A Lebanese
4
commercial
3
delegation
1
will go to Amman
2
tomorrow
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and will stay for
6
one week in the Jordanian capital
7
and discuss
8
thequestion of
9
imports
10
and exports between the two countries.1
ُتاَض َ ّرَمُمـْلَأ2
َنْسِلْجَي3
ه يِف ٍمْوَي َّ لُكا
اَذ4
َنْبَرْشَيَو ىَهْقَمـْل5
ْوَأًةَوْهَق6. اًياَش
(15)
al mumarrid
̇a ̄tu yag ̆lisna kulla yawmin fı- ha ̄d
̄
a ̄ l-maqha ̄ wa-yasˇrabnaqahwatan
aw sˇa ̄yan.
1
The nurses
2
sit
3
every day in this
4
cafe and drink
5
coffee or
6
tea.1
اَمُك َّ نَأ ُتْعِمَس2
ِناَكُرْتَتَس3
ٍةَكِرَش يِف ِنَلاَمْعَتَو اَمُكَلَمَع4. ىَرْخُأ
5
َفْوَس !ْمَعَن6
يِف اَنَلَمَع ُكُرْتَن7
ِرْه َّ شل8
لَو ِمِداَقْلا
ْنِك9
ُسُرْدَنو اَكيِرْمَأ ىَلِإ ُرِفاَسُنَس01. َكاَنُه َة َّ يِزيِلْجْنِْلإ َةَغ ُّ لل
(16) sami
tu
anna-kuma ̄ sa-tatruka ̄ni
amala-kuma ̄ wa-ta
mala ̄ni fı- sˇarikatin
uh
̆
ra ̄. n a
am! sawfa natruku
amala-na ̄ fı- sˇ-sˇahri l-qa ̄dimi, wa-la ̄kin sa-nusa ̄firu
ila ̄
amrı- ka ̄ wa-nadrusu l-lug ̇ata l-
ing ̆lı- ziyyata huna ̄ka.
1
I have heard that
2
you (dual) will leave
3
your jobs and work for
4
another company!
5
Yes! We will
6
leave (our) jobs
8
next
7
month, but we
9
will travel to America and study the English
10
language there.
Translate into Arabic:
(1) On which street does the ima ̄m live and in which mosque is he working?(2) I have heard that the director of the factory may go to Ammantomorrow.(3) The small girl feels pain in her stomach and therefore she neither drinksnor eats bread.(4) My friends (f.) will regret entering the mosque without a veil.(5) Because of the noise of the dogs I will not stay (sit) in this cafe.(6) The director of the oil company will travel on the New Year holiday tothe Jordanian capital and will stay there for one week.(7) Next month the director will not allow the farmers to enter the factory(lit. the entering of the farmers into the factory).(8) The women will leave their jobs in the factory and work in their ownfields.113Imperfect
tense in the
indicative,
word order