Title: Hal A-na Sa-ghee-ra? Am I Small?
Page One: Ha-tha Tam-ee-ya! This is Tamia?
Nah-‘a’m! Bi-Dub-bit. Yes! Exactly!
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Tam-ee-ya laa ti-zaal Saw-ghee-ra lill-ghay-ya.
A-na? Saw-ghee-ra?
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Hal a-na Saw-ghee-ra?
Saw-ghee-ra, in-tee? In-tee uhSS-ghar min uhSS-ghar! In-tee quzz-ma!
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Hal a-na quzz-ma?
In-tee quzz-ma? In-tee Saw-gheera jid-dan!
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Hal a-na Saw-gheera jid-dan?
Saw-gheera jid-dan, in-tee? In-tee da-qee-qa uhSS-Saw-ghir – (you are so precisely small?)
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Hal a-na da-qee-qa uhSS-Saw-ghir?
da-qee-qa uhSS-Saw-ghir, in-tee? In-tee ma-ta-naa-hee-ya uhSS-Saw-ghir! – you are ultra small
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Hal a-na ma-ta-naa-hee-ya uhSS-Saw-ghir!
In-tee ma-ta-naa-hee-ya uhSS-Saw-ghir?
In-tee ka-bee-ra!
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Hal a-na ka-bee-ra?
In-tee ka-bee-ra? In-tee Dawkh-ma!
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Hal a-na Dawkh-ma?
In-tee Dawkh-ma? In-tee ha-‘i-la al-Haa-jim
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Hal a-na ha-‘i-la al-Haa-jim?
In-tee ha-‘i-la al-Haa-jim? in-tee ‘am-laa-qaw
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li-Haa-THaw . . . li-qud ‘aa-rift al-ann! A-na kul shee…
ma-ta-naa-hee-ya uhSS-Saw-ghir!
wa quzz-ma!
wa Dawkh-ma!
wa ha-‘i-la al-Haa-jim!
wa ‘am-laa-qaw
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wa i-tha ka-nat kul how’-la’ fa’-na ay-Don, fill Ha-jim al-mi-naa-sib!
Saw-HeeH! Bi-Dub-bit!
SawHeeH!