McGuffey's Eclectic Primer, Revised Edition — Page 16

Vocabulary

تسأله

tas'aluhu — She asks him a question

فتاةٌ

fatātun — A girl or young woman

أن

an — That; to (subordinating conjunction)

يدلها

yadullahā — He guides or shows her the way

على

ʿalā — On; upon; about (preposition)

الطريق

aṭ-ṭarīq — The road, path, or way

إلى

ilā — To; toward (preposition indicating direction)

المدينة.

al-madīnah — The city or town

فيخبرها

fayukhbiruhā — So he informs or tells her

بالطريق،

biṭ-ṭarīq — About the road or the way

ثم

thumma — Then; afterwards (sequential conjunction)

يمضي

yamḍī — He continues on or proceeds forward

في

fī — In; inside (preposition of location)

طريقه.

ṭarīqihi — His road, path, or journey

الدرس

ad-dars — The lesson or class session

التاسع

at-tāsiʿ — The ninth (ordinal number)

والأربعون.

wal-arbaʿūn — And forty (part of compound ordinal)

سأفعل

sa'afʿal — I will do or I shall do

ستفعل

satafʿal — You will do or she will do

لا

lā — No; not (negation particle)

تفعل

tafʿal — You do; he does (present tense verb)

قطة

qiṭṭa — A cat (feminine noun)

خرخرة

kharkhara — Purring sound made by a cat

تربيت

tarbīt — Patting or gently stroking an animal

فراء

farāʾ — Fur; animal coat or hair

أذى

adhā — Harm; injury or damage

أفعال

afʿāl — Actions; deeds (plural of فعل)

أنا

anā — I; the first person singular pronoun

أحب

uḥibbu — I love; I like very much

قطتي

qiṭṭatī — My cat (possessed feminine noun)

العزيزة،

al-ʿazīzah — The dear or beloved (feminine adjective)

فراؤها

farāʾuhā — Her fur or her coat

دافئٌ

dāfiʾun — Warm; cozy (masculine adjective)

جداً؛

jiddan — Very; extremely (intensifying adverb)

وإن

wa-in — And if; even if (conditional conjunction)

لم

lam — Did not (past negation particle)

أؤذِها،

uʾdhihā — I harm her or hurt her

فلن

falan — Then she will not (future negation)

تؤذيني.

tuʾdhīnī — She harms or hurts me

سأربّت

sa'urabbitu — I will pat or stroke gently

وعندها

wa-ʿindahā — And then; at that moment in time

وتُبدي

wa-tubdī — And she shows or expresses something

لي

lī — To me; for me (prepositional pronoun)

شكرها

shukrihā — Her gratitude or her thanks

أفعالي

afʿālī — My actions or my deeds

الطيبة

aṭ-ṭayyibah — The good; the kind (feminine adjective)

معها.

maʿahā — With her (prepositional pronoun)

الخمسون.

al-khamsūn — The fiftieth (ordinal number)

الآن

al-ān — Now; at this present moment

أكاليل

akālīl — Crowns; wreaths or garlands (plural)

من

min — From; of (preposition of origin)

ملكة

malika — Queen; female ruler or monarch

غابات

ghābāt — Forests; woods (plural noun)

سيجب

sayajibu — It will be necessary; he must

تاج

tāj — Crown; a royal headpiece

إنه

innahu — Indeed it is; verily it is

أول

awwal — First; the beginning (ordinal adjective)

مايو.

māyū — May; the fifth month of year

ذهب

dhahaba — He went; traveled to a place

الأولاد

al-awlād — The boys; the children (plural noun)

والبنات

wal-banāt — And the girls (plural noun)

الغابة

al-ghābah — The forest or the woods

لقضاء

liqaḍāʾ — To spend; for passing time

وقت

waqt — Time; a period or moment

ممتع.

mumtiʿ — Enjoyable; fun or entertaining

انظر

unẓur — Look! Watch! (imperative command)

إليهم

ilayhim — At them; toward them (prepositional pronoun)

وهم

wa-hum — And they; while they (pronoun)

يلعبون.

yalʿabūn — They play; they are playing

تحمل

taḥmilu — She carries; they carry something

البنات

al-banāt — The girls (plural feminine noun)

أيديهن.

aydīhinna — Their hands (feminine plural possession)

والآن

wal-ān — And now; at this moment

سيتوّجن

sayutawwajna — They will crown one of them

إحداهن

iḥdāhunna — One of them (feminine reference)

ملكةً

malikatan — A queen; crowned female ruler

لشهر

lishahr — For a month; for one month

ستكون؟

satakūn — She will be; who will she be

ينبغي

yanbaghī — It is necessary; one should do

تكون

takūn — She is; she should be (verb)

أفضل

afḍal — Better; best (comparative adjective)

فتاة،

fatāh — A girl; a young woman

وهي

wa-hiya — And she; and it is her

الحادي

al-ḥādī — The first (part of compound ordinal)

والخمسون.

wal-khamsūn — And fifty (fifty-first compound ordinal)

الله

allāh — God; the one God in Islam

صغير

ṣaghīr — Small; little; young in size

عالم

ʿālam — World; universe; realm of existence

قمر

qamar — Moon; the Earth's natural satellite

يضيء

yuḍīʾ — He illuminates; it shines light

جوزة

jawzah — Walnut; a hard-shelled tree nut

طويل

ṭawīl — Tall; long in height or length

مضى

maḍā — Passed; elapsed (of time)

أترى

atarā — Do you see? Can you see?

ذلك

dhālika — That; that thing (demonstrative pronoun)

الشجر

ash-shajar — The tree or trees (collective noun)

الطويل؟

aṭ-ṭawīl — The tall one; the long one

منذ

mundhu — Since; ago (temporal preposition)

زمن

zaman — Time; an era or a period

بعيد

baʿīd — Far; distant; long ago

نبتت

nabattat — It grew; it sprouted from ground

صغيرة.

ṣaghīrah — Small; little (feminine adjective)

هل

hal — Do? Is? (yes/no question particle)

تعرف

taʿrifu — You know; do you know

جعلها

jaʿalahā — Made it; caused it to become

ذلك؟

dhālika — That; that thing (demonstrative pronoun)

هو

huwa — He; it (masculine singular pronoun)

الله،

allāh — God; the one God almighty

يا

yā — O! Hey! (vocative calling particle)

بني.

bunayya — My son; dear boy (affectionate term)

خلق

khalaqa — He created; brought into existence

العالم

al-ʿālam — The world; the universe entirely

وكل

wa-kull — And every; and all of it

شيء

shayʾ — Thing; something; anything at all

فيه.

fīhi — In it; within it (pronoun)

جعل

jaʿala — He made; caused something to be

الشمس

ash-shams — The sun (feminine noun)

تنير

tunīr — She illuminates; it lights up

النهار،

an-nahār — The daytime; daylight hours

والقمر

wal-qamar — And the moon (conjunction + noun)

الليل.

al-layl — The night; nighttime hours

يُظهر

yuẓhiru — He shows; he demonstrates or reveals

محبته

maḥabbatahu — His love; his affection for others

لنا

lanā — For us; to us (prepositional pronoun)

بكل

bikulli — With everything; through all means

ما

mā — What; that which (relative pronoun)

فعله

faʿalahu — He did it; what he has done

أجلنا.

ajlinā — For our sake; on our behalf