Egyptian Arabic Curriculum — Grade 4, Semester 2 — Page 17

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الدَّرْسُ الثَّانِي: هَلْ فَكَّرْتَ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَنْشُرَ؟

Lesson Two: Did you think before you published?

الْقَوَاعِدُ الْإِمْلَائِيَّةُ الْأَلِفُ اللَّيْنَةُ فِي الْحُرُوفِ.

Spelling Rules: The soft alif in particles.

أَوَّلًا أَقْرَأُ الْجُمَلَ التَّالِيَةَ:

First, I read the following sentences:

ذَهَبَ طَارِقٌ إِلَى الْمَدْرَسَةِ.

Tariq went to school.

جَلَسَتْ أَمِيرَةُ عَلَى الْمَقْعَدِ.

Amira sat on the seat.

مَشَيْتُ مَعَ صَدِيقِي حَتَّى بَابِ الْمَدْرَسَةِ.

I walked with my friend to the school door.

ثَانِيًا أُلَاحِظُ مَا يَلِي:

Second, I observe the following:

الْكَلِمَاتُ الَّتِي تَحْتَهَا خَطٌّ آخِرُهَا أَلِفٌ مَرْسُومَةٌ هَكَذَا (ى).

The underlined words end in an alif written like this (ى).

الْكَلِمَاتُ الَّتِي تَحْتَهَا خَطٌّ نَوْعُهَا (حَرْفٌ) أَيْ أَنَّهَا لَيْسَتِ اسْمًا وَلَا فِعْلًا.

The underlined words are particles, meaning they are neither nouns nor verbs.

الْأَلِفُ اللَّيْنَةُ هِيَ أَلِفٌ سَاكِنَةٌ، قَبْلَهَا حَرْفٌ مَفْتُوحٌ.

The soft alif is a quiescent alif preceded by a letter with a fatha.

أَسْتَنْتِجُ: تَأْتِي الْأَلِفُ اللَّيْنَةُ فِي نِهَايَةِ بَعْضِ الْحُرُوفِ، مِثْلَ (إِلَى – عَلَى - حَتَّى).

I conclude: The soft alif appears at the end of some particles, such as (ila, 'ala, hatta).

الْأَلِفُ اللَّيْنَةُ فِي نِهَايَةِ هَذِهِ الْحُرُوفِ تُرْسَمُ هَكَذَا (ى).

The soft alif at the end of these particles is written as (ى).

أُكْمِلُ بِالْكَلِمَةِ الْمَكْتُوبَةِ إِمْلَائِيًّا بِشَكْلٍ صَحِيحٍ مِمَّا بَيْنَ الْقَوْسَيْنِ:

I complete the sentences using the correctly spelled word from the options provided:

(أ) ذَهَبْتُ الْمَدْرَسَةِ (إِلَى - إِلَّا).

(a) I went [to] school (ila - illa).

(ب) جَلَسْتُ الْكُرْسِيِّ (عَلَى - عَلَي).

(b) I sat [on] the chair (ala - 'alay).

(جـ) انْتَظَرْتُ صَدِيقِي الْمَسَاءِ (حَتَّى - حَثًّا).

(c) I waited for my friend [until] the evening (hatta - hatthan).

انْتَبِهْ: الْأَلِفُ اللَّيْنَةُ تُكْتَبُ (ى) بِدُونِ نُقْطَتَيْنِ.

Note: The soft alif is written as (ى) without two dots.

أَخْتَارُ الرَّسْمَ الصَّحِيحَ لِلْأَلِفِ اللَّيْنَةِ فِي الْحُرُوفِ التَّالِيَةِ:

I choose the correct form of the soft alif for the following particles:

(أ) قَرَأْتُ الْقِصَّةَ إِلَى النِّهَايَةِ.

(a) I read the story to the end.

(ب) وَضَعْتُ الْقَلَمَ عَلَى الْمَكْتَبِ.

(b) I placed the pen on the desk.

(جـ) لَعِبْتُ حَتَّى تَعِبْتُ.

(c) I played until I got tired.

أَصَحِّحُ الْخَطَأَ الْإِمْلَائِيَّ فِي كُلِّ جُمْلَةٍ:

I correct the spelling error in each sentence:

(أ) سَلَّمْتُ عَلَى ضُيُوفِ أَبِي.

(a) I greeted my father's guests.

(ب) أَذَاكِرُ حَتَّى الصَّبَاحِ.

(b) I study until morning.

(جـ) أَرْجِعُ إِلَى بَيْتِي وَقْتَ الْعَصْرِ.

(c) I return home at the time of Asr.

أُكْمِلُ الْجُمَلَ بِحُرُوفٍ تَنْتَهِي بِأَلِفٍ لَيْنَةٍ (ى):

I complete the sentences with particles ending in a soft alif (ى):

(أ) وَصَلْتُ مَعَ أُسْرَتِي إِلَى الْبَيْتِ.

(a) I arrived at the house with my family.

(ب) ظَلَّ الْمَطَرُ يَنْزِلُ حَتَّى الصَّبَاحِ.

(b) The rain kept falling until morning.

(جـ) وَضَعْتُ حَقِيبَتِي عَلَى الطَّاوِلَةِ.

(c) I placed my bag on the table.

أَكْتُبُ ثَلَاثَ جُمَلٍ مِنْ إِنْشَائِي بِهَا حُرُوفٌ تَنْتَهِي بِأَلِفٍ لَيْنَةٍ (ى).

I write three sentences of my own containing particles that end in a soft alif (ى).

Vocabulary · المفردات (24 verbs · 50 nouns)

• فَكَّرَ — to think
• نَشَرَ — to publish
• قَرَأَ — to read
• ذَهَبَ — to go
• جَلَسَ — to sit
• مَشَى — to walk
• لَاحَظَ — to observe
• وَلِيَ — to follow
• رَسَمَ — to draw
• اِسْتَنْتَجَ — to conclude
• أَتَى — to come
• أَكْمَلَ — to complete
• كَتَبَ — to write
• اِنْتَبَهَ — to pay attention
• اِخْتَارَ — to choose
• وَضَعَ — to place
• لَعِبَ — to play
• تَعِبَ — to get tired
• صَحَّحَ — to correct
• ذَاكَرَ — to study
• رَجَعَ — to return
• وَصَلَ — to arrive
• ظَلَّ — to remain
• نَزَلَ — to descend
• دَرْسٌ — lesson
• ثَانٍ — second
• قَاعِدَةٌ — rule
• إِمْلَائِيٌّ — orthographic
• أَلِفٌ — alif
• لَيِّنٌ — soft
• حَرْفٌ — letter
• جُمْلَةٌ — sentence
• تَالٍ — following
• مَدْرَسَةٌ — school
• مَقْعَدٌ — seat
• صَدِيقٌ — friend
• بَابٌ — door
• كَلِمَةٌ — a word (grammatical term)
• خَطٌّ — line
• آخِرٌ — end
• نَوْعٌ — type
• اِسْمٌ — noun
• فِعْلٌ — Form I (verb pattern)
• سَاكِنٌ — quiescent
• مَفْتُوحٌ — open
• نِهَايَةٌ — end
• بَعْضٌ — some
• مِثْلٌ — example
• مَكْتُوبٌ — written
• شَكْلٌ — form
• صَحِيحٌ — correct, healthy (adjective)
• قَوْسٌ — bracket
• كُرْسِيٌّ — chair
• مَسَاءٌ — evening
• حَثٌّ — urging
• نُقْطَةٌ — dot
• رَسْمٌ — drawing
• قِصَّةٌ — story
• قَلَمٌ — pen
• مَكْتَبٌ — desk
• خَطَأٌ — mistake
• ضَيْفٌ — guest
• أَبٌ — father
• صَبَاحٌ — morning
• بَيْتٌ — house
• وَقْتٌ — time
• عَصْرٌ — afternoon
• أُسْرَةٌ — family
• مَطَرٌ — rain
• حَقِيبَةٌ — bag
• طَاوِلَةٌ — table
• ثَلَاثٌ — three
• إِنْشَاءٌ — composition
• مَرْسُومَة — drawn