The Tale of Tom Kitten — Page 4

Vocabulary

وأعتقد

wa-aʿtaqid — And I believe/think something is the case

أنني

annanī — That I (conjunction with first-person pronoun)

في

fī — In, at, on (preposition of location/time)

يوم

yawm — Day, a single day in time

ما

mā — What, some, a certain (indefinite particle)

سيتعين

sa-yataʿayyan — It will be necessary/required to do something

عليّ

ʿalayya — Upon me, I must (preposition with first-person)

أن

an — That, to (subordinating conjunction before verb)

أصنع

aṣnaʿ — I make, I create or produce something

كتاباً

kitāban — A book (indefinite accusative singular noun)

آخر

ākhār — Another, other, a different one

أكبر

akbar — Bigger, larger, greater in size

حجماً

ḥajman — In size, in volume (accusative noun)

لأحدثكم

li-uḥaddithaakum — To tell you all, to inform you (plural)

أكثر

akthar — More, greater in quantity or degree

عن

ʿan — About, concerning, regarding something

رسم

rasm — Drawing, illustration, sketch or diagram

توضيحي

tawḍīḥī — Illustrative, explanatory, clarifying (adjective)

أما

ammā — As for, regarding, now concerning (topic marker)

بطات

baṭṭāt — Ducks (plural feminine noun)

البُركة

al-burka — The pond, a small body of still water

فقد

fa-qad — So they have, indeed they did (resultative particle)

ذهبن

dhahabna — They went (feminine plural past tense verb)

إلى

ilā — To, toward, until (directional preposition)

بركة

birka — Pond, pool of water, small lake

ماء

māʾ — Water (uncountable noun, essential liquid)

وقد

wa-qad — And she/he had, and indeed (past emphasis)

خلعت

khalaʿat — She took off, removed clothing or accessories

الملابس

al-malābis — The clothes, clothing, garments (plural noun)

كلها

kullahā — All of them/it, entirely, the whole of it

فوراً

fawran — Immediately, at once, without delay

لأنه

li-annahu — Because it, for the reason that it

لم

lam — Did not, negation particle for past tense

تكن

takun — Was not, were not (jussive of kāna)

هناك

hunāk — There, over there, in that place

أزرار

azrār — Buttons (plural noun, fasteners on clothing)

ظل

ẓalla — He remained, kept on doing something continuously

السيد

al-sayyid — Mister, Mr., the gentleman or sir

بطّ

baṭṭ — Duck(s), waterfowl (collective noun)

يبحثون

yabḥathūn — They search, they look for something (plural)

عنها

ʿanhā — For her, about her (preposition with pronoun)

منذ

mundhu — Since, from the time of (temporal preposition)

ذلك

dhālika — That, that thing (demonstrative pronoun, masculine)

الحين

al-ḥīn — The time, that moment, that point in time