Egyptian Arabic Curriculum — Grade 2, Semester 1 — Page 19

Arabic text · النص

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

نَشَاطٌ (٢) أَكْتُبُ الْمُثَنَّى كَالْمِثَالِ.

Activity (2): Write the dual form as shown in the example.

عَيْنَانِ - عَيْنَيْنِ.

Two eyes (nominative) - two eyes (accusative/genitive).

نَشَاطٌ (٣) أُحَوِّلُ لِلْمُثَنَّى كَالْمِثَالِ.

Activity (3): Convert to the dual form as shown in the example.

وَرْدَةٌ + ان = وَرْدَتَانِ.

Rose + an = two roses.

عِنْدَ تَثْنِيَةِ كَلِمَةٍ تَنْتَهِي بِتَاءٍ مَرْبُوطَةٍ تَتَحَوَّلُ لِتَاءٍ مَفْتُوحَةٍ.

When a word ending in a ta marbuta is made dual, the letter changes to an open ta.

مِثْلَ: مَوْزَةٌ ← مَوْزَتَانِ.

Example: banana becomes two bananas.

أَمَّا الْهَاءُ فِي آخِرِ الْكَلِمَةِ فَتَبْقَى كَمَا هِيَ دُونَ تَغْيِيرٍ.

The ha at the end of a word remains unchanged.

مِثْلَ: وَجْهٌ ← وَجْهَانِ.

Example: face becomes two faces.

نَشَاطٌ (٤) أَكْمِلُ الْجَدْوَلَ كَالْمِثَالِ.

Activity (4): Complete the table as shown in the example.

Vocabulary · المفردات (6 verbs · 23 nouns)

• كَتَبَ — to write
• حَوَّلَ — to convert
• اِنْتَهَى — to end
• تَحَوَّلَ — to transform
• بَقِيَ — to remain
• أَكْمَلَ — to complete
• نَشَاطٌ — activity
• مُثَنَّى — dual
• مِثَالٌ — an example
• عَيْنٌ — eye
• وَرْدَةٌ — rose
• حَقِيبَةٌ — bag
• جُنَيْهٌ — pound
• تَثْنِيَةٌ — dualization
• كَلِمَةٌ — a word (grammatical term)
• تَاءٌ — T (letter)
• مَرْبُوطَةٌ — tied, bound (feminine)
• مَفْتُوحَةٌ — an open thing (feminine)
• مَوْزَةٌ — banana (singular)
• هَاءٌ — ha (letter)
• آخِرٌ — end
• تَغْيِيرٌ — change
• وَجْهٌ — face
• جَدْوَلٌ — table
• مُفْرَدٌ — singular
• تُفَّاحَةٌ — apple
• وَلَدٌ — boy
• مُنَبِّهٌ — alarm
• بِنْتٌ — girl