Egyptian Arabic Curriculum — Grade 2, Semester 2 — Page 17

Arabic text · النص

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

أَقْرَأُ، وَأُلَاحِظُ

I read and observe.

هُوَ: لِلْمُفْرَدِ الْمُذَكَّرِ

Huwa (he): for the masculine singular.

هُوَ تِلْمِيذٌ

He is a student.

هُمَا تِلْمِيذَانِ

They (two) are students.

هُمْ تَلَامِيذُ

They (plural) are students.

هِيَ: لِلْمُفْرَدِ الْمُؤَنَّثِ

Hiya (she): for the feminine singular.

هُمَا: لِلْمُثَنَّى بِنَوْعَيْهِ

Huma (they two): for both types of dual.

هُمْ لِجَمْعِ الْمُذَكَّرِ

Hum (they): for the masculine plural.

هِيَ تِلْمِيذَةٌ

She is a student.

هُنَّ تِلْمِيذَاتٌ

They (female plural) are students.

هُنَّ: لِجَمْعِ الْمُؤَنَّثِ

Hunna (they): for the feminine plural.

أَخْتَارُ ضَمِيرَ الْغَائِبِ الْمُنَاسِبَ لِكُلِّ جُمْلَةٍ كَالْمِثَالِ

Choose the appropriate third-person pronoun for each sentence, as in the example.

هُوَ تَاجِرٌ أَمِينٌ

He is an honest merchant.

هِيَ فَلَّاحَةٌ نَشِيطَةٌ

She is an active farmer.

هُمْ أَصْدِقَاءُ أَوْفِيَاءُ

They are loyal friends.

هُنَّ تِلْمِيذَاتٌ مُجْتَهَدَاتٌ

They are diligent students.

أَضَعُ عَلَامَةَ (✓) بِجَانِبِ كُلِّ جُمْلَةٍ تَشْتَمِلُ عَلَى ضَمِيرِ غَائِبٍ

Place a checkmark (✓) next to every sentence that includes a third-person pronoun.

هَذِهِ رَسَّامَةٌ مَوْهُوبَةٌ

This is a talented artist.

هُوَ مُهَنْدِسٌ مَاهِرٌ

He is a skilled engineer.

هَؤُلَاءِ جُنُودٌ شُجْعَانٌ

These are brave soldiers.

هُنَّ عَامِلَاتٌ نَشِيطَاتٌ

They are active workers.

انْتَبِهْ: هَذَا، هَذِهِ، هَؤُلَاءِ أَسْمَاءُ إِشَارَةٍ، وَلَيْسَتْ ضَمَائِرَ

Note: Hadha, Hadhihi, and Ha'ula'i are demonstrative pronouns, not personal pronouns.

Vocabulary · المفردات (6 verbs · 34 nouns)

• قَرَأَ — to read
• لَاحَظَ — to observe
• اِخْتَارَ — to choose
• وَضَعَ — to place
• اِشْتَمَلَ — to include
• اِنْتَبَهَ — to pay attention
• أُسْلُوبٌ — style
• تَرْكِيبٌ — structure
• ضَمِيرٌ — pronoun
• غَائِبٌ — absent
• مُفْرَدٌ — singular
• مُذَكَّرٌ — masculine
• تِلْمِيذٌ — student
• مُؤَنَّثٌ — feminine
• مُثَنَّى — dual
• نَوْعٌ — type
• جَمْعٌ — plural
• تِلْمِيذَةٌ — female student
• نَشَاطٌ — activity
• مُنَاسِبٌ — appropriate
• جُمْلَةٌ — sentence
• مِثَالٌ — an example
• تَاجِرٌ — merchant
• أَمِينٌ — honest
• فَلَّاحَةٌ — female farmer
• نَشِيطَةٌ — active
• صَدِيقٌ — friend
• وَفِيٌّ — loyal
• مُجْتَهَدَةٌ — diligent female
• عَلَامَةٌ — mark
• جَانِبٌ — side
• رَسَّامَةٌ — artist
• مَوْهُوبَةٌ — talented female
• مُهَنْدِسٌ — architect / engineer
• مَاهِرٌ — skilled
• جُنْدِيٌّ — soldier
• شُجَاعٌ — brave
• عَامِلَةٌ — female worker
• اِسْمٌ — noun
• إِشَارَةٌ — pointing