14. Fixing cars

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'innani 'imtalku sayyāra fīāt 'uwnuw wa hiyya 'al-'ān ^cumruhā 'ithnā ^cashar ^cāmān

I have a Fiat Uno, which now is 12 years old.

laqad kānat sayyāra jayyida jiddan li-sanawāt ^cadīda wa-rakhīsa bi-n-nisbat lil-binzīn

It has been a very good car for many years, and cheap with gas.

wa-lakinnahā 'al-'ān bada'ta tusbih mushkila wa-bihā ba^cda l-makhātir f? l-qiyyāda

But now it's becoming a problem, and a little bit dangerous to drive.

wa-lākin hattā fī misr haythu kull shay' rakhīs, fa-'inna 'islāhi s-sayyāra ghālī jiddan bin-nisbati lī

But even in Egypt, where everything is cheap, fixing the car is too expensive for me.

'a^ctaqidu 'innanī māhir jiddan fī l-nawāhī l-fanniyya

I think I am quite clever with technical things.

li-dhālika sa'usallah l-muharrik wal-farāmil bi-nafsī

So I will fix the engine and the brakes by my own.

lā 'a^crif idhā kuntu sa-'anjah 'am lā, ^calā 'ayya hāl sa'ukhbir kam fi-mā ba^cda

I don't know if I will succeed or not, any way I will tell you later.