The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck — Page 2

Vocabulary

رسم

rasm — Drawing, sketch, or illustration of something visual

توضيحي

tawdīḥī — Illustrative, explanatory, serving to clarify something

لم

lam — Negation particle indicating past tense negation

تكن

takun — Was not; feminine negative past form of 'to be'

معتادةً

muʿtādatan — Accustomed to, used to doing something habitually

كثيراً

kathīran — Very much, a lot, frequently, to a great degree

على

ʿalā — On, upon, over; common Arabic preposition

الطيران

aṭ-ṭayarān — Flying, aviation, the act of flying through air

ركضت

rakaḍat — She ran; past tense feminine verb meaning to run

منحدرةً

munḥadirata — Going downhill, descending a slope or incline

بضعة

biḍʿa — A few, several; used for small indefinite numbers

ياردات

yārdāt — Yards; plural of yard, a unit of length measurement

وهي

wa-hiya — While she; conjunction plus feminine pronoun

ترفرف

turfarfiru — She flutters, flaps wings or fabric repeatedly

بشالها

bi-shālihā — With her shawl; shawl as a garment accessory

ثم

thumma — Then, afterwards; indicates sequence of events

قفزت

qafazat — She jumped, leaped into the air suddenly

في

fī — In, inside, within; very common Arabic preposition

الهواء

al-hawāʾ — The air, atmosphere; the gaseous space around us

طارت

ṭārat — She flew; past tense feminine verb meaning to fly

بشكل

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

رائع

rāʾiʿ — Wonderful, magnificent, splendid, impressive

حين

ḥīna — When, at the time when; temporal conjunction

أخذت

akhadhat — She took, she began; past feminine verb

انطلاقةً

inṭilāqatan — A launch, a running start, an initial burst forward

جيدة

jayyida — Good, fine, of high quality; feminine adjective

حلّقت

ḥallaqat — She soared, glided, circled high in the air

منخفضةً

munkhafidatan — Low, at a low level, flying close to the ground

فوق

fawqa — Above, over, on top of; spatial preposition

قمم

qimam — Tops, summits, peaks; plural of قمة (qimma)

الأشجار

al-ashjār — The trees; plural of شجرة (shajara)

حتى

ḥattā — Until, even, so that; conjunction or preposition

رأت

raʾat — She saw, she noticed; past tense feminine verb

مكاناً

makānan — A place, a location, a spot somewhere

مفتوحاً

maftūḥan — Open, cleared, unobstructed; masculine adjective

وسط

wasṭa — Middle, center, amid; inside or among something

الغابة

al-ghāba — The forest, the woods; dense area of trees

حيث

ḥaythu — Where, wherein; relative adverb of place

كانت

kānat — She/it was; past tense feminine form of to be

والأدغال

wal-adghāl — And the undergrowth, dense thickets in a forest

قد

qad — Already, indeed; particle indicating completed action

أُزيلت

uzīlat — Was removed, was cleared away; passive past verb

هبطت

habaṭat — She landed, descended, came down from above

بثقل

bi-thuql — With heaviness, heavily; indicating weighty landing

نسبي

nisbī — Relative, comparative; relating to a proportion

وبدأت

wa-badaʾat — And she began, and she started doing something

تتمايل

tatamāyal — She waddles, sways side to side while walking

مشيتها

mishyatuhā — Her walking, her gait, the way she walks

بحثاً

baḥthan — Searching, looking for; verbal noun in accusative

عن

ʿan — About, for, from; common Arabic preposition

مكان

makān — Place, location, spot; very common Arabic noun

تعشيش

taʿshīsh — Nesting; the act of building or finding a nest

جاف

jāff — Dry, arid, lacking moisture; adjective

ومناسب

wa-munāsib — And suitable, and appropriate for a purpose

استهوتها

istawhat-hā — It attracted her, it appealed to her greatly

جذعُ

jidh'u — Trunk of a tree; the main woody stem

شجرة

shajara — A tree; a woody plant with trunk and branches

بين

bayna — Between, among; spatial or abstract preposition

بعض

baʿḍ — Some, a few, part of a larger group

نباتات

nabātāt — Plants, vegetation; plural of نبات (nabāt)

الطويلة

aṭ-ṭawīla — The tall, the long; feminine definite adjective

لكن

lākin — But, however; adversative conjunction

جلست

jalsat — She sat down; past tense feminine verb

الجذع

al-jidh' — The trunk; the main stem of a tree

فوجئت

fūjiʾat — She was surprised, she was startled unexpectedly

بوجود

bi-wujūd — By the presence of, by the existence of something

رجل

rajul — A man; adult male human being

أنيق

anīq — Elegant, smartly dressed, refined in appearance

اللباس

al-libās — The clothing, the attire, what one wears

يقرأ

yaqraʾ — He reads; present tense verb meaning to read

جريدة

jarīda — A newspaper; a daily printed news publication

له

lahu — He has, for him; possessive or dative pronoun

آذان

ādhān — Ears; plural of أذن (udhn), the hearing organs

منتصبة

muntaṣiba — Upright, erect, standing straight; feminine adjective

سوداء

sawdāʾ — Black; feminine form of color adjective أسود

وشوارب

wa-shawārib — And whiskers/mustaches; plural of شارب (shārib)

بلون

bi-lawn — In the color of, with the color; preposition plus noun

رملي

ramlī — Sandy, sand-colored, beige-toned; adjective

قالت

qālat — She said; past tense feminine verb meaning to say

تميل

tamīl — She tilts, inclines, leans to one side

برأسها

bi-raʾsihā — With her head; tilting or moving her head

وقبعتها

wa-qubbaʿatihā — And her hat; referring to a hat she is wearing

أحد

aḥad — One of, someone; used with sides or people

الجانبين

al-jānibayni — The two sides; dual form of جانب (side)

رفع

rafaʿa — He raised, lifted up; past tense verb

الرجل

ar-rajul — The man; definite form of رجل

عينيه

ʿaynayhi — His two eyes; dual possessive form of عين

جريدته

jarīdatahu — His newspaper; the newspaper belonging to him

ونظر

wa-naẓara — And he looked, and he gazed at something

بفضول

bi-fuḍūl — With curiosity, curiously, inquisitively

إلى

ilā — To, toward, until; directional preposition

سيدتي

sayyidatī — My lady, madam; polite form of address for women

هل

hal — Interrogative particle introducing yes/no questions

ضللتِ

ḍalaltī — Have you lost (your way); second person feminine past

طريقك

ṭarīqak — Your way, your path, your road

قال

qāla — He said; past tense verb meaning to say or speak

لها

lahā — To her, for her; indirect object pronoun

كان

kāna — He/it was; past tense verb meaning to be

ذيل

dhayl — A tail; the rear appendage of an animal

طويل

ṭawīl — Long, tall; adjective describing length or height

كثيف

kathīf — Thick, dense, bushy; adjective for density

يجلس

yajlisu — He sits; present tense verb meaning to sit

عليه

ʿalayhi — On it, upon it; preposition with third person pronoun

إذ

idh — Since, as, given that; causal/temporal conjunction

رطباً

raṭban — Wet, damp, moist; masculine accusative adjective

الشيء

ash-shayʾ — The thing; definite form of شيء (a thing)

أنه

annahu — That he, that it; conjunction with masculine pronoun

بالغ

bāligh — Extreme, reaching the utmost degree; highly

التهذيب

at-tahdhīb — Politeness, refinement, good manners, courtesy

والوسامة

wal-wasāma — And handsomeness, and good looks, attractiveness

وأوضحت

wa-awwaḍḥat — And she clarified, and she made clear something

أنها

annahā — That she; conjunction combined with feminine pronoun

تضلّ

taḍill — She gets lost, she loses her way; present verb

طريقها

ṭarīqahā — Her way, her path, her road or route

بل

bal — Rather, on the contrary; corrective conjunction

إنها

innahā — Indeed she, she is; emphatic conjunction with pronoun

تحاول

tuḥāwil — She tries, she attempts to do something

إيجاد

ījād — Finding, creating, providing; verbal noun from وجد

آه

āh — Ah, oh; exclamation of surprise or realization

أحقاً

aḥaqqan — Really? Truly? Is that so? Expression of surprise

يا

yā — Oh, hey; vocative particle used before names/nouns

للعجب

lil-ʿajab — How strange! How wonderful! Exclamation of wonder

ذو

dhū — Owner of, possessor of; indicating one who has

الشوارب

ash-shawārib — The whiskers, the mustaches; plural noun

الرملية

ar-ramliyya — The sandy, the sand-colored; feminine definite adjective

وهو

wa-huwa — While he, and he; conjunction plus masculine pronoun

ينظر

yanẓuru — He looks, he gazes, he observes something

طوى

ṭawā — He folded, he rolled up; past tense verb

الجريدة

al-jarīda — The newspaper; definite form of جريدة

ووضعها

wa-waḍaʿahā — And placed it, and put it somewhere; verb plus pronoun

جيب

jayb — A pocket; a pouch sewn into clothing

معطفه

miʿṭafihi — His coat, his overcoat; the coat belonging to him

شكت

shakat — She complained; past tense feminine verb

من

min — From, of, about; very common Arabic preposition

الدجاجة

ad-dajāja — The hen, the chicken; a domestic female bird

المتطفلة

al-mutaṭaffila — The intruder, the meddlesome one; feminine active participle

ما

mā — What, not; negation particle or interrogative pronoun

أثير

uthīra — Was raised, was stirred up; passive past verb

ذلك

dhālika — That, that thing; demonstrative pronoun for distant

ليتني

laytanī — I wish that I; optative particle with first person

أستطيع

astaṭīʿ — I am able, I can; first person present verb

أن

an — To, that; particle introducing subjunctive verb

ألتقي

altaqī — I meet, I encounter; first person present verb

بتلك

bi-tilka — With that, by that; preposition plus feminine demonstrative