David Copperfield in Arabic (ديفيد كوبرفيلد) — Page 14

Arabic text · النص

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

وَقَدْ قَصَّ عَلَيْهَا دَيْفِيدُ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ، دُونَ أَنْ يَنْسَى إِخْبَارَهَا أَنَّ أَحَدَ الرَّجُلَيْنِ فِي الْفُنْدُقِ نَعَتَهَا بِـ«السَّيِّدَةِ كُوبَرْفِيلْد «الْفَاتِنَةِ»، وَ«الْأَرْمَلَةِ الصَّغِيرَةِ الْجَمِيلَةِ»، وَهُوَ مَا وَصَفَتْهُ السَّيِّدَةُ كُوبَرْفِيلْد بِالْهُرَاءِ، لَكِنَّهَا رَاحَتْ تَضْحَكُ كَذَلِكَ، وَبَدَتْ مَسْرُورَةً قَلِيلًا.

David told her everything, making sure to mention that one of the men at the hotel had called her the "charming Mrs. Copperfield" and the "beautiful young widow." Mrs. Copperfield dismissed this as nonsense, but she laughed all the same and seemed a little pleased.

قَالَتِ السَّيِّدَةُ كُوبَرْفِيلْد بِتَلَعْثُمٍ: «دَيْفِيدُ، عَزِيزِي.»

"David, my dear," Mrs. Copperfield said, stuttering slightly.

«نَعَمْ يَا أُمِّي.»

"Yes, Mother?"

«لَا تُخْبِرْ بِيجُوتِي؛ فَرُبَّمَا تَغْضَبُ مِنْهُمَا. أُفَضِّلُ أَلَّا تَعْرِفَ بِيجُوتِي بِهَذَا.»

"Don't tell Peggotty. She might get angry about it, and I would rather she didn't know."

وَبِالطَّبْعِ وَعَدَهَا دَيْفِيدُ أَلَّا يُخْبِرَهَا.

Naturally, David promised he wouldn't.

Vocabulary · المفردات (13 verbs · 15 nouns)

• قَصَّ — to narrate
• نَسِيَ — to forget
• نَعَتَ — to describe
• وَصَفَ — to describe
• رَاحَ — to begin
• ضَحِكَ — to laugh
• بَدَا — to seem
• قَالَ — to say
• أَخْبَرَ — to inform
• غَضِبَ — to become angry
• فَضَّلَ — to prefer
• عَرَفَ — to know
• وَعَدَ — to promise
• شَيْء — thing
• رَجُل — man
• فُنْدُق — hotel
• سَيِّدَة — lady
• فَاتِنَة — charming woman
• أَرْمَلَة — widow
• صَغِيرَة — young woman
• جَمِيلَة — beautiful woman
• هُرَاء — nonsense
• مَسْرُورَة — happy woman
• قَلِيل — a little
• تَلَعْثُم — stuttering
• عَزِيز — dear
• أُمٌّ — mother
• طَبْع — nature