anna: Oh, oh iva.

Luke: I guess so.

I would imagine so.

Luke: Naħseb li hekk.

Jien nimmaġina hekk.

Anna: That would be sensible.

Anna: Dan ikun sensibbli.

Yeah.

So for those listening, Trivial Pursuit is basically a round board game?

Iva.

Allura għal dawk li jisimgħu, Trivial Pursuit hija bażikament logħba tonda?

Well, it has a big circle that you have to get around, and as you keep going around

Ukoll, għandu ċirku kbir li trid iddur, u hekk kif tkompli għaddej

it with your little piece that has loads of segments that are empty, you have

b'biċċa żgħira tiegħek li għandha tagħbijiet ta 'segmenti li huma vojta, trid

to fill up your, let's call it a pie.

timla tiegħek, ejja nsejħulha torta.

You have to fill up your pie with all these little pieces.

Int trid timla t-torta tiegħek b'dawn il-biċċiet żgħar kollha.

And you get those pieces by landing on different colours,

U ikollok dawk il-biċċiet billi tinżel fuq kuluri differenti,

which are different topics.

li huma suġġetti differenti.

So you have things like sports and leisure, geography, arts and

Allura għandek affarijiet bħall-isports u d-divertiment, il-ġeografija, l-arti u

literature, things like that.

l-letteratura, affarijiet bħal dawn.

Luke: Yeah.

Anna: So different topics of questions and every time you land on

Luke: Iva. Anna: Allura suġġetti differenti ta’ mistoqsijiet u kull darba li tinżel fuq

a square, you get asked that question.

pjazza, tiġi mistoqsija dik il-mistoqsija.

If you can answer it, you get your cheese or your segment or whatever it is.

Jekk tista' twieġeb, ikollok il-ġobon tiegħek jew is-segment tiegħek jew tkun xi tkun.

You get your piece.

Ikollok il-biċċa tiegħek. Luke: Il-ġobon tajjeb.

Luke: Cheese is good.

Anna: And when you fill up your entire pie, wheel, then you no

Anna: U meta timla t-torta kollha tiegħek, ir-rota, allura ma jkollokx għalfejn

longer have to keep going around.

tibqa' għaddejja.

You can move up the middle and it's the first person to then get, and

Tista 'timxi 'l fuq fin-nofs u hija l-ewwel persuna li mbagħad tikseb, u

you have to roll the exact number.

trid irrombla n-numru eżatt.

It's so frustrating to get into the middle and then you are the winner, and

Huwa daqshekk frustranti li tidħol fin-nofs u mbagħad int ir-rebbieħ, u

I think that's the downfall of the game.

naħseb li dik hija t-tnaqqis tal-logħba.

Like you said, the fun is the trivia, it's answering the questions.

Kif għidt, il-gost huwa l-trivia, huwa jwieġeb il-mistoqsijiet.

The boring bit is having to roll the dice and get the right numbers

Il-bit boring huwa li jkollok irrombla d-dadi u tikseb in-numri t-tajbin

to get to where you need to be.

biex tasal fejn trid tkun.

Luke: But it's quite clever in the way that they've made the game where

Luke: Imma huwa pjuttost għaqli fil-mod kif għamlu l-logħba fejn

if it wasn't for the board and the cheeses and the pies and going around

kieku ma kienx għall-bord u l-ġobon u t-torti u jduru

and collecting cheese and going to the middle, if it wasn't for that,

u jiġbru l-ġobon u jmorru fin-nofs, kieku ma kienx għal hekk ,

it would essentially just be a list of questions under different topics.

essenzjalment tkun biss lista ta 'mistoqsijiet taħt suġġetti differenti.

Anna: It'd be a quiz.

Luke: It'd just be a quiz.

Anna: Ikun kwizz. Luke: Ikun biss kwizz.

They could have sold it as a book.

Huma setgħu biegħuha bħala ktieb.

Anna: Yeah.

Just gone to the pub, gone to a pub quiz.

Anna: Iva.

Għadni kemm mort il-pub, marret għal kwizz tal-pub.

Luke: Yeah, exactly yeah.

No, obviously this is the joy of the board game as a thing that there's a

Luke: Iva, eżattament iva.

Le, ovvjament dan huwa l-ferħ tal-logħba tal-bord bħala ħaġa li hemm bord

board and you wait your turn, you roll some dice and yeah, you know, the ritual

u tistenna min-naħa tiegħek, tirrombla xi dadi u iva, taf, ir-ritwali

of a board game is a fantastic thing.

ta 'logħba tal-bord huwa ħaġa meraviljuża.

And so yeah, let's just turn a quiz into a board game.

U allura iva, ejja nbiddlu kwizz f'logħba tal-bord.

And they've done a very good job.

U għamlu xogħol tajjeb ħafna.

It's one of the most successful board games that's ever been created.

Hija waħda mill-logħob tal-bord bl-aktar suċċess li qatt inħoloq.

Anna: Lots of versions of it.

Anna: Ħafna verżjonijiet tiegħu.

I think for me, one of the downfalls is that it does go out of date.

Naħseb għalija, wieħed mill-downfalls huwa li ma tmurx antikwata.

If you are young, it goes out of date for you quite quickly.

Jekk int żagħżugħ, tiskadi għalik pjuttost malajr.

So I was quite young when I started playing this, and there were questions

Allura kont żgħir pjuttost meta bdejt nilgħab dan, u kien hemm mistoqsijiet

about like, politics and things.

dwar simili, politika u affarijiet.

I was a kid.

Kont tifel.

Luke: Yeah.

Anna: I had no idea about, if you had like arts and leisure and it's about movies and

Luke: Iva. Anna: Ma kelli l-ebda idea dwar, li kieku kellek l-arti u d-divertiment u huwa dwar films u

things, it could be very much of its time and not as relevant or well-known, so...

affarijiet, jista 'jkun ħafna mill-ħin tiegħu u mhux daqshekk rilevanti jew magħruf, allura...

Luke: Also quite American-centric as well.

Luke: Iċċentra wkoll fuq l-Amerika. kif ukoll.

Some of the early, maybe the first edition.

Xi wħud mill-bidu, forsi l-ewwel edizzjoni.

That's the one I think that we've got at my parents' house.

Dik hija naħseb li għandna fid-dar tal-ġenituri tiegħi.

It's always funny playing Trivial Pursuit with my parents that edition

Dejjem huwa umoristiku li nilgħab lil Trivial Pursuit mal-ġenituri tiegħi dik l-edizzjoni

because there's always a moment where everyone sort of sneers at the game.

għax dejjem ikun hemm mument fejn kulħadd iqarraq bil-logħba.

This is written by an American, you know, like.

Dan huwa miktub minn Amerikan, inti taf, simili.

'Cause all the questions are about American public figures and American

'Għax il-mistoqsijiet kollha huma dwar figuri pubbliċi Amerikani u Amerikani

this and American that I think.

dan u Amerikani li naħseb.

So it's always quite funny when that, I mean, at some point someone gets it wrong.

Allura huwa dejjem pjuttost umoristiċi meta dak, jiġifieri, f'xi ħin xi ħadd jiġrilha ħażin.

And there's, this is an American, isn't it who wrote this?

U hemm, dan huwa Amerikan, hux min kiteb dan?

Anna: You can always update the cards, just buy a fresh box I guess.

Anna: Inti tista' dejjem taġġorna l-karti, sempliċement tixtri kaxxa ġdida naħseb.

Luke: Yeah, yeah.

Luke: Iva, iva.

Anna: And just swap them in.

Anna: U ibdelhom.

I'm gonna ask you a few questions now.

Jien ser nistaqsik ftit mistoqsijiet issa.

Luke: Okay.

Anna: Are you ready?

Luke: Tajjeb.

Anna: Int lest?

Luke: Uh, no.

Luke: Uh, le.

Anna: No?

Luke: But I'll answer them anyway.

Anna: Le? Luke: Imma nwieġebhom xorta waħda.

Anna: Okay.

Anna: Tajjeb.

So this one is a, what topic is this?

Allura dan huwa wieħed, liema suġġett huwa dan?

It gives you a clue when you know the topic.

Jagħtik ħjiel meta tkun taf is-suġġett.

So this is a sports and leisure question.

Allura din hija mistoqsija dwar l-isports u d-divertiment.

Luke: Sports and leisure.

Luqa: Sports u divertiment.

Okay.

Okay.

Anna: True or false?

Anna: Veru jew falz?

Competitive tickling exists.

Tickling kompetittiv jeżisti.

Luke: Competitive tickling.

Luke: Tickling kompetittiv.

That's when you tickle someone...

Dak meta tkekkek lil xi ħadd...

Anna: Like when you like, rub them with your fingers to make them laugh.

Anna: Bħal meta tħobb, togħrok b’subgħajk biex tidħaq.

Luke: The ribs, under the arms, the soles of the feet,

Luqa: Il-kustilji, taħt id-dirgħajn, il-qigħan tas-saqajn,

competitive tickling, true or false?

tickling kompetittiv, veru jew falz?

It's, I'm gonna say it's true.

Huwa, jien ser ngħid li huwa veru.

I think it's true.

Naħseb li huwa veru.

Anna: You are correct.

Anna: Inti korrett.

You get a cheese.

Ikollok ġobon.

Luke: Oh, brilliant.

Luke: Oh, brillanti.

Yeah.

Iva.

Competitive tickling.

Tickling kompetittiv.

Yeah.

Iva.

Right.

I wonder what the rules are for that, that you...

Dritt.

Nistaqsi x'inhuma r-regoli għal dan, li int...

Anna: Maybe it's that you have to make the other person wet themselves laughing.

Anna: Forsi huwa li trid tagħmel lill-persuna l-oħra tixxarrab tidħaq.

Luke: You get bonus points if, yeah, if they wet themselves.

Luke: Ikollok punti bonus jekk, iva, jekk jixxarrbu lilhom infushom.

Anna: Yeah.

I'm going to divulge, my dad when I was younger, used to tickle me

Anna: Iva. Jien ser niżvela, missieri meta kont iżgħar, kien iqarraqni

until it was just uncomfortable.

sakemm kien biss skomdu.

Luke: Yeah.

Anna: He would just tickle me and I'd be like, no, please stop.

Luke: Iva. Anna: Kien biss iqarraqni u nkun bħal, le, jekk jogħġbok ieqaf.

Please stop.

Please stop.

Jekk jogħġbok ieqaf.

Jekk jogħġbok ieqaf.

And once he tickled me until I wet myself.

Lyrics meaning: U darba huwa tickled lili sakemm I wet lili nnifsi.

Luke: Oh my God.

Luke: Oh Alla tiegħi.

Really?

Tassew?

Anna: Yeah.

It was horrendous.

Anna: Iva. Kien orribbli.

I was like, look what you made me do!

Kont qisni, ara dak li għamiltni nagħmel!

He was so good at tickling and I just, I couldn't resist.

Huwa kien tant tajjeb fil-tickling u jien biss, ma stajtx nirreżisti.

It was awful.

Kien orribbli.

Luke: Yeah.

Well, when you know someone, and you know, that you, you

Luke: Iva. Tajjeb, meta taf lil xi ħadd, u taf, li int, taf

know exactly how to tickle them.

eżattament kif ticklejtu.

Anna: Mm-hmm.

Luke: Then it's very hard not to tickle them, isn't it?

Anna: Mm-hmm.

Luke: Imbaghad difficli hafna li ma tkekkekx, hux?

Yeah.

But you should probably stop before that person has to change

Iva. Imma probabilment għandek tieqaf qabel dik il-persuna jkollha tbiddel

their trousers or something.

il-qalziet jew xi ħaġa.

Anna: Yeah.

I was a child.

Anna: Iva. Kont tifel.

I mean, it's not like I did this as an adult, you know?

Jiġifieri, mhux li għamilt dan bħala adult, taf?

Luke: Yeah.

Luke: Iva. Anna: Mela naħfruni għal dak.

Anna: So we'll forgive me for that one.

Luke: Yeah.

Anna: But the next question on my list is a...

Luke: Iva. Anna: Imma l-mistoqsija li jmiss fuq il-lista tiegħi hija...

Luke: Science and nature.

Luqa: Xjenza u natura.

FE is the abbreviation of which element on the periodic table?

FE hija l-abbrevjazzjoni ta' liema element fuq it-tabella perjodika?

Okay.

I did study chemistry at school.

Okay.

Studjajt il-kimika fl-iskola.

Anna: Good.

Luke: I think this is one of the only ones I remember along with Au, which is gold.

Anna: Tajjeb.

Luke: Naħseb li dan huwa wieħed mill-uniċi li niftakar flimkien ma 'Au, li huwa deheb.

Eh, you!

Eh, int!

Now there's, there's no joke there, you think about it.

Issa hemm, m'hemm l-ebda ċajta hemm, taħseb dwarha.

But Fe is, is it iron?

Imma Fe huwa, huwa ħadid?

Anna: That's right.

Anna: Hekk hu.

Luke: Yes.

Anna: Well done.

Luke: Yes.

Luke: Iva.

Anna: Sewwa.

Luke: Iva. Anna: Ding ding!

Anna: Ding ding!

You get two stars or two cheeses, confused the game.

Ikollok żewġ stilel jew żewġ ġobon, konfuż il-logħba.

Okay, last question 'cause I don't wanna drag this out too much.

Okay, l-aħħar mistoqsija għax ma rridx inkaxkar dan wisq.

Luke: Okay.

Luke: Tajjeb.

Anna: A and L is arts and literature.

Anna: A u L huma arti u letteratura.

Luke: Arts and literature.

Luqa: Arti u letteratura.

Anna: Which classic novel opens with the line "Call me Ishmael."

Anna: Liema rumanz klassiku jiftaħ bil-linja "Call me Ishmael."

Luke: Call me Ishmael.

Luqa: Ċempilli Ishmael.

I don't know.

ma nafx.

I have no idea.

M'għandix ideja.

I should probably guess, but I'm not going to.

I għandhom probabbilment raden, imma jien mhux se.

Anna: Okay.

Luke: But I don't know who is...what's that?

Anna: Tajjeb.

Luke: Imma ma nafx min hu... dak x'inhu?

Anna: Moby Dick.

Anna: Moby Dick.

Luke: Oh, right.

Luke: Oh, sew.

Anna: Have you read it?

Luke: I should have known that.

Anna: Qrajtu?

Luke: I suppost naf li.

Have you read it?

Qrajtu?

Anna: I haven't read it.

Anna: Jien ma qrajtux.

Have you read it?

Luke: No, I haven't read it, but I'd like to read it.

Qrajtu?

Luke: Le, ma qrajtux, imma nixtieq naqrah.

But I'm put off by the fact that it's exceedingly long.

Imma jien qalbni bil-fatt li huwa twil wisq.

Anna: Yeah.

Like War and Peace.

Anna: Iva. Bħal Gwerra u Paċi.

Luke: Yeah.

Luke: Iva.

Yeah.

Anna: Yeah.

Luke: Exactly.

Iva. Anna: Iva.

Luke: Eżattament.

Anna: Okay, so I have one question for the listeners at home, so please don't

Anna: Tajjeb, mela għandi mistoqsija waħda għas-semmiegħa d-dar, allura jekk jogħġbok tirrispondix

answer this Luke, you can message me later if you think you know the answer.

dan Luke, tista’ tissemmali aktar tard jekk taħseb li taf it-tweġiba.

Luke: Mm-hmm.

Luqa: Mm-hmm.

Anna: If you are listening and you are listening or watching on YouTube, then

Anna: Jekk qed tisma’ u qed tisma’ jew tara fuq YouTube, allura

you can write the answer in the comments.

tista’ tikteb it-tweġiba fil-kummenti.

The question is, what is the only country to start with the letter O?

Il-mistoqsija hija, x'inhu l-uniku pajjiż li jibda bl-ittra O?

Luke: Don't Google it, folks.

Luke: M'għandekx Google, folks.

Anna: Yeah, don't cheat.

Anna: Iva, tiqarrqux.

Luke: Use your brain.

Luke: Uża moħħok.

Anna: Okay, so that's Trivial Pursuit.

Anna: Okay, allura dak Trivial Pursuit.

So now one of the most played board games in the world, and it's also

Allura issa waħda mill-aktar board games milgħuba fid-dinja, u hija wkoll

the most owned board or board game in the UK is, what do you think?

l-aktar board game jew board game fir-Renju Unit hija, x'taħseb?

Luke: Um.

Luqa: Um.

Hmm.

Hmm.

Hmm.

Hmm.

Anna: Like a standard piece of kit in everyone's house?

Anna: Bħal biċċa kit standard fid-dar ta’ kulħadd?

Luke: Cluedo.

Luqa: Cluedo.

Anna: Oh no, I don't have a Cluedo set here.

Anna: Oh le, m'għandix Cluedo stabbilit hawn.

Luke: Oh, okay.

Luke: Oh, okay.

So it's not Cluedo.

Allura mhux Cluedo.

Well, it, can we go back to the classics like chess?

Ukoll, dan, nistgħu mmorru lura għall-klassiċi bħall-ċess?

Anna: Chess.

Luke: Chess, okay.

Anna: Ċess.

Luke: Chess, okay.

Anna: Yeah.

Anna: Iva.

Luke: Yeah.

I feel like chess is an ancient game or something.

Luke: Iva. Inħoss li ċ-ċess hija logħba antika jew xi ħaġa.

Anna: It is.

Anna: Huwa. Din tmur lura għas-sitt sitt seklu.

It dates back to the sixth sixth century.

Luke: The sixth century.

Luqa: Is-sitt seklu.

Anna: Yeah.

Luke: Not the sick century where everyone was sick with the plague.

Anna: Iva. Luqa: Mhux is-seklu marid fejn kulħadd kien marid bil-pesta.

Anna: Well, they probably were quite sick in the sixth century.

Anna: Ukoll, probabbilment kienu morda pjuttost fis-sitt seklu.

Luke: I expect so.

Luke: Nistenna hekk.

But the sixth century.

Imma s-sitt seklu.

Anna: Yeah.

Luke: So that's 500 to 599 AD.

Anna: Iva. Luqa: Allura dak 500 sa 599 AD.

Anna: I'll trust you on that one.

Anna: Jiena nafdak fuq dik.

Yeah.

Iva. Jien ma nagħmel matematika mentali.

I don't do mental maths.

Maths.

Matematika. Luke: Jien pjuttost ċert li hekk hu.

Luke: I'm pretty sure that's right.

Okay.

It's the dark ages.

Okay. Huwa ż-żminijiet skuri.

Anna: Yes.

Anna: Iva.

It's a very old game, which means that some of the rules and

Hija logħba antika ħafna, li jfisser li wħud mir-regoli u

the way the players move on the board is quite bizarre, really.

l-mod kif il-plejers jimxu fuq il-bord huwa pjuttost stramb, tassew.

Can you remember what all the, you said in the previous episode,

Tista' tiftakar x'inhu dak kollu, għidt fl-episodju ta' qabel,

our little chat about Monopoly, that you don't really do chess?

iċ-chat żgħir tagħna dwar il-Monopolju, li ma tantx tagħmel iċ-ċess?

Luke: I love chess.

Luke: Inħobb iċ-ċess.

Don't get me wrong.

I love chess.

Taħniex ħażin.

Inħobb iċ-ċess.

I'm fascinated by chess.

Jien affaxxinat miċ-ċess.

I do play chess sometimes, but it's too, it's a little beyond me.

Ġieli nilgħab iċ-ċess, imma wkoll, huwa ftit lil hinn minni.

Anna: Okay.

Luke: But I know the rules.

Anna: Tajjeb. Luke: Imma jien naf ir-regoli.

So you've got your castles, I call them castles, on the corners.

Allura għandek il-kastelli tiegħek, jien insejħilhom kastelli, fuq il-kantunieri.

Anna: Yeah.

Yeah.

Anna: Iva. Iva.

Are they, they're supposed to be, 'cause I call them castles too.

Huma, suppost li huma, għax jien insejħilhom ukoll kastelli.

But aren't they like rooks?

Imma mhumiex bħal rooks?

Are they rooks?

Huma rooks?

Luke: Rooks.

Rooks.

Yeah.

Luke: Rooks. Rooks.

Iva.

That's right.

They should be called rooks, I think.

Hekk hu.

Għandhom jissejħu rooks, naħseb.

And they go horizontally and vertically.

U jmorru orizzontalment u vertikalment.

Anna: Uh-huh.

Anna: Uh-huh.

Luke: Then you've got...

Anna: So straight lines.

Luke: Imbagħad għandek...

Anna: Mela linji dritti.

I just think about they go in straight lines.

Naħseb biss dwar dawn imorru f'linji dritti.

Luke: Straight lines.

Exactly.

Luqa: Linji dritti.

Eżattament.

Left, right up, down.

Xellug, dritt 'il fuq, 'l isfel.

Anna: But then I guess a diagonal is a straight,

Anna: Imma mbagħad naħseb li djagonali hija dritta,

Luke: Ehh.

Anna: It's straight, it doesn't deviate.

Luke: Ehh. Anna: Huwa dritta, ma tiddevjax.

Luke: Yeah.

Luke: Iva.

True.

Veru.

Anna: Yeah.

Luke: It's not curved, is it, diagonal?

Anna: Iva. Luke: Mhux mgħawweġ, hux, djagonali?

Anna: No.

Luke: Anyway.

Anna: Straight line.

Anna: Le

Luke: Xorta waħda.

Anna: Linja dritta.

Luke: Up, down, left, right.

Luqa: Fuq, isfel, xellug, lemin.

These are the rooks.

Dawn huma l-rooks.

Anna: Yeah.

Luke: Then, you've got the knights.

Anna: Iva.

Luke: Imbagħad, għandek il-kavallieri.

Anna: Mm-hmm.

Anna: Mm-hmm.

Luke: Or horses.

Anna: The little horseys.

Luqa: Jew żwiemel. Anna: Iż-żwiemel żgħar.

Luke: Yeah, little horses.

Luke: Iva, żwiemel żgħar.

And they do an interesting L shape, which is quite interesting.

U jagħmlu forma L interessanti, li hija pjuttost interessanti.

They can go forward three and right one or forward three and left one.

Jistgħu jimxu 'l quddiem tlieta u l-lemin wieħed jew 'il quddiem tlieta u xellug wieħed.

Anna: Is it forward three?

Anna: Huwa quddiem tlieta?

Yeah, it is forward three.

Iva, huwa 'l quddiem tlieta.

Luke: It's like, yeah.

Anna: From the one they're on, then two forward from there, right?

Luke: Huwa simili, iva. Anna: Minn dak li qegħdin fuqhom, imbagħad tnejn 'il quddiem minn hemm, hux?

Luke: Yeah.

They can kind of go in any direction in that pattern, like,

Luke: Iva. Jistgħu jmorru fi kwalunkwe direzzjoni f'dak il-mudell, bħal,

you know, or they can go right.

taf, jew jistgħu jmorru dritt.

And then, oh, I just can't!

U mbagħad, oh, ma nistax!

L shapes.

forom L.

Anna: Yeah.

L shape.

Anna: Iva. Forma L.

So it's actually two from the square they're on.

Allura fil-fatt huma tnejn mill-kwadru li qegħdin fuqhom.

Luke: Yeah.

Anna: They can only move two more squares forward.

Luke: Iva. Anna: Jistgħu biss jimxu żewġ kwadri oħra 'l quddiem.

Luke: Oh, is it two?

Luke: Oh, huma tnejn?

Anna: Yeah.

I don't think it's three.

Anna: Iva. Ma naħsibx li huma tlieta.

Luke: It's not three.

Anna: Because if you are starting your horse, or your knight...

Luke: Mhux tlieta. Anna: Għax jekk qed tibda ż-żiemel tiegħek, jew il-kavallier tiegħek...

Luke: Yeah.

Anna: You can jump over.

Luke: Iva. Anna: Tista’ taqbeż.

It's the only player that can jump.

Huwa l-uniku plejer li jista 'jaqbeż.

Luke: Of course it's two.

Luke: Ovvjament huma tnejn.

Yeah.

Anna: So it jumps over the pawn.

Iva. Anna: Mela jaqbeż fuq il-pedina.

We'll come back to those, jump over the pawn and then move across.

Aħna ser nerġgħu lura għal dawk, jaqbżu fuq il-pedina u mbagħad nimxu tul.

Luke: Right.

Anna: So it's only two forward and one across.

Luke: Tassew. Anna: Mela huma biss tnejn 'il quddiem u wieħed madwar.

Luke: Yeah.

Okay.

Luke: Iva. Okay.

And, you know, in any variation of that, that pattern basically, you know?

U, tafu, fi kwalunkwe varjazzjoni ta 'dak, dak il-mudell bażikament, taf?

Anna: Mm-hmm.

Mm-hmm.

Luke: Which is interesting.

Anna: Mm-hmm.

Mm-hmm.

Luke: Li hu interessanti.

Anna: Yeah.

Anna: Iva. Luqa: U allura għandek l-isqfijiet.

Luke: And then you've got the bishops.

Anna: Oh yes, they're wonky lines.

Anna: Oh iva, huma linji wonky.

Luke: They go in diagonal...

Luke: Huma jmorru djagonali...

Anna: Not wonky lines!

Luke: Diagonal lines that you got one on the white squares,

Anna: Mhux linji wonky!

Luqa: Linji djagonali li ħadt waħda fuq il-kwadri bojod,

one on the black squares.

waħda fuq il-kwadri suwed.

And they can command the diagonal lines, as it were.

U jistgħu jikkmandaw il-linji djagonali, kif kien.

Anna: Axis.

Anna: Assi.

Luke: Axes.

Luqa: Mannari.

Yeah.

And then you've got the queen and the king.

Iva.

U mbagħad ikollok ir-reġina u r-re.

The queen is the boss of the game.

Ir-reġina hija l-boxxla tal-logħba.

Anna: Yeah, it's amazing, isn't it?

Anna: Iva, hija tal-għaġeb, hux?

Luke: Brilliant.

Yeah.

Luke: Brillanti.

Iva.

Anna: She's so strong as a player.

Anna: Hija tant b'saħħitha bħala plejer.

But the king...

Imma r-re...

Luke: Fully the strongest player on the board.

Luke: Kompletament l-aktar plejer b'saħħtu fuq il-bord.

But the king is bloody useless in terms of being able to do anything.

Imma r-re huwa imdemmi inutli f'termini li jista 'jagħmel xi ħaġa.

All the king does is run away, doesn't he?

Kulma jagħmel is-sultan hu li jaħrab, hux?

He will hide.

Huwa se jaħbi.

Anna: Yeah.

Behind all the other players.

Anna: Iva. Wara l-plejers l-oħra kollha.

Luke: He can take pieces, but it's rare.

Luke: Jista’ jieħu biċċiet, imma rari.

But the queen is just amazing.

Imma r-reġina hija aqwa.

She can go straight lines, diagonal lines.

Hija tista 'tmur linji dritti, linji djagonali.

Anna: She can't do a horse move though.

Anna: Iżda ma tistax tagħmel mossa taż-żiemel.

Luke: She can't do a horse...

Luke: Ma tistax tagħmel żiemel...

Anna: Or a knight move, a knight move.

Anna: Jew mossa ta’ kavallier, mossa ta’ kavallier.

Luke: Correct.

Luqa: Ikkoreġi.

She can't do that.

Hija ma tistax tagħmel dan.

She can't jump like like that.

Ma tistax taqbeż hekk.

Yeah.

And, and the king can only can move in any direction, but only one square at a time.

Iva.

U, u r-re jista 'biss jista' jimxi fi kwalunkwe direzzjoni, iżda kwadru wieħed biss kull darba.

Anna: Yeah.

Which is exactly the same as...

Anna: Iva. Li huwa eżattament l-istess bħal...

oh no, pawns.

oh le, pedini.

They can only move one square, but they...

Jistgħu jiċċaqilqu kwadru wieħed biss, imma huma...

Luke: Two squares their first move.

Luqa: Żewġ kwadri l-ewwel pass tagħhom.

They can go two.

Jistgħu jmorru tnejn.

Anna: That's right.

Anna: Hekk hu.

Their first steps.

L-ewwel passi tagħhom.

But they can't move backwards.

Imma ma jistgħux jimxu lura.

They can only move forwards.

Jistgħu biss jimxu 'l quddiem.

Luke: They take other pieces by going diagonally.

Luke: Jieħdu biċċiet oħra billi jmorru djagonalment.

Anna: Diagonally.

Anna: Djagonali.

That's right.

Hekk hu.

Luke: But when they get to the end...

Luke: Imma meta jaslu sal-aħħar...

Anna: You can swap them for any player that's been taken off the board.

Anna: Tista’ tbiddelhom ma’ kwalunkwe plejer li jkun tneħħa minn fuq il-bord.

Luke: Yeah, you can.

Luke: Iva, tista’.

So if you've lost your queen, but one little pawn has just like made

Mela jekk tlift ir-reġina tiegħek, iżda pedina żgħira waħda għamilha

it all the way to the end, somehow.

sa l-aħħar, b'xi mod.

Anna: Yeah.

Luke: All the others have like, wait a minute.

Anna: Iva.

Luke: L-oħrajn kollha għandhom like, stenna minuta.

Where's that pawn gone?

Fejn marret dik il-pedina?

Oh, he's got to the end.

Oh, wasal sal-aħħar.

Anna: Oh no!

Luke: And then you could replace that one with a queen and

Anna: Oh le!

Luke: U allura tista’ tissostitwixxi dik ma’ reġina u

suddenly, pow I'm back, bitches!

f’daqqa waħda, pow jien lura, klieb!

Anna: You can have two queens on the board at any one time as well, right?

Anna: Jista’ jkollok żewġ irġejjen fuq il-bord fi kwalunkwe ħin ukoll, hux?

Luke: Can you?

Anna: So if you, I think if you already have your queen and then you

Luke: Tista?

Anna: Mela jekk int, naħseb jekk diġà għandek ir-reġina tiegħek u allura tieħu

get a pawn to the other end maybe.

pedina fit-tarf l-ieħor forsi.

This is a bad rule that I've been playing.

Din hija regola ħażina li kont qed nilgħab.

Luke: People listening do know more about chess than us.

Luke: In-nies li qed jisimgħu jafu aktar dwar iċ-ċess minna.

This is just Luke and Anna talk about a game they don't really understand.

Dan huwa biss Luke u Anna jitkellmu dwar logħba li ma tantx jifhmu.

Anna: Well, I taught myself chess as a young child from a book that

Anna: Tajjeb, jien tgħallimt iċ-ċess bħala tifel żgħir minn ktieb li

was also pretty old, and I wasn't very good at reading at the time.

kien ukoll pjuttost antik, u dak iż-żmien ma kontx tajjeb ħafna naqra.

So, you know, I'm probably making some rules up as I go.

Allura, tafu, x'aktarx qed nagħmel xi regoli kif immur.

Luke: Yeah.

Luke: Iva.

Anna: But yeah, chess is one of those games that if you understand it,

Anna: Imma iva, iċ-ċess hija waħda minn dawk il-logħob li jekk tifhimha,

and if you've got the kind of mind that can remember strategies and you

u jekk ikollok it-tip ta' moħħ li jista' jiftakar strateġiji u tista'

can think several moves ahead, then it could be over really quickly.

taħseb diversi mossi 'l quddiem, allura jista' jintemm malajr ħafna.

And people play speed chess, don't they?

U n-nies jilagħbu ċess tal-veloċità, hux?

Where they're just like, pow, pow, pow, pow, pow.

Fejn huma eżatt bħal, pow, pow, pow, pow, pow.

Luke: Yeah.

Anna: They're hitting the clock and moving their piece and it's just done.

Luke: Iva. Anna: Qed jolqtu l-arloġġ u jmexxu l-biċċa tagħhom u għadu kif sar.

Whereas when I play chess, I often get to the point where there's just

Billi meta nilgħab iċ-ċess, ħafna drabi nasal sal-punt fejn fadal biss

two pieces left a player, a piece per player, and you're just constantly

żewġ biċċiet lil plejer, biċċa għal kull plejer, u tkun qed

moving around the board trying to, and you just can't end the game

tiċċaqlaq il-ħin kollu madwar il-bord tipprova, u sempliċement ma tistax ittemm il-logħba

until you just go, d'you know what?

sakemm mur biss, taf xiex?

Luke: Stalemate.

Anna: I give up, I give up.

Luqa: Staġnar. Anna: Nieqaf, nieqaf.

Luke: Yeah.

Where there's just two pieces chasing each other around the board.

Luke: Iva.

Fejn hemm biss żewġ biċċiet jiġru wara xulxin madwar il-bord.

It's completely stupid.

Huwa kompletament stupid.

But yeah, I mean it's a fascinating game though 'cause of the level of intelligence

Imma iva, ngħid li hija logħba affaxxinanti għalkemm minħabba l-livell ta' intelliġenza

that can be applied to it and these chess grandmasters are absolutely amazing.

li jista' jiġi applikat għaliha u dawn il-grandmasters taċ-ċess huma assolutament tal-għaġeb.

Anna: Yeah, so there's two that I've got in the notes, which is Magnus Carlson.

Anna: Iva, allura hemm tnejn li sibt fin-noti, li huwa Magnus Carlson.

Luke: Yeah.

Anna: And Beth Harmon.

Luke: Iva.

Anna: U Beth Harmon.

Now, there was a really interesting drama that was made about Beth Harmon.

Issa, kien hemm drama tassew interessanti li saret dwar Beth Harmon.

Luke: Yeah.

Anna: And that was called The Queen's Gambit.

Luke: Iva. Anna: U dak kien jismu The Queen's Gambit.

Luke: Yeah.

Anna: Which is really, even if you are not into chess, if you are interested in

Luke: Iva. Anna: Li huwa tassew, anke jekk m'intix qalbek taċ-ċess, jekk inti interessat fiċ

chess, it was still a really great drama.

-ċess, xorta kienet drama tassew kbira.

That I recommend to viewers, listeners.

Li nirrakkomanda lit-telespettaturi, lis-semmiegħa.

Luke: Yeah.

Yeah, yeah.

Anna: Did you watch it?

Luke: Iva. Ijja ijja.

Anna: Tarah?

Luke: Yeah, I did watch it.

Luke: Iva, rajtha.

Yeah.

Iva.

Anna: Do you know what gambit means?

Anna: Taf xi tfisser gambit?

Luke: Isn't a gambit a sort of a strategy, like a kind of a move that you would

Luke: Gambit mhuwiex speċi ta’ strateġija, bħal tip ta’ mossa li tagħmel int

do, a kind of specific strategic move?

, tip ta’ mossa strateġika speċifika?

Anna: Yeah.

Anna: Iva.

It's like a clever move or a clever opening move that gives you an advantage,

Huwa bħal mossa għaqlija jew mossa tal-ftuħ għaqlija li tagħtik vantaġġ,

but it's not necessarily seen or deemed to be an advantageous move.

iżda mhux bilfors tidher jew titqies bħala mossa vantaġġuża.

So like giving up your queen or giving up a valuable piece going, oh, you

Allura bħal li jċedi r-reġina tiegħek jew iċedi biċċa siewja li tmur, oh, inti

just took my queen, how silly of me.

biss ħadt ir-reġina tiegħi, kemm iblah minni.

Luke: Mm-hmm.

Anna: But really you've got something in mind that you're like,

Luqa: Mm-hmm. Anna: Imma tassew għandek xi ħaġa f'moħħok li int bħal,

their next move, checkmate, pow!

il-mossa li jmiss tagħhom, checkmate, pow!

I tricked you.

Inganjtkom.

Luke: Yeah.

Luke: Iva.

Anna: So, yeah.

Anna: Mela, iva.

Luke: Yeah.

Yeah, there's a lot of obviously kind of mental strategy involved in it too, in

Luke: Iva. Iva, hemm ħafna ovvjament tip ta 'strateġija mentali involuti fiha wkoll, fis-

the sense of like coming into a game of chess, sitting in front of your opponent.

sens ta' bħal li tidħol f'logħba taċ-ċess, bilqiegħda quddiem l-avversarju tiegħek.

Your opponent will, a bit like in a game of poker or something.

L-avversarju tiegħek ser, daqsxejn bħal f'logħba tal-poker jew xi ħaġa.

Anna: Poker face.

Luke: Your opponent will...yeah, use poker face or you, you maybe use your opponent's

Anna: Wiċċ tal-poker.

Luke: L-avversarju tiegħek se... iva, juża l-wiċċ tal-poker jew int, forsi tuża

first impressions of you against them.

l-ewwel impressjonijiet tal-avversarju tiegħek dwarek kontrihom.

So every now and then YouTube will suggest these chess videos to me.

Allura kultant YouTube jissuġġerixxi lili dawn il-videos taċ-ċess.

Anna: Oh, right.

Luke: And it's, there's a girl, I can't remember her name now, unfortunately,

Anna: Oh, id-dritt. Luke: U hu, hemm tifla, issa ma nistax niftakar isimha, sfortunatament,

but she is sort of in her twenties.

imma hija xi ftit ta’ għoxrin sena.

I think both her parents were chess grandmasters.

Naħseb li ż-żewġ ġenituri tagħha kienu grandmastri taċ-ċess.

Anna: Right.

Luke: And so she's fairly like, so she goes to these chess games in the park,

Anna: Dritt. Luke: U għalhekk hija pjuttost simili, allura tmur għal dawn il-logħob taċ-ċess fil-park,

you know, in like New York or other cities in the States where there are

taf, fi New York jew bliet oħra fl-Istati fejn hemm

these guys who spend their whole day there playing chess with each other.

dawn in-nies li jqattgħu l-ġurnata kollha tagħhom hemmhekk jilagħbu ċ-ċess ma' xulxin.

And they do a lot of like trash talking.

U jagħmlu ħafna bħall-trash talking.

While they're playing the game, these guys are trash talking and sort

Waqt li qed jilagħbu l-logħba, dawn il-ġuvini qed jitkellmu dwar iż-żibel u tip

of, you know, bantering and sort of talking up their game quite a lot.

ta', tafu, bantering u tip ta' jitkellmu bil-logħba tagħhom pjuttost ħafna.

And this girl comes in, she doesn't look like she's gonna be a chess grandmaster.

U din it-tfajla tidħol, ma tidhirx li se tkun grandmastru taċ-ċess.

And so these guys are super confident and they totally underestimate her

U għalhekk dawn il-ġuvini huma super kunfidenti u jissottovalutawha totalment

and they trash talk her and stuff.

u jkellmuha trash u l-affarijiet.

And she like gives quite a good trash talk back.

U hi tixtieq tagħti lura trash talk pjuttost tajba.

It's really interesting to watch.

Huwa tassew interessanti li tara.

I don't really, I don't understand what's going on on the board, you can

Jien ma tantx, ma nifhimx x'inhu għaddej fuq il-bord, tista '

see the board on the screen as well.

tara l-bord fuq l-iskrin ukoll.

Anna: Mm-hmm.

Luke: I don't understand it.

Anna: Mm-hmm.

Luke: Ma nifhimhiex.

I can't work out the moves, but it's interesting just to see the behaviour

Ma nistax naħdem il-mossa, iżda huwa interessanti biss li nara l-imġieba

of these opponents of hers change where they're like giving it...

ta 'dawn l-avversarji tagħha tinbidel fejn qed qishom jagħtuha...

Anna: The realisation.

Anna: Ir-realizzazzjoni.

Luke: Yeah, they're giving it all this really, really overconfident talk.

Luke: Iva, qed jagħtuha din it-taħdita kollha tassew, tassew kunfidenti żżejjed.

And then after about five or six moves, they changed totally.

U mbagħad wara madwar ħames jew sitt movimenti, inbidlu totalment.

And they're like, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, this is gonna, this is gonna be difficult.

U huma bħal, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, dan se, dan se jkun diffiċli.

Oh, this is gonna be difficult.

Oh, dan se jkun diffiċli.

Oh, you don't move on me now.

Oh, ma tiċċaqlaqx fuqi issa.

You know, all this kind of thing.

Taf, dan it-tip ta’ ħaġa kollha.

And it's just really funny to see the interaction and to see how they deal with

U huwa biss verament umoristiċi biex tara l-interazzjoni u biex tara kif jittrattaw

the fact that actually she's really good.

il-fatt li fil-fatt hi verament tajba.

And often it's only within about four or five moves that they can work out that

U ħafna drabi huwa biss f'madwar erba 'jew ħames mossi li jistgħu jaħdmu li

she's really, she really knows what she's doing and they work it out just when

hi verament, hi verament taf x'qed tagħmel u jaħdmu biss meta

the within a few moves and you think, my God, the way these guys are playing,

l-fi ftit mossi u inti taħseb, Alla tiegħi, il-mod kif dawn in-guys qed jilagħbu ,

they're just like thinking so far ahead.

huma eżatt bħal ħsieb s'issa 'l quddiem.

You know all the possibilities.

Int taf il-possibbiltajiet kollha.

It is like kind of like you have to have a very mathematical mind in a way

Huwa bħal tip ta 'qishom għandek ikollok moħħ matematiku ħafna b'xi mod

to be able to do all these different algorithms and calculations all instantly.

biex ikunu jistgħu jagħmlu dawn l-algoritmi differenti u kalkoli kollha istantanjament.

Amazing.

Yeah.

tal-għaġeb.

Iva.

Anna: So it's like being, what's the term?

Anna: Mela qisha tkun, x'inhu t-terminu?

Like being a card shark.

Bħal kelb il-baħar tal-karta.

If someone or, there's a term, or like when people come in to play pool and

Jekk xi ħadd jew, hemm terminu, jew bħal meta n-nies jidħlu jilagħbu bil-pool u

they put some money down and say...

jniżżlu xi flus u jgħidu...

Luke: Hustler.

Luke: Hustler.

Anna: A hustler.

That's it.

Anna: Hustler.

Dak hu.

You can hustle people and be like, oh yeah, I don't really know what I'm doing,

Tista 'tħaffir lin-nies u tkun bħal, oh yeah, ma nafx verament x'qed nagħmel,

but let's put a hundred pounds on it.

imma ejja npoġġu mitt lira fuqha.

A hundred pounds?

Mitt lira?

Yeah, sure.

Iva, żgur.

And then you're like, I'm amazing.

U allura int bħal, jien aqwa.

I'm gonna win.

Jien ser nirbaħ.

Luke: Yeah.

Or you lose your first game on purpose and you're like, you

Luke: Iva. Jew inti titlef l-ewwel logħba tiegħek apposta u int bħal, taf

know what, I wanna try again.

xiex, irrid nerġa' nipprova.

You know, I'm enjoying this.

Taf, qed nieħu gost b’dan.

Let's raise the stakes.

Ejja ngħollu l-ishma.

Let's do it for $500 this time.

Ejja nagħmluha għal $500 din id-darba.

And they're like, sure, okay.

U huma bħal, żgur, okay.

If you really want to, you know, maybe I can teach you a thing or two.

Jekk verament trid, taf, forsi nista ngħallimkom xi ħaġa jew tnejn.

And then they really raise their game and suddenly they've made

U allura huma verament jgħollu l-logħba tagħhom u f'daqqa waħda għamlu

loads of money from those people.

tagħbijiet ta 'flus minn dawk in-nies.

Yeah.

Iva.

Anna: Pow!

Talking about money, how much do you think the most expensive

Anna: Pow! Nitkellmu dwar il-flus, kemm taħseb li l-aktar

chessboard in the world is?

bord taċ-ċess għali fid-dinja?

'Cause you can get all sorts of different, like gorgeous chess

'Għaliex tista' tikseb kull xorta ta' differenti, bħal

boards, but what's the most expensive?

bords taċ-ċess sabiħ ħafna, imma x'inhu l-aktar għali?

Luke: The most expensive chess board in the world?

Luke: L-aktar bord taċ-ċess għali fid-dinja?

Anna: In dollars, let's do it in dollars.

Anna: F’dollari, ejja nagħmluha f’dollari.

Luke: I dunno.

Luke: Ma nafx.

I mean, we talked about the most expensive Monopoly board being...

Jiġifieri, tkellimna dwar l-aktar bord tal-Monopoly li jiswa...

Anna: Which was crazy.

Anna: Li kien miġnun.

Luke: $2 million.

Luke: $2 miljun.

I think the chess board's gonna be more, I'd say it's gonna be $5 million.

Naħseb li l-bord taċ-ċess se jkun aktar, jien ngħid li se jkun $5 miljun.

All made of pure diamond,

Kollha magħmula minn djamant pur,

Anna: You can double that or just about double it.

Anna: Tista 'tirduppja dak jew biss madwar id-doppju.

$9.8 million is the most expensive.

$9.8 miljun huwa l-aktar għali.

It's a Jewel Royale chessboard.

Huwa bord taċ-ċess Jewel Royale.

And the pieces are obviously quite heavy.

U l-biċċiet huma ovvjament pjuttost tqal.

They're made of pure gold.

Huma magħmula minn deheb pur.

So they're not gold plated.

Allura dawn mhumiex miksija bid-deheb.

Luke: Wow.

Anna: They made a pure gold and encrusted with diamonds and other precious gems.

Luke: Ara naqra. Anna: Huma għamlu deheb pur u miksi bid-djamanti u ħaġar prezzjuż ieħor.

Luke: Jesus!

Luqa: Ġesù!

Anna: And it all, it would probably be like too magnificent to play with.

Anna: U kollox, probabbilment ikun qisu wisq magnífico biex tilgħab magħha.

You just look at it, keep it in a locked cabinet.

Int biss tħares lejha, ​​żommha f'kabinett imsakkar.

Luke: It does raise the question, why buy that if you're not even gonna, like,

Luke: Din tqajjem il-mistoqsija, għaliex tixtri dak jekk lanqas biss ser, bħal,

it's an object that's designed to be played and you're just gonna leave it.

huwa oġġett li huwa ddisinjat biex jintlagħab u int se tħallih.

Anna: Well, it'd be a statement, wouldn't it?

Anna: Ukoll, tkun dikjarazzjoni, hux?

Luke: Yeah.

Luke: Iva.

Anna: Don't touch the chessboard.

Anna: Tmissx it-tabella taċ-ċess.

Very good.

I do like to have a nice chessboard.

Tajjeb ħafna.

Inħobb li jkolli bord taċ-ċess sabiħ.

I have bought chessboards as gifts for people.

Xtrajt bords taċ-ċess bħala rigali għan-nies.

I think it is something nice to have in the house.

Naħseb li hija xi ħaġa sabiħa li jkollok fid-dar.

Just, you know, like having a globe.

Biss, taf, bħal li jkollok globu.

Luke: Yeah.

Anna: In the house, which, you know, opens up to reveal the drink.

Luke: Iva. Anna: Fid-dar, li, taf, tiftaħ biex tikxef ix-xarba.

Luke: Yeah.

Anna: I don't drink very much anymore, but I used to have one of those.

Luke: Iva.

Anna: Ma nixrobx ħafna iktar, imma kont nieħu waħda minn dawk.

Luke: Yeah.

Anna: Having a nice chessboard.

Luke: Iva. Anna: Li jkollok bord taċ-ċess sabiħ.

I think they, these are just nice pieces of, not furniture, but

Naħseb li, dawn huma biss biċċiet sbieħ ta ', mhux għamara, iżda

things to have around the house.

affarijiet li jkollhom madwar id-dar.

Luke: Absolutely.

Luke: Assolutament. Iva.

Yeah.

Chessboards, they can be very beautiful things indeed.

Tabelli taċ-ċess, jistgħu jkunu affarijiet sbieħ ħafna tabilħaqq.

That's true.

Veru.

And there's something very satisfying about the objects if

U hemm xi ħaġa sodisfaċenti ħafna dwar l-oġġetti jekk

they're very nicely made, yeah.

huma magħmula tajjeb ħafna, yeah.

Anna: Yeah.

Anna: Iva. U klassiku ieħor, ovvjament, li tkellimna dwaru fuq il-podcast tiegħek huwa Monopoly.

And another classic, of course, which we talked about on your podcast is Monopoly.

Now, I'm not gonna go deep into this, but this is the kind of game that can

Issa, jien mhux ser nidħol fil-fond f'dan, iżda din hija t-tip ta 'logħba li tista'

really bring families together and teach them some really good lessons, but also

verament tgħaqqad lill-familji u tgħallimhom xi lezzjonijiet tassew tajbin, iżda

has a reputation for tearing families apart and causing horrendous arguments.

għandha wkoll reputazzjoni li tqatta' l-familji u li tikkawża argumenti orrendi.

But there is a really interesting fact about Monopoly that we didn't

Iżda hemm fatt tassew interessanti dwar Monopoly li aħna ma

cover in your podcast, so it might be good to touch on now.

koprejniex fil-podcast tiegħek, għalhekk jista 'jkun tajjeb li tmiss fuqu issa.

Luke: Mm-hmm.

Luqa: Mm-hmm.

Anna: In World War II, the Nazis let allied prisoners, prisoners

Anna: Fit-Tieni Gwerra Dinjija, in-Nazis ħallew priġunieri alleati, priġunieri

of war, play board games.

tal-gwerra, jilagħbu logħob tal-bord.

Luke: That's nice of them.

Luke: Dak sabiħ minnhom.

Anna: Yeah, it's very nice of them.

Anna: Iva, huwa sabiħ ħafna minnhom.

Luke: How nice of them.

Luke: Kemm sbieħ minnhom.

Anna: So the British government was even allowed to send some of these games

Anna: Allura l-gvern Ingliż tħalla saħansitra jibgħat xi wħud minn dawn il-logħob

to the soldiers who were incarcerated.

lis-suldati li kienu l-ħabs.

So, the government kind of worked with the game producers.

Allura, it-tip tal-gvern ħadem mal-produtturi tal-logħob.

Luke: Mm-hmm.

Anna: To hide items and like real money within the game.

Luqa: Mm-hmm.

Anna: Biex taħbi oġġetti u bħal flus reali fil-logħba.

So in the stash of paper money, they'd hide real bills.

Allura fil-stash ta 'flus tal-karti, kienu jaħbu kontijiet reali.

Luke: Okay.

Luke: Tajjeb.

Anna: And then rather than the kind of the tokens, the pieces that you'd

Anna: U mbagħad minflok it-tip ta’ tokens, il-biċċiet li kont

play with, they gave them like little things that they could use to escape,

tilgħab magħhom, tawhom qishom affarijiet żgħar li setgħu jużaw biex jaħarbu,

like, lock picks and things like that.

bħal, lock picks u affarijiet bħal dawn.

Luke: Oh my gosh.

Luke: Oh my gosh.

Anna: Yeah.

Anna: Iva.

And files so they could like file their way out of their chains or whatever,

U fajls sabiex ikunu jistgħu jixtieq fajl tagħhom triqthom barra mill-ktajjen tagħhom jew kwalunkwe,

Luke: Sort of like hidden within the within the box or

Luqa: Tip ta 'qishom moħbija fil- ġewwa l-kaxxa jew

within the board or something.

fil-bord jew xi ħaġa.

Or even the little items themselves could be used to like file away

Jew anke l-oġġetti żgħar infushom jistgħu jintużaw biex bħal file bogħod

the bars of a jail or something.

il-vireg ta 'ħabs jew xi ħaġa.

Anna: It says here, oh compasses.

Anna: Hawn jgħid, oh boxxli.

Luke: Wow.

Luke: Ara naqra.

And they actually used them to escape.

U fil-fatt użawhom biex jaħarbu.

That's, yeah, incredible.

Dak hu, iva, inkredibbli.

Anna: Okay, so I'm gonna move on quickly 'cause I know that

Anna: Tajjeb, mela se nkompli malajr għax naf li

you are pressed for time.

inti għafsa għaż-żmien.

I love that expression.

Inħobb dik l-espressjoni.

Luke: Mm-hmm.

Anna: To be pressed for time.

Luqa: Mm-hmm. Anna: Biex tkun ippressat għall-ħin.

You are running short on it.

Inti qed taħdem qasir fuqha.

Luke: Yeah.

Anna: So, some of the more unusual games that I would still call classics because

Luke: Iva. Anna: Allura, xi wħud mill-logħob l-aktar mhux tas-soltu li xorta kont insejjaħ klassiċi għax

they were a big part of my childhood.

kienu parti kbira mit-tfuliti tiegħi.

The first is Kerplunk.

L-ewwel huwa Kerplunk.

Did you ever play Kerplunk?

Qatt tilgħab Kerplunk?

Luke: Yeah.

Luke: Iva.

Yeah.

We had a Kerplunk game at my grandma's house.

Iva. Kellna logħba Kerplunk fid-dar tan-nanna tiegħi.

Anna: Yeah, and this is quite unusual.

Anna: Iva, u dan huwa pjuttost mhux tas-soltu.

It's not a typical board game, although it is listed as a board game.

Mhijiex logħba tal-bord tipika, għalkemm hija elenkata bħala logħba tal-bord.

It's like a plastic tube with, and you shove loads of plastic

Huwa bħal tubu tal-plastik bi, u inti shove tagħbijiet ta '

straws to block the tube.

tiben tal-plastik biex jimblokka t-tubu.

And then...

U mbagħad...

Luke: Yeah.

Lots of, yeah...

Luke: Iva. Ħafna, iva...

Anna: Yeah.

Luke: Loads of plastic needles kind of thing stuck inside

Anna: Iva. Luke: Tagħbijiet ta 'labar tal-plastik tip ta' ħaġa mwaħħla ġewwa

little holes in the tube.

toqob żgħar fit-tubu.

Anna: Yeah.

Yeah.

Very long ones.

Anna: Iva. Iva.

Dawk twal ħafna.

And they're not sharp, are they?

U mhumiex jaqtgħu, hux?

They're child safe.

Huma siguri għat-tfal.

Luke: Yeah.

Luke: Iva. Anna: U mbagħad int, u jimblokkaw it-triq lejn il-qiegħ ta 'dan it-tubu simili, u

Anna: And then you, and they block the way to the bottom of this like tube, and

then you pour loads of marbles in the top.

mbagħad ferra tagħbijiet ta' marbles fil-parti ta 'fuq.

Luke: Yeah.

Luke: Iva.

Anna: And then the idea is to remove these kind of straws or needles

Anna: U allura l-idea hi li tneħħi dawn it-tip ta’ tiben jew labar

without dislodging any of the marbles.

mingħajr ma titneħħa l-ebda rħam.

And at some point you remove a needle and some marbles come crashing down.

U f’xi punt tneħħi labra u xi rħam jinżlu.

But that's not the end of the game.

Imma dak mhux it-tmiem tal-logħba.

It's only the end when all the marbles have fallen.

Huwa biss it-tmiem meta l-irħam kollha jkunu waqgħu.

Luke: Yeah.

Anna: So you have to get to the end without having too many marbles.

Luke: Iva. Anna: Mela trid tasal sal-aħħar mingħajr ma jkollok wisq irħam.

Luke: If you're the one who lets the last marble fall, you lose.

Luke: Jekk int li tħalli l-aħħar irħam jaqa’, titlef.

Yeah.

Iva.

Yeah.

Anna: Yeah.

Luke: So it's kind of along the lines of like the Jenga, you

Iva. Anna: Iva.

Luke: Mela hija tip ta' logħob bħal Jenga, taf

know, game that everyone knows.

, li kulħadd jaf.

Jenga.

And also there's another one where you have these sticks with different colours

Jenga.

U hemm ukoll ieħor fejn għandek dawn il-bsaten b’kuluri differenti

and you let the sticks all fall in a pile and then you have to pick up the sticks

u tħalli l-bsaten kollha jaqgħu ġo munzell u mbagħad trid taqbad il-bsaten

without letting the other sticks move.

mingħajr ma tħalli l-bsaten l-oħra jiċċaqilqu.

Anna: Oh, I haven't played that one.

Anna: Oh, ma lgħabtx dik.

Luke: Yeah, they play it in France quite a lot.

Luke: Iva, jilagħbuha fi Franza pjuttost ħafna.

So you get a bunch of these sticks.

Allura ikollok mazz ta 'dawn il-bsaten.

They've got different colours on them that represent different points.

Huma ħadthom ltqajna kuluri differenti fuqhom li jirrappreżentaw punti differenti.

Anna: Right.

Luke: Some of them are more valuable than others, and you have to very

Anna: Dritt. Luqa: Xi wħud minnhom jiswew iktar minn oħrajn, u trid

carefully take the sticks away from the pile without letting the others move.

tieħu l-bsaten b’attenzjoni kbira mill-munzell mingħajr ma tħalli lill-oħrajn jiċċaqilqu.

And it's really interesting.

U huwa tassew interessanti.

You can use other sticks to help you prise them off.

Tista 'tuża stikek oħra biex tgħinek tgħollihom.

Anna: Ahh.

Luke: They've got pointed ends, so you can press your finger down on the end and

Anna: Ahh. Luke: Għandhom truf bil-ponta, sabiex tkun tista’ tagħfas subgħajk 'l isfel fuq it-tarf u

it makes the stick lift off the table.

tagħmel il-bastun jerfa' minn fuq il-mejda.

But it's not really a pub game because if you've had a couple of drinks, then you're

Imma mhix verament logħba tal-pub għax jekk ħadt xi xorb, allura int

like, oh, let's play the stick game.

bħal, oh, ejja nilagħbu l-logħba tal-istikek.

And then, you know, you've got to be very careful when you play it.

U mbagħad, tafu, trid toqgħod attent ħafna meta tilgħabha.

Anna: Is it called Pick Up Sticks?

Anna: Tissejjaħ Pick Up Sticks?

Luke: I can't remember.

Maybe, maybe, maybe that's the UK version.

Luke: Ma nistax niftakar.

Forsi, forsi, forsi dik hija l-verżjoni tar-Renju Unit.

I dunno, I can't remember what they call it in France now.

Ma nafx, ma nistax niftakar kif isejħulu fi Franza issa.

Anna: Well, the being very careful reminds me of one of my most fun games

Anna: Ukoll, li noqgħod attent ħafna tfakkarni f'wieħed mill-aktar logħob divertenti tiegħi

of my childhood is the game of Operation.

tat-tfuliti tiegħi hija l-logħba tal-Operazzjoni.

Luke: Oh, God.

Luke: Oh, Alla.

Can't stand it.

Ma jiflaħx.

Anna: What, do you get nervous?

Anna: X'jiġi nervuża?

Luke: Just can't stand Operation.

Luke: Biss ma jiflaħx l-Operazzjoni.

Can't do it.

Anna: Why?

Ma tistax tagħmel dan.

Anna: Għaliex?

Luke: It's just horrible.

Luke: Huwa biss orribbli.

Like, I don't know.

Bħal, ma nafx.

Again, maybe I had a bad experience of playing it with other kids when I

Għal darb’oħra, forsi kelli esperjenza ħażina li nilgħabha ma’ tfal oħra meta kont

was young and it was just, you know, one of those times when you're at

żgħir u kienet biss, taf, waħda minn dawk il-ħinijiet meta tkun id-

someone's house and it was horrible.

dar ta’ xi ħadd u kienet orribbli.

But nah, nah, no.

Imma nah, nah, le.

Anna: One very fun game that I'm sure you would like is Hungry Hippos.

Anna: Logħba waħda divertenti ħafna li jien ċert li tixtieq hi Hungry Hippos.

Luke: Hungry Hippos.

Luqa: Hippos bil-ġuħ.

Yeah.

Iva.

It's fun to an extent.

Huwa pjaċevoli sa ċertu punt.

Anna: Well, as much as bashing on a lever.

Anna: Tajjeb daqskemm tibbaża fuq lieva.

Luke: Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang.

Luqa: Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang.

Yeah.

Bang, bang, bang.

Iva. Bang, bang, bang.

Get the hippos to eat all of the red balls.

Ġib lill-ippopota biex jieklu l-blalen ħomor kollha.

If they get yellow balls, that's even better.

Jekk jiksbu blalen sofor, dak huwa saħansitra aħjar.

Right?

Because there's red balls and a couple of yellow balls in there

Dritt?

Għax hemm blalen ħomor u ftit blalen sofor hemmhekk

too, which are worth more points.

ukoll, li jiswew aktar punti.

And dang dang dang dang dang dang dang, that's good for, for me now 10 minutes

U dang dang dang dang dang dang dang, that's good for, for me now 10 minutes

maximum is all I can ta ta ta ta.

maximum is all I can ta ta ta ta.

And then I'm like, ah, you know what, let's, can we just,

U allura jien bħal, ah, taf xiex, ejja, nistgħu biss,

can we play Monopoly instead?

nistgħu nilagħbu Monopoly minflok?

Anna: Yeah, my sons love to play it over and over and over again.

Anna: Iva, uliedi jħobbu jdoqquha għal darb'oħra u għal darb'oħra.

But then they also like stashing.

Iżda mbagħad huma wkoll bħal stashing.

So at one point, my two year old would just start taking the marbles while

Allura f’ħin minnhom, it-tifel ta’ sentejn tiegħi kien jibda jieħu l-irħam waqt li

I'm playing with my four year old and putting them in different places.

jien qed nilgħab mat-tifel ta’ erba’ snin u npoġġihom f’postijiet differenti.

Like one in the kitchen.

Bħal wieħed fil-kċina.

Luke: Yeah.

Anna: One inside the crocodile's mouth.

Luke: Iva. Anna: Wieħed ġewwa ħalq il-kukkudrill.

Luke: Yeah.

Luke: Iva. Anna: Wieħed fl-armarju.

Anna: One in the cupboard.

And I'm just like, where have all the marbles gone?

U jien biss bħal, fejn marru l-irħam kollha?

What's happened?

X'ġara?

Luke: Another reason why the game makes me uncomfortable.

Luke: Raġuni oħra għaliex il-logħba tagħmilni skomda.

Just it's quite a messy game.

Biss hija pjuttost logħba messy.

It's just, uh...

Huwa biss, uh...

Anna: Mm-hmm.

Anna: Mm-hmm.

Luke: No, it makes me a bit uncomfortable.

Luke: Le, jagħmilni daqsxejn skomdu.

Uncomfortable and stressed.

Skomdu u enfasizzat.

A bit like Operation.

Daqsxejn bħall-Operazzjoni.

Anna: Yes.

Well, one very messy game that you might not have heard of is Monster Mash.

Anna: Iva.

Ukoll, logħba waħda messy ħafna li forsi ma smajtx biha hija Monster Mash.

Luke: No, don't know it, no.

Luke: Le, ma nafx, le.

Anna: So I've never been able to find this, but we played it as kids, and it's

Anna: Allura jien qatt ma stajt insib dan, imma aħna lagħbuha bħala tfal, u huwa

basically you each have a big lump of Play-Doh with a monster's head stuck

bażikament kull wieħed għandek biċċa kbira ta 'Play-Doh b'ras ta' mostru mwaħħla

in the top, and that's your piece.

fil-quċċata, u dik hija l-biċċa tiegħek.

And you just go round a very basic board when you are rolling the dice and

U inti sempliċiment iddur fuq bord bażiku ħafna meta tkun qed tirrombla d-dadi u

when you land on someone, you just mash your monster on top of their monster

meta tinżel fuq xi ħadd, inti sempliċiment maxx il-mostru tiegħek fuq il-mostru tagħhom

and kind of just take over them, like the Body Snatchers and your monster

u tip ta 'ftit tieħu f'idejhom, bħall-Body Snatchers u l-mostru tiegħek

becomes twice as big and that person is out because you've just mashed

isir id-doppju kbir u dik il-persuna hija barra għaliex inti għadek maxx

them, until you become this humongous, four piece, four-bodied monster having

minnhom, sakemm inti ssir dan humongous, erba 'biċċiet, erba' korp mostru wara li

mashed the other players on the board.

mashed l-atturi l-oħra fuq il-bord.

Luke: Okay.

Luke: Tajjeb.

Yeah.

Again, no, not for me because like Play-Doh, of all the kids' toys,

Iva. Għal darb’oħra, le, mhux għalija għax bħal Play-Doh, mill-ġugarelli kollha tat-tfal,

Play-Doh is not one of my, I can't, no.

Play-Doh mhix waħda minn tiegħi, ma nistax, le.

Anna: Really?

Luke: Nah, no.

Anna: Tassew? Luke: Nah, le.

Anna: Wow.

Luke: It's too messy.

Anna: Ara naqra.

Luke: Huwa wisq imħawwad.

And it makes me feel uncomfortable.

U jġiegħli nħossni skomdu.

Anna: It is messy.

Anna: Huwa messy.

It is messy.

Huwa messy.

I love Play-Doh.

Inħobb Play-Doh.

I think the kids have a really great time with Play-Doh.

Naħseb li t-tfal għandhom ħafna ħin bil-Play-Doh.

It keeps them quiet.

Iżommhom kwieti.

So we always take Play-Doh in the backpack when we're at

Allura aħna dejjem nieħdu Play-Doh fil-backpack meta nkunu fir-

restaurants or going out somewhere.

ristoranti jew noħorġu xi mkien.

Luke: Yeah.

Yeah.

Luke: Iva. Iva.

Anna: And they just play for hours with the Play-Doh.

Anna: U jilagħbu għal sigħat biss bil-Play-Doh.

My sister-in-law said, "I hate Play-Doh".

Il-kunjata tiegħi qalet, “Ddejjaqni Play-Doh”.

Just like you.

Eżatt bħalek.

It's too messy, too messy.

Huwa wisq messy, wisq messy.

But then asked, what would your children like as a present for Christmas?

Imma mbagħad mistoqsi, uliedek x’jixtiequ bħala rigal għall-Milied?

And I said, they love Play-Doh.

U għedt, iħobbu Play-Doh.

How about like a Play-Doh Set?

Kif dwar bħal Sett Play-Doh?

Play-Doh do all kinds of sets.

Play-Doh tagħmel kull tip ta 'settijiet.

So why not maybe like the dentist set where the Play-Doh are the teeth

Allura għaliex mhux forsi bħall-sett tad-dentist fejn il-Play-Doh huma s-snien

and they can practise dental hygiene.

u jistgħu jipprattikaw l-iġjene dentali.

Oral hygiene.

Iġjene orali.

Luke: Mm-hmm.

Anna: Or maybe the pizza making set.

Luqa: Mm-hmm.

Anna: Jew forsi s-sett li jagħmel il-pizza.

She's like, "Leave it with me.

Hija qisha, "Ħalliha miegħi.

I'll sort it out.

Jiena nirranġaha.

I don't like play by myself.

Jien ma nħobbx nilgħab waħdi.

It's too messy, but leave it with me."

Huwa messy wisq, imma ħallieh miegħi." Aqta

Guess what she got?

x'ħadet?

Luke: The messiest Play-Doh set she could find.

Luqa: L-aktar sett Play-Doh li setgħet issib.

Anna: It's the hoover Play-Doh set where you have a sprinkler that makes

Anna: Huwa s-sett Play-Doh hoover fejn għandek bexxiexa li tagħmel

tiny, teeny weeny, little teeny pieces of Play-Doh and spreads it all over so

ċkejkna, teeny weeny, ftit. biċċiet żgħar ta' Play-Doh u jifrexha kollha biex

that then you can then hoover it up.

imbagħad tkun tista' tiġborha.

But the hoover is, you know, there's no way to take it apart.

Imma l-hoover hija, taf, m'hemm l-ebda mod kif tneħħiha.

And so it's just full of Play-Doh.

U għalhekk hija mimlija Play-Doh.

So if you want to save any of the Play-Doh and to work again,

Mela jekk int trid issalva xi wieħed mill-Play-Doh u biex terġa' taħdem,

you have to pick it all out.

trid taqbadha kollha.

It's horrific.

Huwa orribbli.

Luke: Oh, stop.

Luqa: Oh, ieqaf. Jidher qisu l-agħar ħmar il-lejl tiegħi.

It sounds like my worst nightmare.

Like a game that's designed to turn Play-Doh into Play-Doh dust.

Bħal logħba li hija mfassla biex tbiddel Play-Doh f'Play -Doh trab.

Uh oh.

Uh oh.

Oh, no, no.

Oh, le, le. Ma

Can't.

nistax.

Can't do it.

Anna: Yeah.

Ma nistax tagħmel dan.

Anna: Iva.

Okay, so I'm gonna, I'm gonna bring it to a close 'cause I know

Tajjeb, allura jien se nġibha għal qrib għax naf li

you are, you've got no more time.

int , M'għandekx aktar ħin.

Oh yeah.

But, one of the more recent players in the gaming market is one

Oh yeah. Iżda, wieħed mill-atturi l-aktar riċenti fis-suq tal-logħob huwa wieħed

that's caused a lot of hilarity.

li kkawża ħafna ilarità.

And it's Cards against Humanity.

U huwa Cards kontra l-Umanità.

Luke: Yeah.

Luqa: Iva. Mhux logħba tat-tfal.

Not a kid's game.

So going from Play-Doh and Hungry Hippos and Operation, which are absolutely

Allura sejjer minn Play-Doh u Hungry Hippos and Operation, li huma assolutament

children's games to Cards Against Humanity, which is definitely one to play

logħob tat-tfal għal Cards Against Humanity, li definittivament huwa wieħed biex tilgħab

when the kids are in bed fast asleep.

meta t-tfal ikunu fis-sodda rieqda sew.

Anna: Mm-hmm.

Yeah.

Luke: Yeah.

Anna: Mm-hmm.

Iva. Luke: Iva.

Anna: Yeah.

It is a set of cards that are just a lot of them.

Anna: Iva. Huwa sett ta 'karti li huma biss ħafna minnhom.

It's just filth, right?

Huwa biss ħmieġ, hux?

Luke: Yeah.

Anna: It's the kind of thing that will shock and yeah, just...

Luke: Iva. Anna: Hija t-tip ta’ ħaġa li se xokk u iva, biss...

Luke: Disgust.

Luke: Disgust.

Anna: Yeah.

Anna: Iva.

Yeah.

Iva.

Luke: It's the most shocking and disgusting and offensive

Luke: Huwa l-aktar

stuff that they could think of.

ħwejjeġ xokkanti u diżgustanti u offensivi li jistgħu jaħsbu.

Anna: Yeah.

Luke: That they put into the game.

Anna: Iva. Luke: Li daħħlu fil-logħba.

Yeah.

Iva.

Anna: Yeah, yeah.

Anna: Iva, iva.

I've had a few awkward evenings with people, like neighbours that we're just

Kelli ftit serati skomdi man-nies, bħal ġirien li qed nippruvaw insiru nafu biss

trying to get to know, and they're like, should we play Cards Against Humanity?

, u huma bħal, għandna nilagħbu Cards Against Humanity?

Yeah, sure.

Iva, żgur.

Luke: Yeah.

Luke: Iva.

Anna: Awkward.

Anna: Skomdi.

Very awkward.

Or grandma, um, I saw this new game, apparently it's quite popular.

Skomdi ħafna.

Jew nanna, um, rajt din il-logħba ġdida, apparentement hija popolari pjuttost.

Could we play?

Nistgħu nilagħbu?

Luke: It's got a very high rating on Amazon.

Luke: Għandu klassifikazzjoni għolja ħafna fuq Amazon.

Anna: Okay, grandma.

Anna: Tajjeb, nanna.

What, what does this word mean?

Xi tfisser din il-kelma?

Maybe don't Google that, grandma.

Forsi ma Google dan, nanna.

Luke: So how does Cards Against Humanity work again?

Luke: Allura kif jerġa’ jaħdem Cards Against Humanity?

It's basically, I can't remember now, yeah.

Bażikament, ma nistax niftakar issa, iva.

Anna: So it's something like creating sentences.

Anna: Mela hija xi ħaġa bħall-ħolqien ta’ sentenzi.

Luke: Yeah.

Luke: Iva. Anna: Trid tgħaqqad is-sentenzi.

Anna: You have to put sentences together.

It gives you some horrific endings or beginnings of sentences and you

Jagħtik xi truf jew bidu orribbli tas-sentenzi u trid

have to complete it or something.

tlestiha jew xi ħaġa.

Luke: Yeah, that's right.

Luke: Iva, hekk hu.

There's a, sort of a, the beginning of a statement, and then you've

Hemm, tip ta 'a, il-bidu ta' dikjarazzjoni, u mbagħad ikollok

got a number of cards in your hand.

numru ta 'karti f'idejk.

Anna: Yeah.

Luke: And you have to choose the card which you think is

Anna: Iva. Luke: U trid tagħżel il-karta li taħseb li hija

best to complete that statement.

l-aħjar biex timla dik id-dikjarazzjoni.

And all the cards in your hand are horrible, offensive, rude things.

U l-karti kollha f'idejk huma affarijiet orribbli, offensivi, rude.

I mean, it's fun when you're with your friends, of course, because you

Jiġifieri, huwa pjaċevoli meta tkun ma’ sħabek, ovvjament, għax taf

know, it's just a thing that makes everyone shocked and it's, you know,

, hija biss ħaġa li ġġiegħel lil kulħadd ixxukkjat u hija, taf,

it can be laugh out loud funny.

tista’ tidħaq b’leħen għoli.

Anna: Mm-hmm.

Luke: You know, when you're with people that you know and you know

Anna: Mm-hmm.

Luke: Taf, meta tkun ma’ nies li taf u taf

that there's no danger of offending anyone, it's all just for fun.

li m’hemm l-ebda periklu li toffendi lil ħadd, kollox huwa biss għall-gost.

And, you know, you can come out with some pretty hilarious and disgusting things.

U, tafu, tista 'toħroġ b'xi affarijiet pjuttost divertenti u disgusting.

You pass your card in and the person whose turn it is reads out all of the

Tgħaddi l-karta tiegħek u l-persuna li jkun imissha taqra l-

statements and then everyone decides which one they think is the best.

istqarrijiet kollha u mbagħad kulħadd jiddeċiedi liema waħda jaħsbu li hija l-aħjar.

Anna: Yes.

Anna: Iva.

Luke: And that person...

Anna: The one that's the funniest.

Luke: U dik il-persuna... Anna: L-aktar waħda umoristiċi.

Luke: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Luke: Iva, iva, iva, iva.

Anna: Yeah.

That one wins.

Anna: Iva. Dak jirbaħ.

Luke: Yeah, that's right.

Luke: Iva, hekk hu.

Anna: Yeah.

So on that note, thank you so much Luke for joining me.

Anna: Iva. Allura fuq dik in-nota, grazzi ħafna Luke talli ngħaqadt miegħi.

Listeners, if you are interested in hearing a little bit more of a deep

Semmiegħa, jekk inti interessat li tisma 'ftit aktar ta' fond

dive into Monopoly, then do head to the show notes to go and listen

adsa f'Monopoly, imbagħad agħmel ras għan-noti tal-ispettaklu biex tmur tisma

to that other episode on Luke's channel, Luke's English Podcast.

' dak l-episodju l-ieħor fuq l-istazzjon ta' Luke, Luke's English Podcast.

Thank you so much.

Grazzi ħafna.

Luke: Thank you, Anna.

Luke: Grazzi, Anna.

It's really good fun.

Huwa tassew pjaċevoli.

I'd love to just play a board game now.

Nixtieq nilgħab board game issa.

Anna: Yeah.

Luke: But, gotta go, like, go to the supermarket and

Anna: Iva.

Luke: Imma, trid tmur, bħal, mur is-supermarket u

then cook dinner, you know?

mbagħad issajjar il-pranzu, taf?

You know the way it is.

Anna: Yeah.

You got some important life stuff coming up, so, uh...

Taf kif inhi.

Anna: Iva. Għandek xi affarijiet importanti tal-ħajja ġejjin, allura, uh...

Luke: Absolutely.

Luke: Assolutament.

Anna: You've gotta get your game in order.

Anna: Int trid tikseb il-logħba tiegħek f'ordni.

Luke: Yeah.

The real game of life.

Luke: Iva.

Il-logħba reali tal-ħajja.

Anna: The game of life.

Anna: Il-logħba tal-ħajja.

Yeah.

Luke: Yeah.

Anna: Yeah.

Iva.

Luke: Iva. Anna: Iva.

Luke: Okay.

Anna: Okay.

Luke: Tajjeb. Anna: Tajjeb.

Thank you.

Luke: Alright, lovely to speak to you again, Anna.

Grazzi. Luke: Tajjeb, sabiħ li nerġa’ nitkellem miegħek, Anna.

Anna: And you, take care.

Anna: U int, oqgħod attent.

Luke: You too.

Luke: Int ukoll.

Anna: And bye.

Anna: U bye.

Luke: Bye-bye.

Luke: Bye-bye.