Qatari Arabic Curriculum — Grade 8, Term 1 (اللغة العربية قطر) — Page 92

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

اِقْرَأِ الْفِقْرَةَ الْآتِيَةَ، ثُمَّ أَنْجِزِ الْمَطْلُوبَ.

Read the following paragraph, then complete the required task.

اِرْتَفَعَتْ أَصْوَاتُ "الْهُولُو" مَعَ الْأَشْرِعَةِ الْبَيْضَاءِ، وَأَخَذَتِ الْبُيُوتُ الطِّينِيَّةُ تَبْتَعِدُ عَنْ أَعْيُنِ الرِّجَالِ.

The sounds of the 'hulu' rose with the white sails, and the mud houses began to recede from the men's sight.

فَقَدْ خَرَجَتِ السُّفْنُ إِلَى عُرْضِ الْخَلِيجِ فِي مَجْمُوعَاتٍ صَغِيرَةٍ مَا لَبِثَتْ أَنْ تَفَرَّقَتْ هُنَا وَهُنَاكَ، اِخْتَارَ كُلُّ قَائِدِ سَفِينَةٍ أَقْصَرَ الطُّرُقِ لِلْحُصُولِ مُبَكِّرًا عَلَى الرِّزْقِ الْوَفِيرِ مِنْ مَحْصُولِ "الْهِيرِ" الَّذِي هُوَ غَايَةُ الْمُرَادِ.

The ships had set out into the open gulf in small groups that soon scattered here and there, as every ship captain chose the shortest routes to obtain, early on, the abundant livelihood from the 'al-heer' harvest, which is the ultimate goal.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (13 verbs · 22 nouns)

• قَرَأَ — to read
• أَنْجَزَ — to accomplish
• اِرْتَفَعَ — to rise
• فِقْرَةٌ — paragraph
• مَطْلُوبٌ — requirement
• صَوْتٌ — voice