Egyptian Arabic Curriculum — Grade 5, Semester 1 — Page 56

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الْجَدَّةُ: صَحِيحٌ يَا آدَمُ، أَهْلُ النُّوبَةِ مَعْرُوفُونَ بِالطَّيِّبَةِ وَالكَرَمِ وَحُبِّهِمْ لِوَطَنِهِمْ، وَاللُّغَةُ النُّوبِيَّةُ هِيَ لُغَةٌ يَتَحَدَّثُونَهَا وَلَا يَعْرِفُهَا غَيْرُهُمْ.

Grandmother: That’s right, Adam. The Nubian people are known for their kindness, generosity, and love for their homeland, and their language is something they speak among themselves, known to no one else.

آدَمُ: الْآنَ فَهِمْتُ، تَقْصِدِينَ يَا جَدَّتِي أَنَّهُمْ عِنْدَمَا يُرْسِلُونَ الرَّسَائِلَ عَبْرَ أَجْهِزَةِ اللَّاسِلْكِيِّ بِاللُّغَةِ النُّوبِيَّةِ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُ أَحَدٌ فَهْمَ مَا يَقُولُونَ، أَلَيْسَ كَذَلِكَ؟

Adam: Now I understand. Do you mean, Grandmother, that when they sent messages over the radio in the Nubian language, no one else could understand them? Is that it?

الْجَدَّةُ: بَلَى أَحْسَنْتَ وَبِالفِعْلِ أَقَرَّ الرَّئِيسُ مُحَمَّد أَنْوَر السَّادَات هَذِهِ الفِكْرَةَ، وَأَصْبَحَتِ اللُّغَةُ النُّوبِيَّةُ هِيَ الشَّفْرَةَ الْمُسْتَخْدَمَةَ فِي حَرْبِ أَكْتُوبَرَ، وَأَصْبَحَتِ الرَّسَائِلُ تُرْسَلُ بِاللُّغَةِ النُّوبِيَّةِ عَبْرَ أَجْهِزَةِ اللَّاسِلْكِيُّ، ثُمَّ تُتَرْجَمُ إِلَى اللُّغَةِ الْعَرَبِيَّةِ فِي غُرَفِ الاتِّصَالِ بَعْدَ اسْتِقْبَالِهَا مُبَاشَرَةً، وَلَمْ يَسْتَطِعْ خُبَرَاءُ اللُّغَاتِ فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ فَكَ شَفْرَةِ الْجَيْشِ الْمِصْرِيِّ.

Grandmother: Exactly, well done. President Anwar Sadat approved the idea, and the Nubian language became the code used during the October War. Messages were transmitted in Nubian over the radio and translated into Arabic in the communications rooms as soon as they were received. Israeli linguists were never able to crack the Egyptian army’s code.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (22 verbs · 44 nouns)

• عَرَفَ — to know
• تَحَدَّثَ — to speak
• فَهِمَ — to understand
• جَدَّة — grandmother
• أَهْل — people
• طِيبَة — kindness