Fun Announcement from Rachel's English

Hey fans! This is a special Rachel’s English video, um, where I’m going to tell you something

مرحبا يا اصدقاء هذا فديو جديدوخاص من Rachel's English , ساخبركم فيه

really exciting!

بشي مشوق حقا (مفاجاة)

This is my boyfriend David. You guys might recognize him because we did go on a big road

هذا حبيبي ديفيد اعتقد انكم تعرفوه من قبل لاننا خرجنا في رحلة هذا الصيف

trip this summer, and I did talk about it a lot on Rachel’s English. But the thing

وقد تكلمت عنها كثيرا في فديوهات سابقة

that’s exciting, that I wanted to tell you, is that he’s not my boyfriend anymore. He’s

لكن الشي المشوق الذي اريد ان اخبركم عنه هو انه لم يعد حبيبي الان

my fiancé. We decided to get married.

بل خطيبي.. قررنا ان نتزوج

So, we’re going to get married this January. And, one of the things that, um, culture,

سنتزوج في يناير القادم واعتقد ان

I think, is focused around, is big events like weddings. And so, I’m going to talk

احد الامور التي تركز عليها الثقافات هي الزواج

a little bit about my wedding, and about how I’m preparing for it, we’re preparing

لذا سوف اتحدث عن زفافي وكيف نقوم بالاعداد له

for it, um, as a way to, sort of, talk about American culture. So I’m going to make a

وبالمرة سنتحدث عن ثقافة امريكا

couple YouTube videos over the next couple months, maybe two or three. And, I’m hoping

لذا سنصدر جزئين من الفديو علي مدار الشهرين او الثلاث اشهر القادمة

that you guys will also share stories about your cultures, and what weddings are like

واتمني ان تشاركونا ايضا بثقافتكم وكيف تكون اشكال الزفاف لديكم

there.

Um, so to begin, we’re just going to talk for a little bit about how we got engaged,

و لنبدا..دعوني اخبركم قليلا كيف انخطبناا

and, what is, sort of, tradition, as far as that’s concerned, in America. So, David

وماهي التقاليد المتبعة في امريكاا

did one thing that’s pretty traditional, that I was a little surprised about, which

ديفيد قام بشي تقليدي ورائع ادهشني قليلا

is … do you know what it is?

هل تعرف ما هو؟

>> I bought you a ring. >> Yes, two things, actually. The buying of

_اشتريت لك خاتما _نعم في الحقيقة هما شيئان

a ring is pretty standard. >> ‘kay.

لكن شراء الخاتم امر طبيعي جدا

>> I, I didn’t necessarily think I needed one. I didn’t need one, but it was really

اعتقد اني لست بالضرورة احتاج لخاتم ,لست في حاجة اليه

awesome when he gave me one. Very pretty. The diamond ring is typical in America, and

لكنه كان حقا رائع عندما منحني واحدا. الخاتم الالماس هو الشائع في امريكا

you wear it on this finger of your left hand. But the thing I was thinking of, actually,

ونرتديه عادة في هذا الاصبع من اليد اليسري.لكن الشي الذي افكر فيه فعليا

is that you got down on one knee. >> Oh, um-hmm.

هو انك ركعت علي ركبة واحدة

>> Which is pretty traditional, and, I think it’s less frequent for that to happen than

وهو من التقاليد الجميلة جدا لكنه ليس شائع اكثر من تقديم الخاتم.._ربما انك محقة

for a ring to be presented. >> You’re probably right. [4x]

هل سمعتم كيف نطق ديفيد "ربما" استمعو ل "ربما"اخري في الفديو

>> But the thing I was thinking of, actually, is that you got down on one knee.

الشي الذي افكر فيه اكثر هو انك ركعت علي ركبة احدة

>> Oh, um-hmm. >> Which is pretty traditional, and, I think

و هو من التقاليد الجميلة و اعتقد انه

it’s less frequent for that to happen than for a ring to be presented.

اقل شيوعا من تقديم الخاتم

>> You’re probably right. >> Yeah. But he did it. He’s just such a

ربما انتي محقة_هي فقط مجرد تقاليد _لكنه فعلها لذا هو شاب تقليدي

traditional guy. Not really. >> Not really.

ليس تماما

Not really. Did you notice how we both dropped the T in ‘not’ in the phrase ‘not really’?

هل لاحظتم كيف اننا لم ننطق الT في not really

Not really, not really. This doesn’t follow any of the rules for pronouncing T. According

في هذه الحالة لا نتبع اي قاعدة من قواعد نطق ال T

to the rules, this should be a stop T because the next sounds is a consonant, not really,

فحسب القواعد يجب التوقف عند ال T اذا كان يليها حرف ساكن مثل ال R

not really. But, because it’s such a common phrase, you will hear Americans simplify it

لكن لانها عبارة شائعة ومنتشرة جدا فكثيرا ستسمع الامريكان ينطقونها ببساطة هكذا..

even further, like we just did, dropping the T altogether. Not really, not really. Listen

بحذف حرف ال T هكذا NO Really

again.

استمع مجددا

>> Not really. [6x]

>> Um, but one tradition that David didn’t do, is he didn’t ask my parents for permission,

لكن ديفيد لم يسال اذن ابي و امي كاحد التقاليد ايضا

which I think is a much less strong tradition now than it probably was 50 years ago. Although,

والتي اصبحت الان اقل اهمية علي خلاف ماكانت عليه قبل 50 عاما

I asked my Dad, and he said he did not ask my mom’s parents for permission, either.

علي الرغم من اني سالت ابي قال لي انه لم يطلب اذن زواج امي من والديها

So. And that was almost 50 years ago. Um, but also, part of it is just where we are

كان ذلك قبل 50 سنة لكن جزء منه نعيشه نحن الان

in life. We’re…older. And so, it, I’m not, like, I don’t know. I’m not so closely

في الحياة فقد كبرنا (اصبحنا مسنين)

tied to my parents in that familial kind of way. You know, I mean, I’m not as young,

واعتقد اني لست قريبة جدا من عائلتي بهذه الطريقة اقصد اني لم اعد صغيرة

I’m more independent now. So, asking them for permission also might have been a little

اصبحت اكثر استقلالا الان لذا طلب الاذن منهم اعتقد انه سيكون

bit weird because of that. >> Mm-hmm.

غريبا بعض الشي

>> Um, why don’t you just say…

حسنا لما لا تقول

Did you notice how ‘you’ sounded like ‘chew’? Americans will do this sometimes

هل لاحظتم كيف نطقنا "you" تبدو وكانها "شيو" عادة ينطقها الامريكان هكذا

when there’s an ending T followed by the word ‘you’. Instead of a T sound, it’s

عندما ننتهي عند حرف ال T ويتبعها مباشرة كلمة "you"

more of a CH sound. Don’t you, don’t you, why don’t you. Listen again.

فاننا نقوم بستبدال صوت ال T ب ال ch استمع مجداا

>> Um, why don’t you just [3x] say, for a minute or two, about where and how we got

حسنا لما لا تخبرنا قليلا عن كيف واين تمت خطبتنا

engaged. >> Sure. So, we got engaged on a—Wednesday

حسنا انخطبنا مساء يوم الاربعاء

evening? >> Mm-hmm.

اها

>> And, basically, I had gotten the ring, I was feeling pretty good about the ring.

مبدئيا احضرت لكي الخاتم وشعرت بالسعادة حقا نحو ذلك

And decided that I would ask you in the park. So, I made some dinner reservations and tried

وقررت انه عليا ان اطلب منك الزواج في المنتزه لذلك حجزت موعدا للعشاء

to be casual about it. I was trying to surprise her a little bit. And so, we rode our bikes

وحاولت ان اجعل الامر عادي حتي اتمكن من مفاجئتها فركبنا الدراجات

to dinner, but I had told her that I wanted to stop in the park for a little bit, and

الي العشاء ولكني اخبرتها انه علي التوقف عند الحديقة لبعض الوقت

just hang out. >> When he told me that, I thought, maybe

فقط اريد ان نتمشي قليلا _عندما اخبرني ذلك

he’s got something up his sleeve. >> So I sort of, I, I tipped my hand a little

خمنت انه ربما يخفي شيئا ما في اكمامه(يجهز خدعة) _لذلك مايلت كفة يدي قليلا

bit there. But, um, yeah, we sat down in the park, on a park bench. And, I didn’t know

وجلسنا علي مقعد في الحديقة,ولم اعرف كيف ابدا

how to start. So, I just at some point, just kind of got to the point. And, yeah. Then

فقد وصلت لنقطة معينة الي حد ما وصلت لنقطة معينة

I sort of slid off the bench and I got onto one knee, and I asked you if you would marry

بعد ذلك تزحزت من علي المقعد وجثوت علي ركبتي وسالتلك اذا كنتي ستتزوجين مني

me. >> And I said, “Mm-hmm.” Just kidding.

وانا قلت "اممم" فقط امزح

I said “Yes!” And probably there were people in the park that were noticing this

قلت "نعم"وربما كان هناك اشخاص في الحديقة لاحظو ذلك

was happening, but we didn’t notice them. And then we rode our bikes to dinner, and

لكننا لم نلاحظهم بعد ذلك قودنا الدرجات الي العشاء

had a great, a great dinner. >> We did.

وكان عشاء راااائع

>> So, it was also, it was in Rittenhouse Square, which is a very cute little park in,

وكان ذلك في ميدان "ريتينهاوس" وهو عبارة عن حديقة صغيرة لطيفة

um, in Philadelphia. And it was just, it was a special place for that to happen, because

في "فلاديلفيا"كان مكان مثالي لذلك

it’s just, I don’t know. It’s beautiful, outdoors, very cute. And somehow it was very

ربما لانه جميل ولطيف في الهواء الطلق

personal even though it was in a public space. So I thought that was really sweet.

والي حد ما شعرت انه خااص او شعرت بالخصوصية وان كنا علي الرغم من ذلك في مكان عام فقد كان حقا رائع

>> So, we’re going to get married in January, and that’s a pretty short engagement period

لذا سنتزوج في يناير وهو يعد فترة قصيرة من للخطوبة في امريكا

in America. In America, I think a year is a little bit more standard. But, we’re just

اعتقد ان سنة واحدة اكثر مقياس عادي لكننا لسنا مجرد اشخاص عاديين

not standard people. So we’re getting married in January instead, which means, um, first

لذا بدلا من ذلك سنتزوج في ينااير هذا يعني

of all, it’s probably going to be a less formal event because of the timing of it.

انه اولا ربما سيكون حدث اقل رسمية بسبب توقيته

And also, um, yeah. Just means less time to stress, which is always good.

ويعني ايضا انه وقت اقل للضغط وهو في العادة شي جيد

>> Um, so. So in order to help this still be an English exercise, a pronunciation exercise,

و لكي نبقيه تمرين انجليزي علي النطق "تمرين النطق"

I noticed as we were talking that we did some sort of fun idioms, so stay tuned and I’m

لاحظت انه بينما كنا نتحدث ,قد اتستخدمنا العديد من المصطلحات المسلية لذا ترقبوا ذلك

going to go over those. And, that’s it guys. I do want to add, if you’re interested in

فانا ساقوم بمراجعتهم يااصدقاء وهذا هو ما اريد اضافته ,

joining the conversation and learning about American culture through the process of getting

فاذا كنتم مهتمين بالمحادثة و معرفة الثقافة الامريكية حول عملية

married and of weddings, then I invite you to sign up for my mailing list if you haven’t

عملية الزواج والزفاف ,اذن انا ادعوكم للاشتراك في قناتي اذا لم تكونو مشتركين

already. I’m probably going to post…

فانا من المحتمل ان اقوم بنشر

>> I’m probably going to post [3x]

تخفيف اخر في نطق "محتمل"

“As I said, some people will reduce this to two syllables. So, you might hear ‘pro-bly’.”

كما قلت ان بعض الناس يقومون بتخفيف هذين المقطعين من الكلمة ,فربما تسمع "برو بالي"

>> I’m probably going to post a few extra pictures and write a little bit more about

انا ربما اقوم بنشر بعض الصور مع بعض الكتابات عن

my experience there than I will, um, on my Facebook page, for example. So, click on this

عن خبرتي اكثر هناك علي صفحتي ب فيس بوك مثلا

link or in the description to go sign up for my mailing list. It’s free. And, yeah. I

لذا اضغط علي الرابط في صندوق الوصف لتسجيل الدخول علي حسابي هو مجانا

guess, until the next video. That’s it guys, and thanks so much for using Rachel’s English.

حتي الفديو القادم شكرا جزيلا يا اصدقاء علي استخدامكم ل Rachel's English

Let’s learn the idiom to have something up your sleeve. I said, “Maybe he’s got

something up his sleeve”.

>> Maybe he’s got something up his sleeve.

This is a hidden or a secret plan or idea. In this case, I was pretty sure he didn’t

want to stop by the park just to enjoy the park, I thought he might have a plan in mind,

proposing.

>> Maybe he’s got something up his sleeve.

This idiom comes from card playing, when one might cheat by hiding a card up their sleeve

to his or her advantage.

A variation to this idiom, to having something up your sleeve, is to have a trick up your

sleeve.

In response to my idiom, David also used a card playing idiom: I tipped my hand a little

bit there.

>> So I sort of, I, I tipped my hand a little bit there.

If you’re playing cards, you want to keep your hand of cards hidden, of course. If you

tip your hand, you intentionally or not let people see what cards you have. The idiom

to tip your hand means revealing your plans.

Let’s listen to this exchange of idioms again.

>> Maybe he’s got something up his sleeve. >> So I sort of, I, I tipped my hand a little

bit there.

I’d love to hear about the ritual of engagements in your culture. Tell me about it in the comments

below, or share your personal engagement story.