Egyptian Arabic Curriculum — Grade 4, Semester 1 — Page 14

Arabic text · النص

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

هَيَّا نَفْهَمُ وَنُنَاقِشُ.

Let us understand and discuss.

أَقْرَأُ النَّصَّ قِرَاءَةً صَامِتَةً.

I read the text silently.

تَشْعُرُ يَاسَمِينُ بِالْحُزْنِ؛ لِأَنَّهَا لَيْسَ لَدَيْهَا أَصْدِقَاءُ.

Yasmin feels sad because she has no friends.

وَجَدَتْ يَاسَمِينُ الْمُسَاعَدَةَ مِنَ الْمُعَلِّمِينَ.

Yasmin found help from her teachers.

وَضَعَ الْأَطْفَالُ أَوْرَاقَهُمْ دَاخِلَ صُنْدُوقٍ.

The children put their papers inside a box.

لَمْ يَشْتَرِكْ وَائِلٌ مَعَ زُمَلَائِهِ فِي فِكْرَةِ صُنْدُوقِ الْأَحْلَامِ.

Wael did not join his classmates in the dream box idea.

تُرِيدُ فَاطِمَةُ أَنْ تَقْرَأَ كِتَابًا كُلَّ عَامٍ.

Fatima wants to read a book every year.

يَاسَمِينُ تَتَحَدَّثُ عَنْ أَهَمِّيَّةِ الْعِلْمِ.

Yasmin talks about the importance of knowledge.

يَاسَمِينُ تَتَحَدَّثُ عَنْ يَوْمِهَا الْأَوَّلِ فِي الْمَدْرَسَةِ.

Yasmin talks about her first day at school.

يَاسَمِينُ تَضَعُ خُطَّةً لِلْهَدَفِ الَّذِي تُرِيدُ تَحْقِيقَهُ.

Yasmin makes a plan for the goal she wants to achieve.

الْأَصْدِقَاءُ يَتَّفِقُونَ عَلَى كِتَابَةِ أَهْدَافِهِمْ لِلْأَعْوَامِ الْقَادِمَةِ.

The friends agree to write down their goals for the coming years.

أُعَبِّرُ عَنْ أَفْكَارِي.

I express my thoughts.

تَذَكَّرْ أَوَّلَ يَوْمٍ لَكَ فِي الصَّفِّ الْأَوَّلِ الِابْتِدَائِيِّ، ثُمَّ صِفْ مَشَاعِرَكَ.

Remember your first day in first grade, then describe your feelings.

اكْتُبْ أَكْثَرَ مَوْقِفٍ شَعَرْتَ فِيهِ بِالسَّعَادَةِ فِي الْمَدْرَسَةِ.

Write about the moment you felt happiest at school.

عَبِّرْ عَنْ رَأْيِكَ بِحُرِّيَّةٍ وَبِطَرِيقَتِكَ الْخَاصَّةِ.

Express your opinion freely and in your own way.

مَا الْهَدَفُ الَّذِي تُرِيدُ تَحْقِيقَهُ عِنْدَمَا تَكُونُ فِي الصَّفِّ السَّادِسِ الِابْتِدَائِيِّ؟

What goal do you want to achieve by the time you are in sixth grade?

كُلُّ فِكْرَةٍ لَدَيْكَ مُهِمَّةٌ وَمُمَيَّزَةٌ.

Every idea you have is important and special.

هَلْ أَنْتُمْ مُسْتَعِدُّونَ لِلتَّحَدِّي؟

Are you ready for the challenge?

أُجِيبُ عَمَّا يَلِي.

I answer the following.

ضَعْ عُنْوَانًا آخَرَ لِلدَّرْسِ.

Give the lesson another title.

حَدِّدِ الْفِكْرَةَ الرَّئِيسَةَ لِلنَّصِّ، ثُمَّ اذْكُرْ فِكْرَتَيْنِ فَرْعِيَّتَيْنِ.

Identify the main idea of the text, then mention two supporting ideas.

تَخَيَّلْ أَنَّكَ تَحْكِي لِصَدِيقٍ وَابْدَأْ بِجُمْلَةٍ مِثْلَ: (أَعْتَقِدُ أَنَّ... أَوْ فِي رَأْيِي أَنَّ...).

Imagine you are telling a friend and start with a phrase like: 'I believe that...' or 'In my opinion...'

الْفِكْرَةُ الرَّئِيسَةُ هِيَ الْفِكْرَةُ الْعَامَّةُ الَّتِي يَتَحَدَّثُ عَنْهَا النَّصُّ كُلُّهُ.

The main idea is the general concept that the entire text covers.

الْفِكْرَةُ الْفَرْعِيَّةُ هِيَ الْفِكْرَةُ الَّتِي يَتَحَدَّثُ عَنْهَا جُزْءٌ مِنَ النَّصِّ فَقَطْ.

A supporting idea is one that only a part of the text covers.

مَا رَأْيُ يَاسَمِينُ فِي الْعِلْمِ؟

What is Yasmin's opinion on knowledge?

وَهَلْ تَتَّفِقُ مَعَهَا فِي هَذَا الرَّأْيِ؟

Do you agree with her?

مَاذَا فَهِمْتَ مِنْ مَقُولَةِ: «الْعِلْمُ أَمَانَةٌ»؟

What do you understand from the saying: 'Knowledge is a trust'?

وَكَيْفَ نَسْتَخْدِمُهُ فِي الْخَيْرِ؟

How do we use it for good?

Vocabulary · المفردات (28 verbs · 40 nouns)

• فَهِمَ — to understand
• نَاقَشَ — to discuss
• قَرَأَ — to read
• وَضَعَ — to place
• شَعَرَ — to feel
• وَجَدَ — to find
• اشْتَرَكَ — to participate
• أَرَادَ — to want
• رَتَّبَ — to arrange
• تَحَدَّثَ — to talk
• حَقَّقَ — to achieve
• اتَّفَقَ — to agree
• عَبَّرَ — to express
• ذَكَرَ — to remember
• وَصَفَ — to describe
• كَتَبَ — to write
• كَانَ — to be
• أَجَابَ — to answer
• حَدَّدَ — to determine
• تَخَيَّلَ — to imagine
• حَكَى — to tell
• بَدَأَ — to begin
• اعْتَقَدَ — to believe
• اسْتَخْدَمَ — to use
• سَاعَدَ — to help
• تَسَلْسَلَ — to sequence
• تَذَكَّرَ — to remember
• اسْتَعَدَّ — to be ready
• دَرْس — lesson
• صُنْدُوق — box
• حُلْم — dream
• نَصّ — text
• قِرَاءَة — reading
• عَلَامَة — mark
• حُزْن — sadness
• صَدِيق — friend
• مُسَاعَدَة — help
• مُعَلِّم — teacher
• طِفْل — child
• وَرَقَة — paper
• فِكْرَة — idea
• كِتَاب — book
• عَام — year
• حَدَث — event
• تَسَلْسُل — sequence
• أَهَمِّيَّة — importance
• عِلْم — knowledge
• يَوْم — day
• مَدْرَسَة — school
• خُطَّة — plan
• هَدَف — goal
• كِتَابَة — writing
• صَفّ — class
• مَوْقِف — situation
• سَعَادَة — happiness
• رَأْي — opinion
• حُرِّيَّة — freedom
• طَرِيقَة — way
• تَحَدِّي — challenge
• عُنْوَان — title
• جُمْلَة — sentence
• مَقُولَة — saying
• أَمَانَة — trust
• خَيْر — good, goodness, welfare, benefit
• قَادِمَة — coming (f.)
• فَرْعِيَّة — secondary
• مَشَاعِر — emotions
• تَحَدٍّ — challenge