MONSIEUR JOURDAIN: I'm delighted to know you, so you can testify to the fact that my father was a gentleman. COVIELLE: I'll attest to it before all the world. MONSIEUR JOURDAIN: You'll oblige me. What business brings you here? COVIELLE: Since knowing your late father, honorable gentleman, as I told you, I have traveled through all the world. MONSIEUR JOURDAIN: Through all the world! COVIELLE: Yes. MONSIEUR JOURDAIN: I imagine it's a long way from here to there. COVIELLE: Assuredly. I returned from all my long voyages only four days ago; and because of the interest I take in all that concerns you, I come to announce to you the best news in the world. MONSIEUR JOURDAIN: What? COVIELLE: You know that the son of the Grand Turk is here? MONSIEUR JOURDAIN: Me? No. COVIELLE: What! He has a very magnificent retinue; everybody goes to see it, and he has been received in this country as an important lord. MONSIEUR JOURDAIN: By my faith! I didn't know that. COVIELLE: The advantage to you in this is that he is in love with your daughter. MONSIEUR JOURDAIN: The son of the Grand Turk? COVIELLE: Yes. And he wants to be your son-in-law. MONSIEUR JOURDAIN: My son-in-law, the son of the Grand Turk? COVIELLE: The son of the Grand Turk your son-in-law. As I went to see him, and as I perfectly understand his language, he conversed with me; and, after some other discourse, he said to me, "Acciam croc soler ouch alla moustaph gidelum amanahem varahini oussere carbulath," that is to say, "Haven't you seen a beautiful young person who is the daughter of Monsieur Jourdain, gentleman of Paris?" MONSIEUR JOURDAIN: The son of the Grand Turk said that of me? COVIELLE: Yes. Inasmuch as I told him in reply that I knew you particularly well and that I had seen your daughter: "Ah!" he said to me, "marababa sahem;" Which is to say, "Ah, how I am enamored of her!" MONSIEUR JOURDAIN: "Marababa sahem" means "Ah, how I am enamored of her"? COVIELLE: Yes. MONSIEUR JOURDAIN: By my faith, you do well to tell me, since, as for me, I would never have believed that "marababa sahem" could have meant to say "Oh, how I am enamored of her!" What an admirable language Turkish is! COVIELLE: More admirable than one can believe. Do you know what Cacaracamouchen means? MONSIEUR JOURDAIN: Cacaracamouchen? No. COVIELLE: It means: It means, "My dear soul." MONSIEUR JOURDAIN: Cacaracamouchen means "My dear soul?" COVIELLE: Yes. MONSIEUR JOURDAIN: That's marvelous! Cacaracamouchen, my dear soul. Who would have thought? I'm dumbfounded. COVIELLE: Finally, to complete my assignment, he comes to ask for your daughter in marriage; and in order to have a father-in-law who should be worthy of him, he wants to make you a Mamamouchi, which is a certain high rank in his country. MONSIEUR JOURDAIN: Mamamouchi?'