Saudi Arabic Curriculum (الكفايات اللغوية) — Grade 10, Semester 2 — Page 5

Arabic text · النص

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

لِمَاذَا نَدْرُسُ اللُّغَةَ؟

(from previous page) ⟵ The Ministry of Education: Why do we study the language?

هَلْ يُمْكِنُنَا أَنْ نُفَكِّرَ دُونَ أَنْ نَسْتَخْدِمَ اللُّغَةَ؟

Can we think without using language?

سُؤَالٌ شَغَلَ عَدَدًا مِنَ الْمُفَكِّرِينَ وَاللُّغَوِيِّينَ؛ لِيَقُولُوا فِي النِّهَايَةِ: (لَا)، تَمَامًا كَمَا يَقُولُهَا النَّاسُ بِالْفِطْرَةِ.

This question has occupied many thinkers and linguists, who ultimately conclude that we cannot—just as people instinctively say.

لَقَدْ قَالَ الْفَيْلَسُوفُ (دِيكَارْتُ) ذَاتَ مَرَّةٍ: «أَنَا أُفَكِّرُ إِذَنْ أَنَا مَوْجُودٌ»

The philosopher Descartes once said, "I think, therefore I am."

وَمَعْنَى ذَلِكَ أَنَّ الْإِنْسَانَ الَّذِي لَا يُفَكِّرُ لَا مَكَانَ لَهُ فِي الْوُجُودِ.

This implies that a human who does not think has no place in existence.

وَبِمَا أَنَّهُ لَا يُمْكِنُ لِلْإِنْسَانِ أَنْ يُفَكِّرَ دُونَ مَدَدٍ عَظِيمٍ مِنَ الْقُدُرَاتِ وَالْكِفَايَاتِ اللُّغَوِيَّةِ؛ فَإِنَّهُ إِذًا لَا وُجُودَ لَهُ دُونَ اللُّغَةِ، وَلِذَلِكَ يُعْرَفُ الْإِنْسَانُ أَحْيَانًا بِأَنَّهُ: كَائِنٌ لُغَوِيٌّ.

Since humans cannot think without significant support from linguistic abilities and competencies, they cannot exist without language; this is why humans are sometimes defined as "linguistic beings."

إِنَّ الْمُفَكِّرِينَ الْبَارِزِينَ، وَالْعُلَمَاءَ النَّابِغِينَ وَالْقَادَةَ الِاجْتِمَاعِيِّينَ وَالْعُظَمَاءَ الْمُؤَثِّرِينَ... هُمْ فِي الْوَقْتِ نَفْسِهِ يَمْتَلِكُونَ قُدُرَاتٍ فَائِقَةً عَلَى اسْتِخْدَامِ اللُّغَةِ اسْتِخْدَامًا مُنَظَّمًا، سَلِيمًا، بَلِيغًا، مُؤَثِّرًا.

Prominent thinkers, brilliant scientists, social leaders, and influential figures all possess superior abilities to use language in an organized, sound, eloquent, and impactful way.

وَهَا أَنْتَ مُسْتَمِرٌّ فِي الطَّرِيقِ الصَّحِيحِ لِلْوُصُولِ إِلَى النَّجَاحِ.

You are on the right path to success.

إِنَّكَ تَتَدَرَّبُ عَلَى الْكِفَايَاتِ اللُّغَوِيَّةِ وَتَتَمَرَّسُ بِمَهَارَاتِ الْأَدَاءِ اللُّغَوِيِّ، وَتَتَعَلَّمُ قَوَاعِدَ الِاسْتِخْدَامِ الصَّحِيحِ لِلُّغَةِ، وَتَكْتَسِبُ أَدَوَاتِ التَّوَاصُلِ الشَّفَهِيِّ وَالِاتِّصَالِ الْكِتَابِيِّ، وَتَتَمَهَّرُ فِي تَحْلِيلِ النُّصُوصِ، وَتَسْتَثْمِرُ قُدُرَاتِكَ الْعَقْلِيَّةَ، وَتَصْنَعُ لِنَفْسِكَ اسْتِرَاتِيجِيَّةً مُتَطَوِّرَةً لِلنَّجَاحِ.

You are training your linguistic competencies, honing your performance skills, learning the rules of correct usage, acquiring tools for oral and written communication, mastering text analysis, leveraging your mental faculties, and developing an advanced strategy for success.

إِنَّنَا نُهَنِّئُكَ عَلَى اجْتِيَازِكَ الْقِسْمَ الْأَوَّلَ فِي اللُّغَةِ الْعَرَبِيَّةِ (1) الْكِفَايَاتِ اللُّغَوِيَّةِ - بِنَجَاحٍ، وَنَفْخَرُ بِتَفَاعُلِكَ الْوَاعِي مَعَ دُرُوسِهِ وَنَشَاطَاتِهِ وَاخْتِبَارَاتِهِ، وَنُحَيِّي تَعَاوُنَكَ مَعَ زُمَلَائِكَ فِي أَدَاءِ نَشَاطَاتِهِ التَّعَاوُنِيَّةِ وَنُشِيدُ بِجُرْأَتِكَ الْوَاثِقَةِ الَّتِي أَظْهَرْتَهَا أَثْنَاءَ الْحِوَارَاتِ وَالنَّدَوَاتِ وَنَشَاطَاتِ الْإِلْقَاءِ وَتَمْثِيلِ الْأَدْوَارِ وَنَعْتَزُّ بِآرَائِكَ الَّتِي عَبَّرْتَ عَنْهَا فِي جَمِيعِ الْقَضَايَا الَّتِي طَرَحْتَهَا أَوْ شَارَكْتَ فِي تَنَاوُلِهَا.

We congratulate you on successfully passing the first section of Arabic Language (1): Linguistic Competencies. We are proud of your engaged participation in its lessons, activities, and tests; we commend your cooperation with your peers in group work; we praise the confident boldness you displayed during dialogues, seminars, recitations, and role-playing; and we value the opinions you expressed on all the issues you raised or discussed.

وَنَأْمَلُ أَنْ تَتَعَامَلَ مَعَ هَذَا الْمُسْتَوَى - وَقَدِ ازْدَدْتَ نُضْجًا وَوَعْيًا - بِتَفَاعُلٍ أَكْبَرَ، وَوَعْيٍ أَعْمَقَ وَتَعَاوُنٍ أَوْسَعَ.

We hope that you approach this level—now with greater maturity and awareness—with even more engagement, deeper insight, and broader cooperation.

اجْتَزْتَ فِي الْقِسْمِ الْأَوَّلِ فِي اللُّغَةِ الْعَرَبِيَّةِ (1) الْكِفَايَاتِ اللُّغَوِيَّةِ الْأَسَاسِيَّاتِ الضَّرُورِيَّةَ لِجَمِيعِ الْكِفَايَاتِ اللُّغَوِيَّةِ، وَهَا أَنْتَ تَدْخُلُ فِي مَرْحَلَةٍ أَكْثَرَ تَقَدُّمًا، وَأَكْبَرَ نَفْعًا، وَسَتَسْتَمِرُّ - بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ - فِي هَذَا التَّقَدُّمِ إِلَى أَنْ.

You have passed in the first section of Arabic language (1) the basic linguistic competencies necessary for all linguistic competencies, and here you are entering a more advanced and beneficial stage, and you will continue - God willing - in this progress until you master the language, all its skills, and acquire all its competencies. ⟶ (sentence continues on next page)

Vocabulary · المفردات (27 verbs · 82 nouns)

• دَرَسَ — to study
• أَمْكَنَ — to be possible
• فَكَّرَ — to think
• اسْتَخْدَمَ — to use
• شَغَلَ — to occupy
• قَالَ — to say
• عَرَفَ — to know
• امْتَلَكَ — to possess
• تَدَرَّبَ — to train
• تَمَرَّسَ — to practice
• تَعَلَّمَ — to learn
• اكْتَسَبَ — to acquire
• تَمَهَّرَ — to become skilled
• اسْتَثْمَرَ — to invest
• صَنَعَ — to make
• هَنَّأَ — to congratulate
• اجْتَازَ — to pass
• فَخَرَ — to be proud
• حَيَّا — to greet
• أَشَادَ — to praise
• أَظْهَرَ — to show
• اعْتَزَّ — to cherish
• طَرَحَ — to propose
• شَارَكَ — to participate
• تَعَامَلَ — to deal
• ازْدَادَ — to increase
• دَخَلَ — to enter
• مُقَدِّمَة — introduction
• لُغَة — language
• سُؤَال — question
• عَدَد — number
• مُفَكِّر — thinker
• لُغَوِيّ — linguist
• نِهَايَة — end
• نَاس — people
• فِطْرَة — instinct
• فَيْلَسُوف — philosopher
• مَوْجُود — existent
• مَعْنَى — meaning
• إِنْسَان — human
• مَكَان — place, location, site
• وُجُود — existence
• مَدَد — support
• عَظِيم — great
• قُدْرَة — ability
• كِفَايَة — competency
• كَائِن — being
• بَارِز — prominent
• عَالِم — a scholar; a scientist; a knowledgeable person
• نَابِغ — genius
• قَائِد — leader
• اجْتِمَاعِيّ — social
• مُؤَثِّر — influential
• وَقْت — time
• فَائِق — superior
• مُنَظَّم — organized
• سَلِيم — sound
• بَلِيغ — eloquent
• مُسْتَمِرّ — continuous
• طَرِيق — path
• صَحِيح — correct, healthy (adjective)
• وُصُول — arrival
• نَجَاح — success
• مَهَارَة — skill
• أَدَاء — performance
• قَاعِدَة — rule
• أَدَاة — tool
• تَوَاصُل — communication
• شَفَهِيّ — oral
• اتِّصَال — connection
• كِتَابِيّ — written
• تَحْلِيل — analysis
• نَصّ — text
• عَقْلِيّ — mental
• اسْتِرَاتِيجِيَّة — strategy
• مُتَطَوِّر — advanced
• قِسْم — section
• أَوَّل — first
• عَرَبِيّ — Arabic
• تَفَاعُل — interaction
• وَاعِي — conscious
• دَرْس — lesson
• نَشَاط — activity
• اخْتِبَار — test
• تَعَاوُن — cooperation
• زَمِيل — colleague
• جُرْأَة — boldness
• وَاثِق — confident
• حِوَار — dialogue
• نَدْوَة — seminar
• إِلْقَاء — recitation
• تَمْثِيل — acting
• دَوْر — role
• رَأْي — opinion
• جَمِيع — all
• قَضِيَّة — issue
• تَنَاوُل — handling
• مُسْتَوَى — level
• نُضْج — maturity
• وَعْي — awareness
• أَكْبَر — greater
• أَعْمَق — deeper
• أَوْسَع — wider
• أَسَاسِيَّة — basic/fundamental
• ضَرُورِيّ — necessary
• مَرْحَلَة — stage
• تَقَدُّم — progress
• نَفْع — benefit
• أَكْثَر — more