Palestinian Arabic Curriculum — Grade 5, Semester 2 — Page 19

Arabic text · النص

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

تَرَتَّبَ العِبَارَاتُ الآتِيَةُ؛ لِيُكَوِّنَ قِصَّةً قَصِيرَةً.

Arrange the following phrases to form a short story.

لَمْ أَرَ أَمِينَيْنِ مِثْلَكُمَا.

I have never seen two people as honest as you.

وَفَجْأَةً رَأَى المِحْرَاثَ يَعْثُرُ فِي جَرَّةٍ.

Suddenly, he saw the plow strike a jar.

ثُمَّ تَوَجَّهَا إِلَى القَاضِي، وَاحْتَكَمَا إِلَيْهِ.

They went to the judge to settle the matter.

أَرَادَ مُزَارِعٌ أَنْ يَشْتَرِيَ قِطْعَةَ أَرْضٍ.

A farmer wanted to buy a piece of land.

فَقَرَّرَ أَنْ يُعِيدَ الكَنْزَ إِلَى صَاحِبِهِ.

He decided to return the treasure to its owner.

قَالَ القَاضِي: لَمْ أَرَ رَجُلَيْنِ أَمِينَيْنِ مِثْلَكُمَا.

The judge said, "I have never seen two men as honest as you."

كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْكُمَا يَرْفُضُ مِثْلَ هَذَا الكَنْزِ!

Each of you refuses such a treasure!

وَبَعْدَ أُسْبُوعٍ، شَرَعَ المُزَارِعُ فِي تَهْيِئَتِهَا بِالحِرَاثَةِ وَالزِّرَاعَةِ.

A week later, the farmer began preparing the land for plowing and planting.

فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ: هَذِهِ لَيْسَتْ مِلْكِي، بَلْ مِلْكُكَ أَنْتَ.

The man said, "This is not my property, but yours."

فَقَدْ بِعْتُكَ الأَرْضَ وَمَا فِيهَا.

"I sold you the land and everything in it."

أَخْرَجَ الجَرَّةَ فِي الحَالِ، وَفَتَحَهَا فَإِذَا هِيَ مَمْلُوءَةٌ بِالذَّهَبِ.

He immediately pulled out the jar and opened it to find it filled with gold.

فَذَهَبَ إِلَى رَجُلٍ أَرَادَ أَنْ يَبِيعَ أَرْضَهُ، فَاشْتَرَاهَا مِنْهُ.

He went to a man who wanted to sell his land and bought it from him.

الحَلُّ عِنْدِي أَنْ تَتَقَاسَمَا الذَّهَبَ مُنَاصَفَةً.

"My solution is for you to split the gold equally."

فَرَضِيَ الرَّجُلَانِ بِحُكْمِهِ.

Both men were satisfied with his ruling.

وَفِي اليَوْمِ التَّالِي، حَمَلَ جَرَّةَ الذَّهَبِ إِلَى الرَّجُلِ الَّذِي اشْتَرَى مِنْهُ الأَرْضَ، وَوَضَعَهَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ.

The next day, he carried the jar of gold to the man he had bought the land from and placed it before him.

Vocabulary · المفردات (20 verbs · 28 nouns)

• رَتَّبَ — to arrange
• كَوَّنَ — to form
• رَأَى — to see
• عَثَرَ — to stumble
• تَوَجَّهَ — to head
• اِحْتَكَمَ — to seek judgment
• أَرَادَ — to want
• اِشْتَرَى — to buy
• قَرَّرَ — to decide
• أَعَادَ — to return
• قَالَ — to say
• رَفَضَ — to refuse
• شَرَعَ — to begin
• بَاعَ — to sell
• أَخْرَجَ — to take out
• فَتَحَ — to open
• تَقَاسَمَ — to share
• رَضِيَ — to acquiesce
• حَمَلَ — to carry
• وَضَعَ — to place
• تَعْبِير — expression
• عِبَارَة — phrase
• قِصَّة — story
• قَصِير — short
• أَمِين — honest
• مِحْرَاث — plow
• جَرَّة — jar
• قَاض — judge
• مُزَارِع — farmer
• قِطْعَة — piece
• أَرْض — land
• كَنْز — treasure
• صَاحِب — owner
• رَجُل — man
• وَاحِد — one
• أُسْبُوعٌ — week
• تَهْيِئَة — preparation
• حِرَاثَة — plowing
• زِرَاعَة — farming
• مِلْكٌ — property
• حَال — state
• ذَهَب — gold
• حَلٌّ — solution
• مُنَاصَفَة — halving
• حُكْم — judgment
• يَوْم — day
• تَال — next
• يَد — hand