McGuffey's Eclectic Primer, Revised Edition — Page 7

Vocabulary

ستقف

sataqif — She/it will stand (future tense)

بجانب

bi-jānib — Beside, next to something

القفص

al-qafaṣ — The cage, enclosure for animals or birds

وسيغني

wa-sayughnī — And he will sing (future tense)

الطائر

al-ṭāʾir — The bird, a flying creature

توجد

tūjad — There are, they exist (feminine/general)

طيور

ṭuyūr — Birds, plural of bird

في

fī — In, inside, within (preposition)

الشجرة

al-shajara — The tree, a large woody plant

البركة

al-birka — The pond, a small body of water

هل

hal — Question particle introducing yes/no questions

يمكنك

yumkinuka — You are able to, can you

رؤيتها

ruʾyatahā — Seeing them/her, the act of seeing

نعم

naʿam — Yes, affirmative response

يوجد

yūjad — There is, exists (masculine singular)

خمسة

khamsa — Five, the number 5

منها

minhā — Of them, from them (feminine referent)

عش

ʿushsh — Nest, a bird's home in a tree

لن

lan — Will not, negates future tense verbs

يسرق

yasriq — He steals, takes something illegally

طائر

ṭāʾir — A bird, winged flying creature

إنه

innahu — Indeed he is, emphasis on subject

طيب

ṭayyib — Good, kind, pleasant in character

القلب

al-qalb — The heart, core organ or emotion center

جداً

jiddan — Very, extremely, intensifier adverb

ليفعل

li-yafʿala — To do, in order for him to do

ذلك

dhālika — That, demonstrative pronoun for distant things

رسم

rasm — Drawing, illustration, a visual depiction

توضيحي

tawḍīḥī — Illustrative, explanatory, serving to clarify

تمرين

tamrīn — Exercise, practice activity for learning

كتابي

kitābī — Written, relating to writing (adjective)

ستطعم

satutʿimu — She will feed, give food to someone

البط

al-baṭṭ — The ducks, water birds that swim

تمتلك

tamtalik — She owns, possesses something

فستاناً

fustānan — A dress, a woman's garment

جديداً

jadīdan — New, recently made or acquired (accusative)

الدرس

al-dars — The lesson, a unit of learning

الحادي

al-ḥādī — The first (ordinal, used in compound numbers)

والعشرون

wal-ʿishrūn — And the twentieth, part of ordinal twenty-one

ما

mā — What, interrogative or relative pronoun

بومة

būma — An owl, nocturnal bird of prey

الليل

al-layl — The night, the dark hours

يوم

yawm — Day, a period of twenty-four hours

أن

an — That, conjunction introducing subordinate clause

لكن

lākin — But, however, conjunction showing contrast

جيداً

jayyidan — Well, in a good manner (adverb)

كبير

kabīr — Big, large, great in size

عيون

ʿuyūn — Eyes, plural of eye

الأفضل

al-afḍal — The best, superior to all others

جاثمة

jāthima — Perched, crouching (feminine participle)

على

ʿalā — On, upon, above (preposition)

غصن

ghuṣn — Branch, a limb of a tree

شجرة

shajara — A tree, large woody plant

هذا

hādhā — This, near demonstrative pronoun (masculine)

يا

yā — O, vocative particle calling attention

له

lahu — For him, belonging to him

من

min — From, of, preposition of origin

كبيرة

kabīra — Big, large (feminine adjective)

لكنها

lākinnahā — But she/it, contrastive conjunction with pronoun

لا

lā — No, not, negation particle

تستطيع

tastaṭīʿ — She is able to, can do something

ترى

tarā — She sees, perceives visually

النهار

al-nahār — The daytime, daylight hours

البومة

al-būma — The owl, nocturnal bird of prey

بشكل

bi-shakl — In a manner/form, in the shape of

أفضل

afḍal — Better, superior, comparative adjective

يمتلك

yamtalik — He owns, possesses something

أليفة

alīfa — Tame, domesticated, a pet animal

الثاني

al-thānī — The second, ordinal number two

عشب

ʿushb — Grass, green ground vegetation

هم

hum — They, third person plural pronoun

يأتون

yaʾtūn — They come, approach a place

بعيداً

baʿīdan — Far away, at a distance

حظيرة

ḥaẓīra — Barn, stable, enclosure for livestock

ظل

ẓill — Shade, shadow cast by an object

حار

ḥārr — Hot, having high temperature

أبقار

abqār — Cows, cattle, plural of cow

خارج

khārij — Outside, exterior, beyond a boundary

واقفة

wāqifa — Standing, stationary (feminine participle)

تحت

taḥta — Under, below, beneath something

اليوم

al-yawm — Today, the current day

الأبقار

al-abqār — The cows, the cattle (definite plural)

الكبيرة

al-kabīra — The big one (feminine definite adjective)

تتغذى

tataghadhdhā — She/it feeds on, eats nutritiously

العشب

al-ʿushb — The grass, green ground vegetation

الجديد

al-jadīd — The new one, recently made or grown

أبقارنا

abqārunā — Our cows, cattle belonging to us

تهرب

tahrab — She/it runs away, escapes, flees

تأتي

taʾtī — She comes, arrives at a place

إلى

ilā — To, toward, in the direction of

الحظيرة

al-ḥaẓīra — The barn, the livestock enclosure

الثالث

al-thālith — The third, ordinal number three

قريباً

qarīban — Soon, near, in a short time

شمس

shams — Sun, the star at center of solar system

رقبة

raqaba — Neck, the part connecting head to body

غروب

ghurūb — Sunset, the setting of the sun

طريق

ṭarīq — Road, path, way to a destination

جرس

jaras — Bell, a device that makes ringing sound

واحد

wāḥid — One, the number 1 (masculine)

ملكهم

malakahum — He owned them, possessed them (past tense)

تغادر

tughādir — She leaves, departs from a place

المرعى

al-marʿā — The pasture, grazing land for animals

عند

ʿinda — At, near, at the time of

الغروب

al-ghurūb — The sunset, the setting of the sun

ستغرب

sataghrub — It will set, the sun will go down

الشمس

al-shams — The sun, the star in our solar system

طريقها

ṭarīqahā — Her/its path, her road or way

بقرة

baqara — A cow, female bovine animal

عجوز

ʿajūz — Old, aged (used for people or animals)

واحدة

wāḥida — One, the number 1 (feminine)

تحمل

taḥmil — She carries, bears or holds something

جرساً

jarasan — A bell (accusative form)

رقبتها

raqabatahā — Her neck, the neck belonging to her

إنها

innahā — Indeed she/it is, emphatic feminine pronoun

كلبنا

kalbunā — Our dog, the dog belonging to us

تجري

tajrī — She runs, moves quickly on foot

لطيف

laṭīf — Kind, gentle, nice in personality

مع

maʿa — With, together with (preposition)

الرابع

al-rābiʿ — The fourth, ordinal number four

شجاع

shujāʿ — Brave, courageous, bold in character

إذا

idhā — If, when, conditional conjunction

سفينة

safīna — A ship, large vessel for sea travel

قارب

qārib — A boat, small watercraft

يغرق

yaghraq — It sinks, goes down under water

رجال

rijāl — Men, adult male persons (plural)

صخرة

ṣakhra — A rock, large stone or boulder

ينقذ

yunqidh — He rescues, saves someone from danger

يجدفون

yajdifūn — They row, paddle a boat with oars

خلال

khilāl — During, through, within a period

العاصفة

al-ʿāṣifa — The storm, violent weather with strong winds

نحو

naḥwa — Toward, in the direction of something

حطام

ḥuṭām — Wreckage, debris from a destroyed vessel

السفينة

al-safīna — The ship, the large sea vessel