Egyptian Arabic Curriculum — Grade 5, Semester 2 — Page 70

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

نَحْنُ نُعَلِّمُ صَدِيقَنَا الْجَدِيدَ الأَلْعَابَ الْمِصْرِيَّةَ الَّتِي نُحِبُّهَا، وَهُوَ أَيْضًا يُعَلِّمُنَا أَلْعَابَ بَلَدِهِ الْجَمِيلَةَ الَّتِي لَمْ نَكُنْ نَعْرِفُهَا مِنْ قَبْلُ.

We teach our new friend the Egyptian games we love, and he teaches us the beautiful games from his country that we had never known before.

وَتَكُونُ أَوْقَاتُنَا مُمْتِعَةً عِنْدَمَا نَكْتَشِفُ كَلِمَاتٍ مُتَشَابِهَةً بَيْنَ لَهْجَتَيْنَا، وَنَشْعُرُ بِالدَّهْشَةِ عِنْدَمَا نَجِدُ كَلِمَاتٍ لَهَا مَعَانٍ مُخْتَلِفَةٌ فِي الثَّقَافَتَيْنِ، وَأَحْيَانًا نَضْحَكُ كَثِيرًا بِسَبَبِ ذَلِكَ.

We have a great time discovering similar words in our dialects and are often amazed to find words that mean different things in our two cultures, which sometimes makes us laugh out loud.

قَالَ لِي أَبِي: «إِنَّ مِصْرَ مُنْذُ الْقِدَمِ تَسْتَقْبِلُ الضُّيُوفَ مِنْ كُلِّ مَكَانٍ، وَإِنَّهَا كَانَتْ دَائِمًا تَمُدُّ يَدَهَا لِلْجَمِيعِ بِالْعِلْمِ وَالْمَحَبَّةِ؛ وَلِهَذَا يُحِبُّهَا النَّاسُ وَيُسَمُّونَهَا الأُخْتَ الْكُبْرَى وَأُمَّ الدُّنْيَا؛ لأَنَّهَا تَحْتَضِنُ الْجَمِيعَ وَتُشْعِرُهُمْ كَأَنَّهُمْ فِي وَطَنِهِمْ».

My father told me, 'Since ancient times, Egypt has welcomed guests from everywhere. It has always reached out to everyone with knowledge and love. That is why people love Egypt and call it the Big Sister and the Mother of the World; it embraces everyone and makes them feel right at home.'

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Vocabulary · المفردات (26 verbs · 50 nouns)

• عَلَّمَ — to teach
• أَحَبَّ — to love
• عَرَفَ — to know
• صَدِيق — friend
• لُعْبَة — game
• بَلَد — country