
Scene 8 of 50
Is-sufan l-isfar
A yellow sofa in the bathroom
Your goalI can say what colour and size things are, and where they are in a room.
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Fil-kamra tal-banju hemm sufan isfar kbir. Fuq is-sufan hemm lampa ħamra.
In the bathroom there's a big yellow sofa. On the sofa there's a red lamp.
X'inhu dan?! Sufan? Ġol-banju tiegħi?
What's this?! A sofa? In my bathroom?
X'inhu dan?! Sufan? Ġol-banju tiegħi?
What's this?! A sofa? In my bathroom?
Jien m'għandix sufan. U m'għandix lampa ħamra!
I don't have a sofa. And I don't have a red lamp!
Jien m'għandix sufan. U m'għandix lampa ħamra!
I don't have a sofa. And I don't have a red lamp!

You go upstairs and knock. Ġorġ opens the door, half asleep. Bonġu, Ġorġ. Skużani...
Good morning, Ġorġ. Sorry...
Bonġu, Ġorġ. Skużani...
Good morning, Ġorġ. Sorry...
ĠorġĦello... X'hemm?
Hi... What's up?
Għandek sufan isfar?
Do you have a yellow sofa?
Għandek sufan isfar?
Do you have a yellow sofa?
ĠorġIva, għandi. Fil-kamra tiegħi.
Yes, I do. It's in my room.

He turns round and looks into his room.
ĠorġOh... Mhux hawn! Fejn hu s-sufan tiegħi?
Oh... It's not here! Where's my sofa?
Fil-banju tiegħi.
In my bathroom.
Fil-banju tiegħi.
In my bathroom.

He runs downstairs in his slippers. 
In your bathroom, Ġorġ stares at the sofa and the red lamp, confused.
ĠorġIs-sufan tiegħi! Iva, dan hu!
My sofa! Yes, that's it!
U l-lampa l-ħamra? Tiegħek ukoll?
And the red lamp? Is it yours too?
U l-lampa l-ħamra? Tiegħek ukoll?
And the red lamp? Is it yours too?
ĠorġLe. Il-lampa tiegħi żgħira u ħadra.
No. My lamp is small and green.
Mela ta' min hi?
Then whose is it?
Mela ta' min hi?
Then whose is it?
ĠorġMa nafx.
I don't know.
ĠorġImma kif? Is-sufan kbir, u l-bieb żgħir.
But how? The sofa is big, and the door is small.
U t-tieqa żgħira wkoll.
And the window is small too.
U t-tieqa żgħira wkoll.
And the window is small too.

He sits down on the sofa and stretches out.
ĠorġĦeqq... Issa s-sufan tiegħek.
Oh well... Now the sofa is yours.
Tiegħi? Imma hu fil-banju!
Mine? But it's in the bathroom!
Tiegħi? Imma hu fil-banju!
Mine? But it's in the bathroom!
ĠorġAra! Ċikku taħt is-sufan.
Look! Ċikku is under the sofa.

Who says this?
Mela ta' min hi?
Mela ta' min hi?
What does it mean?
Imma kif? Is-sufan kbir, u l-bieb żgħir.
Which line do you hear?
Do you have a yellow sofa?
Do you have a yellow sofa?
Put the words in order.
No. My lamp is small and green.
What happens first?
Put the lines in the order they come in the scene.

Scene complete
Is-sufan l-isfar
Goal reachedI can say what colour and size things are, and where they are in a room.
