Egyptian Arabic Curriculum — Grade 9 — Page 14

Arabic text · النص

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

سَاكِنَةٌ وَقَبْلَهَا فَتْحٌ: (مَأْرَبٌ).

Quiescent and preceded by a fatha: (Ma'rab).

إِذَا كَانَتِ الْهَمْزَةُ مَفْتُوحَةً، وَمَا قَبْلَهَا مَفْتُوحًا، وَجَاءَ بَعْدَهَا أَلِفُ مَدٍّ، أَوْ أَلِفُ اثْنَيْنِ فَإِنَّهَا تُرْسَمُ عَلَيْهَا مَدٌّ مِثْلُ (مَآرِبُ - مَآثِرُ).

If the hamza carries a fatha, is preceded by a fatha, and is followed by an alif of extension or an alif of duality, it is written with a madda, such as (Ma'arib - Ma'athir).

أَجِبْ: لِمَاذَا رُسِمَتِ الْهَمْزَةُ بِهَذِهِ الصُّورَةِ فِي الْكَلِمَاتِ الْآتِيَةِ: (رَأْسٌ - رَأْبٌ - مَأْثُورٌ - سَأَلَ - رَأْفَةٌ)؟

Answer: Why is the hamza written in this form in the following words: (Ra's - Ra'b - Ma'thur - Sa'ala - Ra'fa)?

تَحَدَّثْ عَنْ أَهْدَافِ ثَوْرَتَيْ ٢٥ يَنَايِرَ وَ ٣٠ يُونْيَهْ، وَمَاذَا يَجِبُ عَلَيْنَا جَمِيعًا تُجَاهَهُمَا؟

Discuss the goals of the January 25 and June 30 revolutions, and what we all owe to them.

مِنْطَقَةُ بَابِ اللُّوقِ فِي قَلْبِ الْقَاهِرَةِ.

The Bab al-Luq area is in the heart of Cairo.

كَانَتْ عِبَارَةً عَنْ أَرْضٍ تَمْلَأُهَا مِيَاهُ النِّيلِ، ثُمَّ بَدَأَتْ هَذِهِ الْمِيَاهُ تَنْحَسِرُ، وَظَهَرَتْ مُنْشَآتٌ سَكَنِيَّةٌ فِيهَا، وَبِسُرْعَةٍ امْتَلَأَتِ الْمِنْطَقَةُ، وَأَصْبَحَتْ مَأْهُولَةً بِالسُّكَّانِ الَّذِينَ يَتَأَثَّرُونَ بِهَذَا الْمَكَانِ الْجَمِيلِ، لِيُحَقِّقُوا مَآرِبَهُمْ.

It was once land covered by the waters of the Nile. As the waters receded, residential buildings appeared, and the area quickly became populated by residents who found inspiration in this beautiful place to pursue their goals.

نَجِيبُ مَحْفُوظٌ أَشْهَرُ الْأُدَبَاءِ الْعَرَبِ عَلَى الْإِطْلَاقِ، حَيْثُ يَنْفَرِدُ بِحُصُولِهِ عَلَى جَائِزَةِ نُوبِلَ فِي الْآدَابِ عَامَ ١٩٨٨م.

Naguib Mahfouz is the most famous Arab writer of all time, distinguished as the only one to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1988.

وُلِدَ بِحَيِّ الْجَمَالِيَّةِ بِالْقَاهِرَةِ سَنَةَ (١٩١١م) وَحَصَلَ عَلَى لِيسَانْسِ الْآدَابِ فِي الْفَلْسَفَةِ عَامَ ١٩٣٤م مِنْ جَامِعَةِ فُؤَادِ الْأَوَّلِ (جَامِعَةِ الْقَاهِرَةِ الْآنَ).

He was born in the Al-Gamaliya neighborhood of Cairo in 1911 and earned a BA in Philosophy in 1934 from King Fuad I University (now Cairo University).

وَصَدَرَ لَهُ مَا يَزِيدُ عَلَى الْخَمْسِينَ مُؤَلَّفًا مِنَ الرِّوَايَاتِ وَالْمَجْمُوعَاتِ الْقَصَصِيَّةِ كَمَا تُرْجِمَتْ مُعْظَمُ أَعْمَالِهِ إِلَى ٣٣ لُغَةً.

He published over fifty novels and short story collections, and most of his works have been translated into 33 languages.

مِنْ أَهَمِّ أَعْمَالِهِ: زُقَاقُ الْمِدَقِّ - الثُّلَاثِيَّةُ - الْحَرَافِيشُ - خَانُ الْخَلِيلِيِّ - تَحْتَ الْمِظَلَّةِ - السَّمَّانُ وَالْخَرِيفُ - الْقَاهِرَةُ الْجَدِيدَةُ.

His most notable works include: Midaq Alley, The Trilogy, The Harafish, Khan el-Khalili, Under the Umbrella, The Quail and the Autumn, and Cairo Modern.

لِمَزِيدٍ مِنَ التَّدْرِيبَاتِ يُرْجَى الدُّخُولُ عَلَى الْمَوْقِعِ الْإِلِكْتِرُونِيِّ لِلْوِزَارَةِ.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (24 verbs · 88 nouns)

• كَانَ — to be
• جَاءَ — to come
• رَسَمَ — to draw
• أَجَابَ — to answer
• سَأَلَ — to ask
• تَحَدَّثَ — to speak
• وَجَبَ — to be necessary
• مَلَأَ — to fill
• بَدَأَ — to begin
• انْحَسَرَ — to recede
• ظَهَرَ — to appear
• امْتَلَأَ — to be filled
• أَصْبَحَ — to become
• تَأَثَّرَ — to be influenced
• حَقَّقَ — to achieve
• قَرَأَ — to read
• اسْتَمْتَعَ — to enjoy
• انْفَرَدَ — to be unique
• وُلِدَ — to be born
• حَصَلَ — to obtain
• صَدَرَ — to be issued
• زَادَ — to increase
• تَرْجَمَ — to translate
• رَجَا — to hope
• سَاكِن — static
• فَتْح — fathah
• مَأْرَب — goal
• وَحْدَة — unit
• دَرْس — lesson
• مَلْحُوظَة — note
• هَمْزَة — final (hamza)
• أَلِف — alif
• مَدّ — extension
• اثْنَان — two
• رَسْم — drawing
• مِثْل — example
• مَأْثَرَة — feat
• صُورَة — form
• كَلِمَة — a word (grammatical term)
• رَأْس — head
• رَأْب — repair
• مَأْثُور — tradition
• رَأْفَة — mercy
• كِتَابَة — writing
• إِمْلَاء — dictation
• تَعْبِير — expression
• هَدَف — goal
• ثَوْرَة — revolution
• جَمِيع — all
• تُجَاه — towards
• بَاب — gate
• مِنْطَقَة — area
• قَلْب — heart
• عِبَارَة — phrase
• أَرْض — land
• مَاء — water
• مُنْشَأَة — facility
• سَكَنِيّ — residential
• سُرْعَة — speed
• مَأْهُول — inhabited
• سُكَّان — inhabitants
• مَكَان — place, location, site
• جَمِيل — beautiful
• أَدِيب — writer
• عَرَبِيّ — Arab
• إِطْلَاق — absolute
• حُصُول — obtaining
• جَائِزَة — prize
• آدَاب — literature
• عَام — year
• حَيّ — neighborhood
• جَمَالِيَّة — aesthetic
• لِيسَانْس — licentiate
• فَلْسَفَة — philosophy
• جَامِعَة — university
• آن — now
• مُؤَلَّف — author
• رِوَايَة — novel
• مَجْمُوعَة — collection
• قَصَصِيّ — narrative
• مُعْظَم — most
• عَمَل — work
• لُغَة — language
• أَهَمّ — most important
• زُقَاق — alley
• مِدَقّ — pestle
• ثُلَاثِيَّة — trilogy
• حَرَافِيش — rabble
• خَان — inn
• خَلِيلِيّ — Khalili
• تَحْت — under
• مِظَلَّة — umbrella
• سَمَّان — quail
• خَرِيف — autumn
• جَدِيد — new
• مَزِيد — more
• تَدْرِيب — training
• دُخُول — entry
• مَوْقِع — site
• إِلِكْتِرُونِيّ — electronic
• وِزَارَة — ministry
• عِبَاد — servants
• رَحْمَن — merciful
• دَار — house
• يَمَامَة — Yamamah
• طِبَاعَة — printing
• فَصْل — term
• دِرَاسِيّ — academic
• فُؤَاد — heart
• يَنَايِر — January
• أَشْهَر — more famous
• أُولَى — first (feminine)