McGuffey's Eclectic Primer, Revised Edition — Page 12

Vocabulary

مدرسة

madrasa — A school; place where students receive education.

طفل

tifl — A child; young human being.

كنيسة

kanīsa — A church; Christian place of worship.

عندما

ʿindamā — When; at the time that something happens.

كتب

kutub — Books; written or printed works (plural).

ألواح

alwāḥ — Boards or slates; flat writing surfaces (plural).

رسم

rasm — Drawing or sketch; visual artistic representation.

توضيحي

tawḍīḥī — Illustrative; serving to clarify or explain visually.

عدة

ʿidda — Several; a number of things or people.

أشخاص

ashkhāṣ — Persons; people (plural of شخص).

يقفون

yaqifūn — They are standing; present tense plural verb.

أمام

amāma — In front of; positioned before something.

تبدو

tabdū — She/it appears or looks like something.

مشابهة

mushābiha — Similar or resembling; having likeness to something.

صغيرة

ṣaghīra — Small; little in size.

ما

mā — What; interrogative or relative pronoun.

نوع

nawʿ — Type or kind; category of something.

هذا

hādhā — This; demonstrative pronoun for near masculine noun.

البناء

al-bināʾ — The building or construction; a structure.

هل

hal — Question particle introducing yes/no questions.

تظن

taẓunnu — You think or believe; second-person verb.

أنه

annahu — That it is; subordinating conjunction with pronoun.

أم

am — Or; conjunction used in alternative questions.

يبدو

yabdū — It appears or seems; third-person singular verb.

لكنني

lākinnanī — But I; contrastive conjunction with first-person pronoun.

أظنه

aẓunnuhu — I think it; first-person verb with object pronoun.

أرى

arā — I see; first-person singular present tense verb.

الأولاد

al-awlād — The boys; male children (definite plural).

والبنات

wa-l-banāt — And the girls; female children (definite plural).

مع

maʿa — With; preposition indicating accompaniment.

كتبهم

kutubuhum — Their books; books belonging to them.

تُقرع

tuqraʿ — Is rung; passive verb referring to a bell.

الجرس

al-jaras — The bell; device that produces a ringing sound.

سيدخلون

sa-yadkhulūn — They will enter; future tense plural verb.

الطفل

al-tifl — The child; young person (definite singular).

الجيد

al-jayyid — The good one; adjective meaning good or fine.

يحب

yuḥibbu — He loves or likes; third-person singular verb.

الذهاب

al-dhahāb — Going; verbal noun meaning the act of going.

إلى

ilā — To; preposition indicating direction or destination.

المدرسة

al-madrasa — The school; definite place of learning.

الدرس

al-dars — The lesson; a unit of learning or instruction.

الثامن

al-thāmin — The eighth; ordinal number.

والثلاثون

wa-l-thalāthūn — And thirty; used in compound ordinal numbers.

سريع

sarīʿ — Fast or quick; adjective describing speed.

رأيت

raʾaytu — I saw; first-person past tense verb.

يقتل

yaqtulu — He kills; third-person singular present verb.

أنا

anā — I; first-person singular personal pronoun.

يأكل

yaʾkulu — He eats; third-person singular present verb.

أول

awwal — First; ordinal number indicating priority or sequence.

يعرف

yaʿrifu — He knows; third-person singular present verb.

طائر

ṭāʾir — A bird; winged flying animal.

في

fī — In; preposition indicating location or time.

تعال

taʿāl — Come here; imperative verb commanding approach.

هنا

hunā — Here; adverb indicating nearby location.

أسرع

asraʿ — Hurry or faster; imperative or comparative of speed.

وأخبرني

wa-akhbirnī — And tell me; imperative verb with object pronoun.

الطائر

al-ṭāʾir — The bird; definite winged flying creature.

ألا

alā — Don't you; negative interrogative particle.

تعرف

taʿrifu — You know; second-person singular present verb.

لا

lā — No; negation particle.

هو

huwa — He or it; third-person masculine singular pronoun.

إنه

innahu — Indeed it is; emphatic particle with pronoun.

أراه

arāhu — I see it; first-person verb with object pronoun.

لذيذ

ladhīdh — Delicious or tasty; adjective for good flavor.

للأكل

li-l-akl — For eating; prepositional phrase indicating purpose.

نعم

naʿam — Yes; affirmative response particle.

أحب

uḥibbu — I love or like; first-person singular present verb.

قتله

qatluhu — Killing it; verbal noun with possessive pronoun.

التاسع

al-tāsiʿ — The ninth; ordinal number.

عزيز

ʿazīz — Dear or beloved; adjective meaning precious.

اسم

ism — Name; word used to identify a person or thing.

أزرق

azraq — Blue; color adjective (masculine form).

رضيع

raḍīʿ — Infant or baby; very young nursing child.

قريب

qarīb — Near or close; adjective indicating short distance.

مغلق

mughlaq — Closed or shut; adjective for something not open.

سرير

sarīr — Bed; furniture used for sleeping.

أطفال

aṭfāl — Children; plural of child.

يجلس

yajlisu — He sits; third-person singular present verb.

نائم

nāʾim — Sleeping or asleep; active participle adjective.

الأطفال

al-aṭfāl — The children; definite plural noun.

أليس

alaysa — Is it not; negative interrogative with verb.

طفلاً

ṭiflan — A child; accusative indefinite singular noun.

رضيعاً

raḍīʿan — An infant; accusative indefinite form of baby.

عزيزاً

ʿazīzan — Dear or sweet; accusative indefinite adjective.

اسمها

ismuha — Her name; noun with feminine possessive pronoun.

ولها

wa-lahā — And she has; conjunction with prepositional phrase.

عيون

ʿuyūn — Eyes; plural of eye.

كبيرة

kabīra — Big or large; feminine adjective.

زرقاء

zarqāʾ — Blue; feminine form of color adjective.

تستطيع

tastaṭīʿu — She can; third-person feminine present ability verb.

رؤية

ruʾya — Seeing or vision; verbal noun of to see.

عينيها

ʿaynayha — Her two eyes; dual noun with possessive pronoun.

لأنهما

li-annahumā — Because they two are; causal conjunction with dual pronoun.

مغلقتان

mughlaqatān — Closed; dual feminine form of shut adjective.

طفلة

ṭifla — A girl child; feminine form of child.

رضيعة

raḍīʿa — A baby girl; feminine form of infant.

جيدة

jayyida — Good; feminine adjective meaning fine or well.

لكنها

lākinnahā — But she; contrastive conjunction with feminine pronoun.

ستبكي

sa-tabkī — She will cry; future tense feminine verb.

إذا

idhā — If or when; conditional conjunction.

أُذيت

udhīyat — She was hurt; passive past tense feminine verb.

أو

aw — Or; disjunctive conjunction offering alternatives.

لم

lam — Did not; negative particle for past tense.

تكن

takun — She was not; jussive negative verb form.

بخير

bi-khayr — Well or fine; prepositional phrase meaning in good health.

تحب

tuḥibbu — She loves or likes; third-person feminine present verb.

الجلوس

al-julūs — Sitting; verbal noun meaning the act of sitting.

بالقرب

bi-l-qurb — Near or close by; prepositional phrase of proximity.

من

min — From or of; preposition indicating origin or relation.

الطفلة

al-ṭifla — The girl child; definite feminine noun.

سريرها

sarīruhā — Her bed; noun with feminine possessive pronoun.

الأربعون

al-arbaʿūn — Forty; cardinal number.

مراجعة

murājaʿa — Review or revision; going over learned material.

يعيش

yaʿīshu — He lives; third-person singular present verb.

منزلنا

manzilunā — Our house or home; noun with plural possessive pronoun.