Syrian Arabic Curriculum — Grade 2, Semester 2 — Page 14

Arabic text · النص

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

تَتَكَيَّفُ لِتَعِيشَ.

It adapts to survive.

كَتَبَتْ آمَالُ فِي مَجَلَّةِ الْحَائِطِ الْمَعْلُومَاتِ الْآتِيَةَ:

Amal wrote the following on the wall magazine:

تَتَكَيَّفُ الْكَائِنَاتُ الْحَيَّةُ مَعَ الْأَمَاكِنِ الَّتِي تَعِيشُ فِيهَا، فَنَبَاتُ الصَّبَّارِ الصَّحْرَاوِيِّ تَنْتَشِرُ جُذُورُهُ لِمَسَافَاتٍ بَعِيدَةٍ فِي التُّرْبَةِ لِامْتِصَاصِ أَكْبَرِ كَمِّيَّةٍ مِنَ الْمَاءِ وَتَخْزِينِهَا فِي السَّاقِ، أَمَّا أَوْرَاقُهُ فَهِيَ شَوْكِيَّةٌ مُغَلَّفَةٌ بِطَبَقَةٍ شَمْعِيَّةٍ تَمْنَعُ فَقْدَ الْمِيَاهِ الْمُخَزَّنَةِ، بَيْنَمَا النَّبَاتَاتُ الَّتِي تَعِيشُ فِي الْمَاءِ جُذُورُهَا ضَعِيفَةٌ وَأَوْرَاقُهَا شَرِيطِيَّةٌ مَرِنَةٌ حَتَّى لَا تُمَزِّقَهَا التَّيَّارَاتُ الْمَائِيَّةُ.

Living organisms adapt to their environments. The desert cactus, for example, spreads its roots far into the soil to absorb as much water as possible, storing it in its stem. Its leaves are thorny and coated in a waxy layer to prevent the stored water from evaporating. Conversely, aquatic plants have weak roots and flexible, ribbon-like leaves that allow them to withstand water currents without tearing.

الْمُؤَلِّفُونَ.

Authors.

أَقْرَأُ النَّصَّ قِرَاءَةً صَحِيحَةً وَمُعَبِّرَةً مُحَاكِيًا أُسْلُوبَ الْمُعَلِّمِ.

I will read the text accurately and expressively, mimicking the teacher's style.

كَلِمَاتِي الْجَدِيدَةُ:

My new vocabulary:

تُمَزِّقُهَا: تَشُقُّهَا قِطَعًا.

Tear: to rip into pieces.

شَمْعِيَّةٌ: مَادَّةٌ يُفْرِزُهَا النَّحْلُ لِصِنَاعَةِ بُيُوتِهِ.

Waxy: a substance secreted by bees to build their hives.

أَقْرَأُ النَّصَّ مُرَاعِيًا لَفْظَ الْحَرْفَيْنِ (ص- ض).

I will read the text, paying careful attention to the pronunciation of the letters Sad (ص) and Dad (ض).

أَقْرَأُ مَا يَأْتِي مُحَاكِيًا قِرَاءَةَ الْمُعَلِّمِ:

I will read the following, mimicking the teacher's delivery:

النَّبَاتَاتُ الَّتِي تَعِيشُ فِي الْمَاءِ أَوْرَاقُهَا شَرِيطِيَّةٌ مَرِنَةٌ حَتَّى لَا تُمَزِّقَهَا التَّيَّارَاتُ الْمَائِيَّةُ.

Plants that live in water have flexible, ribbon-like leaves so that water currents do not tear them.

Vocabulary · المفردات (13 verbs · 36 nouns)

• تَكَيَّفَ — to adapt
• عَاشَ — to live
• كَتَبَ — to write
• اِنْتَشَرَ — to spread
• اِمْتَصَّ — to absorb
• خَزَّنَ — to store
• مَنَعَ — to prevent
• مَزَّقَ — to tear
• قَرَأَ — to read
• حَاكَى — to imitate
• شَقَّ — to tear/split
• أَفْرَزَ — to secrete
• رَاعَى — to observe/consider
• مَجَلَّةٌ — magazine
• حَائِطٌ — wall
• مَعْلُومَةٌ — information
• كَائِنٌ — organism
• مَكَانٌ — place, location, site
• نَبَاتٌ — plant
• صَبَّارٌ — cactus
• جِذْرٌ — root
• مَسَافَةٌ — distance
• تُرْبَةٌ — soil
• كَمِّيَّةٌ — quantity
• مَاءٌ — water
• سَاقٌ — stem
• وَرَقَةٌ — Waraqa (proper noun, but also means leaf)
• طَبَقَةٌ — layer
• فَقْدٌ — loss
• تَيَّارٌ — current
• مُؤَلِّفٌ — author
• نَصٌّ — text
• قِرَاءَةٌ — reading
• أُسْلُوبٌ — style
• مُعَلِّمٌ — teacher
• كَلِمَةٌ — a word (grammatical term)
• قِطْعَةٌ — piece
• مَادَّةٌ — substance
• نَحْلٌ — bees
• صِنَاعَةٌ — industry/making
• بَيْتٌ — house
• لَفْظٌ — pronunciation
• حَرْفٌ — letter
• جَدِيدَة — new
• شَمْعِيَّة — waxy
• ضَعِيفَة — weak (feminine adjective)
• بَعِيدَة — distant
• أَكْبَر — bigger
• مُغَلَّفَة — wrapped