Palestinian Arabic Curriculum — Grade 6, Semester 2 — Page 121

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

اسْتَعَارَ جُحَا يَوْمًا قِدْرًا مِنْ أَحَدِ جِيرَانِهِ، وَعِنْدَمَا أَرْجَعَهَا أَعَادَ مَعَهَا قِدْرًا أُخْرَى صَغِيرَةً، فَسَأَلَهُ جَارُهُ عَنْ سَبَبِ إِرْفَاقِ تِلْكَ الْقِدْرِ الصَّغِيرَةِ مَعَ تِلْكَ الَّتِي اسْتَعَارَهَا، فَقَالَ جُحَا: إِنَّ قِدْرَكَ وَلَدَتْ بِالْأَمْسِ قِدْرًا صَغِيرَةً، وَهِيَ الْآنَ مِنْ حَقِّكَ.

One day, Juha borrowed a pot from his neighbor. When he returned it, he included a smaller pot. His neighbor asked why he had brought the extra one, and Juha replied, "Your pot gave birth to a small one yesterday, so it belongs to you now."

بَعْدَ عِدَّةِ أَيَّامٍ، ذَهَبَ جُحَا إِلَى جَارِهِ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى، وَطَلَبَ مِنْهُ الْقِدْرَ ثَانِيَةً؛ فَأَعْطَاهُ جَارُهُ إِيَّاهَا، وَبَعْدَ مُرُورِ أُسْبُوعٍ، ذَهَبَ الْجَارُ إِلَى جُحَا، وَطَلَبَ مِنْهُ أَنْ يُعِيدَ لَهُ الْقِدْرَ، فَقَالَ لَهُ جُحَا بَاكِيًا: إِنَّ قِدْرَكَ قَدْ مَاتَتْ بِالْأَمْسِ!

A few days later, Juha went back and borrowed the pot again. A week passed, and when the neighbor came to ask for it back, Juha started crying and said, "Your pot died yesterday!"

فَقَالَ لَهُ جَارُهُ مُتَعَجِّبًا: كَيْفَ تَمُوتُ الْقِدْرُ!؟

The neighbor exclaimed in disbelief, "How can a pot die?"

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Vocabulary · المفردات (17 verbs · 38 nouns)

• اِسْتَعَارَ — to borrow
• أَرْجَعَ — to return
• أَعَادَ — to return
• يَوْم — day
• قِدْر — pot
• جَارٌ — neighbor