Egyptian Arabic Curriculum — Grade 4, Semester 1 — Page 102

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

الدرس الثاني: رسالة الشجرة العجوز رِسَالَةُ الشَّجَرَةِ الْعَجُوزِ عَلَى أَطْرَافِ الْقَرْيَةِ، كَانَتْ هُنَاكَ شَجَرَةٌ عَجُوزٌ تَعِيشُ مُنْذُ زَمَن بَعِيدٍ فِي وَسَطِ حَدِيقَةٍ.

Lesson Two: The Message of the Old Tree. On the outskirts of the village, there was an old tree that had been living for a long time in the middle of a garden.

كَانَتِ الشَّجَرَةُ نَاضِرَةً وَكَأَنَّهَا شَاهِدَةٌ عَلَى جَمَالِ الطَّبِيعَةِ وَنَقَاءِ الْهَوَاءِ وَنَظَافَةِ الْبَيئَةِ.

The tree was vibrant, as if it were a witness to the beauty of nature, the purity of the air, and the cleanliness of the environment.

صدا وَبِمُرُورِ السَّنِينَ تَغَيَّرَتِ البينَةُ حَوْلَ الشَّجَرَةِ التَشَرَتِ الْقُمَامَةُ، وَالْهَوَاءُ الَّذِي كَانَ نَقِيًّا أَصْبَحَ مُلَوَّنًا، وَالْأَرْضُ الَّتِي كَانَتْ خَصْبَةً بَدَأَتْ تَجِفُ.

As the years passed, the environment around the tree changed; trash spread, the air that was once pure became polluted, and the land that was once fertile began to dry up.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (9 verbs · 22 nouns)

• كَانَ — to be
• تَغَيَّرَ — to change
• أَصْبَحَ — to become
• رِسَالَةٌ — message
• شَجَرَةٌ — tree
• عَجُوزٌ — an old woman; an old man (less common for male)