McGuffey's Eclectic Primer, Revised Edition — Page 10
The girls are not on the pond; but some of them have skates which roll on the floor.
الفتيات لسن على البركة؛ لكن بعضهن يملكن زلاجات تتدحرج على الأرض.
How fast the cars go!
ما أسرع السيارات!
Can you see them?
هل يمكنك رؤيتها؟
Ned and John are hard at work.
نيد وجون يعملان بجد.
John has a saw, and Ned has an ax.
يملك جون منشاراً، ويملك نيد فأساً.
They will try to cut all of the wood which you see in the pile.
سيحاولان قطع كل الخشب الذي تراه في الكومة.
Do you think they can do this in one day
هل تظن أنهما يستطيعان فعل هذا في يوم واحد
Two girls have gone out for a walk.
خرجت فتاتان في نزهة.
It is May, and the air is cool.
إنه شهر مايو، والهواء بارد.
They hear the birds sing in the trees, and they hear the noise of the frogs in the pond.
تسمعان الطيور تغني في الأشجار، وتسمعان ضجيج الضفادع في البركة.
They see men at work and boys at play.
ترى الفتاتان رجالاً يعملون وأولاداً يلعبون.
Bess has a cart and two goats.
تملك بيس عربةً وعنزتين.
She likes to ride in her cart.
تحب أن تركب في عربتها.
See how the goats pull!
انظر كيف تجر العنزات!
Bess is so big, I think she should walk up the hill.
بيس كبيرة جداً، أظن أنها ينبغي أن تمشي صعوداً إلى التل.
The goats love Bess, for she feeds them, and is kind to them.
تحب العنزات بيس، لأنها تطعمهن وتعطف عليهن.
Vocabulary
- الفتيات
- al-fatayāt — The girls; plural of girl
- لسن
- lasna — They are not; negation for feminine plural
- على
- ʿalā — On, upon; common preposition
- البركة
- al-baraka — The blessing; divine favor or grace
- لكن
- lākin — But, however; adversative conjunction
- بعضهن
- baʿḍuhunna — Some of them; referring to a feminine group
- يملكن
- yamlikna — They own, they possess; feminine plural verb
- زلاجات
- zalājāt — Roller skates or sleds; plural of زلاجة
- تتدحرج
- tatadaḥraju — It rolls, it tumbles along a surface
- الأرض
- al-arḍ — The ground, the earth, the floor
- ما
- mā — What, not; interrogative or negation particle
- أسرع
- asraʿ — Faster, quickest; comparative adjective of speed
- السيارات
- al-sayyārāt — The cars; plural of automobile
- هل
- hal — Question particle introducing yes/no questions
- يمكنك
- yumkinuka — You can, it is possible for you
- رؤيتها
- ruʾyatuhā — Seeing her/it; verbal noun with possessive suffix
- يعملان
- yaʿmalāni — They (two) work; dual present tense verb
- بجد
- bi-jidd — Seriously, hard, with effort
- يملك
- yamliku — He owns, he possesses something
- منشاراً
- minshāran — A saw; a tool for cutting wood
- ويملك
- wa-yamliku — And he owns; conjunction plus possession verb
- فأساً
- faʾsan — An axe; a tool for chopping wood
- سيحاولان
- sa-yuḥāwilāni — They (two) will try; future dual verb
- قطع
- qaṭʿ — Cutting, severing; verbal noun of to cut
- كل
- kull — All, every, each; totality word
- الخشب
- al-khashab — The wood, timber; material from trees
- الذي
- alladhī — Which, that, who; relative pronoun masculine
- تراه
- tarāhu — You see it; second person singular present verb
- في
- fī — In, inside; common locative preposition
- الكومة
- al-kawma — The pile, the heap of things
- تظن
- taẓunnu — You think, you suppose; present tense verb
- أنهما
- annahumā — That they two; dual subject pronoun with particle
- يستطيعان
- yastaṭīʿāni — They (two) are able, can do something
- فعل
- fiʿl — Doing, action; verbal noun or act
- هذا
- hādhā — This; masculine singular demonstrative pronoun
- يوم
- yawm — Day; a unit of time
- واحد
- wāḥid — One, single; the number one
- خرجت
- kharajat — She went out, she exited; past tense verb
- فتاتان
- fatātāni — Two girls; feminine dual noun
- نزهة
- nuzha — A stroll, an outing, a pleasure walk
- إنه
- innahu — Indeed it is; emphatic particle with pronoun
- شهر
- shahr — Month; a unit of the calendar
- مايو
- māyū — May; the fifth month of the year
- والهواء
- wa-l-hawāʾ — And the air; atmosphere with conjunction
- بارد
- bārid — Cold, cool; describing temperature
- تسمعان
- tasmaʿāni — They (two) hear, they listen; dual present verb
- الطيور
- al-ṭuyūr — The birds; plural of bird
- تغني
- tughanī — It sings, she sings; present tense verb
- الأشجار
- al-ashjār — The trees; plural of tree
- وتسمعان
- wa-tasmaʿāni — And they (two) hear; conjunction plus dual verb
- ضجيج
- ḍajīj — Noise, din, loud clamor
- الضفادع
- al-ḍafādiʿ — The frogs; plural of frog
- ترى
- tarā — She/you sees; present tense sight verb
- الفتاتان
- al-fatātāni — The two girls; definite feminine dual noun
- رجالاً
- rijālan — Men; indefinite plural of man
- يعملون
- yaʿmalūna — They work; masculine plural present verb
- وأولاداً
- wa-awlādan — And boys, and children; with conjunction
- يلعبون
- yalʿabūna — They play; masculine plural present verb
- تملك
- tamliku — She owns, she possesses; present tense
- عربةً
- ʿarabatan — A cart, a small wagon or carriage
- وعنزتين
- wa-ʿanzatayni — And two goats; dual noun with conjunction
- تحب
- tuḥibbu — She loves, she likes; present tense verb
- أن
- an — To, that; subordinating particle before verb
- تركب
- tarkab — She rides, she mounts a vehicle or animal
- عربتها
- ʿarabatahā — Her cart, her carriage; noun with possessive
- انظر
- unẓur — Look! See! Imperative command to observe
- كيف
- kayfa — How; interrogative adverb of manner
- تجر
- tajurru — She pulls, she drags something along
- العنزات
- al-ʿanzāt — The goats; plural of female goat
- كبيرة
- kabīra — Big, large, great; feminine adjective
- جداً
- jiddan — Very, extremely; intensifying adverb
- أظن
- aẓunnu — I think, I suppose; first person verb
- أنها
- annahā — That she/it; emphatic particle with pronoun
- ينبغي
- yanbaghī — It is necessary, one ought to, should
- تمشي
- tamshī — She walks, she goes on foot
- صعوداً
- ṣuʿūdan — Going up, ascending; verbal noun of ascent
- إلى
- ilā — To, toward; directional preposition
- التل
- al-tall — The hill; a raised mound of earth
- لأنها
- li-annahā — Because she/it; causal conjunction with pronoun
- تطعمهن
- tuṭʿimuhunna — She feeds them; feminine plural object pronoun
- وتعطف
- wa-taʿṭifu — And she is kind, she shows compassion
- عليهن
- ʿalayhinna — On them, toward them; feminine plural pronoun
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