The Merchant of Baghdad (تاجر بغداد) — Page 19

Arabic text · النص

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

إِلَى أَيِّ بَلَدٍ عَادَتِ الْقَافِلَةُ الَّتِي جَاءَ مَعَهَا عَلِيُّ كُوجِيَا؟ (٢٤)

To which country did the caravan return with which Ali Khwaja came?

هَلْ نَدِمَ عَلِيُّ كُوجِيَا عَلَى سَفْرَتِهِ إِلَى الْقَاهِرَةِ؟ (٢٥)

Did Ali Khwaja regret his journey to Cairo?

مَاذَا أَعْجَبَهُ فِيهَا؟ (٢٦)

What did he like about it?

مِنْ أَيْنَ عَلِمَ أَنَّ بِضَائِعَهُ تُبَاعُ فِي الْقَاهِرَةِ بِثَمَنٍ غَالٍ؟ (٢٧)

From where did he know that his goods are sold in Cairo at an expensive price?

أَيْنَ رَأَى الرَّجُلَيْنِ اللَّذَيْنِ أَخْبَرَاهُ بِذَلِكَ؟ (٢٨)

Where did he see the two men who told him that?

هَلْ رَبِحَ فِي تِجَارَتِهِ؟ (٢٩)

Did he profit in his trade?

لِمَاذَا عَزَمَ عَلَى السَّفَرِ إِلَى دِمَشْقَ؟ (٣٠)

Why did he resolve to travel to Damascus?

هَلْ وَجَدَ الْقَافِلَةَ مُسَافِرَةً فِي هَذَا الْيَوْمِ؟ (٣١)

Did he find the caravan traveling on this day?

بَعْدَ كَمْ أُسْبُوعٍ تُسَافِرُ تِلْكَ الْقَافِلَةُ؟ (٣٢)

After how many weeks does that caravan travel?

كَمْ يَوْمًا فِي الْأُسْبُوعِ؟ (٣٣)

How many days are in a week?

كَمْ يَوْمًا فِي الشَّهْرِ؟ (٣٤)

How many days are in a month?

كَمْ شَهْرًا فِي السَّنَةِ؟ (٣٥)

How many months are in a year?

كَمْ أُسْبُوعًا فِي السَّنَةِ؟ (٣٦)

How many weeks are in a year?

اذْكُرْ أَيَّامَ الْأُسْبُوعِ. (٣٧)

Mention the days of the week.

اذْكُرْ أَسْمَاءَ الشُّهُورِ الْعَرَبِيَّةِ. (٣٨)

Mention the names of the Arabic months.

اذْكُرْ أَسْمَاءَ الشُّهُورِ الْقِبْطِيَّةِ. (٣٩)

Mention the names of the Coptic months.

اذْكُرْ أَسْمَاءَ الشُّهُورِ الْإِفْرِنْجِيَّةِ؟ (٤٠)

Mention the names of the European months?

كَيْفَ قَضَى عَلِيُّ كُوجِيَا تِلْكَ الْأَسَابِيعَ الْعَشَرَةَ؟ (٤١)

How did Ali Khwaja spend those ten weeks?

لِمَاذَا ذَهَبَ إِلَى أَهْرَامِ الْجِيزَةِ؟ (٤٢)

Why did he go to the Giza pyramids?

هَلْ رَأَيْتَ أَهْرَامَ الْجِيزَةِ؟ (٤٣)

Have you seen the Giza pyramids?

مَاذَا رَأَيْتَ مِنْ آثَارِ بِلَادِكَ الْجَمِيلَةِ؟ (٤٤)

What have you seen of the beautiful monuments of your country?

مَا الْفَوَائِدُ الَّتِي حَصَلَ عَلَيْهَا فِي سَفْرَتِهِ؟ (٤٥)

What are the benefits he obtained on his journey?

هَلْ كَانَ يَحْصُلُ عَلَى تِلْكَ الْفَوَائِدِ لَوْ لَمْ يُسَافِرْ؟ (٤٦)

Would he have obtained those benefits if he had not traveled?

مَا الْبَلَدُ الَّذِي أَرَادَ عَلِيُّ كُوجِيَا أَنْ يُسَافِرَ إِلَيْهِ؟ (٤٧)

What is the country that Ali Khwaja wanted to travel to?

مَا الْبَلَدُ الَّذِي مَرَّتْ عَلَيْهِ الْقَافِلَةُ فِي أَثْنَاءِ السَّفَرِ؟ (٤٨)

What is the country that the caravan passed by during the travel?

مَاذَا صَنَعَ عَلِيُّ كُوجِيَا فِي بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ؟ (٤٩)

What did Ali Khwaja do in Jerusalem?

لِمَاذَا مَرَّتِ الْقَافِلَةُ بِبَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ؟ (٥٠)

Why did the caravan pass by Jerusalem?

أَيُّهُمَا أَبْعَدُ عَنِ الْقَاهِرَةِ دِمَشْقُ أَمْ بَيْتُ الْمَقْدِسِ؟

Which of the two is further from Cairo, Damascus or Jerusalem?

Vocabulary · المفردات (20 verbs · 26 nouns)

• عَادَ — to return
• جَاءَ — to come
• نَدِمَ — to regret
• أَعْجَبَ — to please
• عَلِمَ — to know
• بَاعَ — to sell
• رَأَى — to see
• أَخْبَرَ — to inform
• رَبِحَ — to profit
• عَزَمَ — to resolve
• وَجَدَ — to find
• سَافَرَ — to travel
• ذَكَرَ — to mention
• قَضَى — to spend
• ذَهَبَ — to go
• حَصَلَ — to obtain
• كَانَ — to be
• أَرَادَ — to want
• مَرَّ — to pass
• صَنَعَ — to make
• سَفَر — travel
• بَلَد — country
• قَافِلَة — caravan
• سَفْرَة — journey
• بِضَاعَة — merchandise
• ثَمَن — price
• غَالٍ — expensive
• رَجُل — man
• تِجَارَة — trade
• يَوْم — day
• أُسْبُوع — week
• شَهْر — month
• سَنَة — year
• عَرَبِيّ — Arabic
• قِبْطِيّ — Coptic
• إِفْرِنْجِيّ — European
• عَشَرَة — ten
• هَرَم — pyramid
• أَثَر — monument
• بِلَاد — land
• جَمِيل — beautiful
• فَائِدَة — benefit
• أَثْنَاء — during
• بَيْت — house
• مَقْدِس — sanctuary
• أَبْعَد — further