1
/ ُتْنَكَس1
)VI ( ُتْمَقَأ2
َفْصِن3
يِف ٍةَنَس4
اَنيِس ِءاَرْحَص5
َنِم اًبيِرَق6
ِرْحَبْل7. ِطِّسَوَتُمـْل
(2) sakantu nis
̇
fa sanatin fı- s
̇
ah
̇ra ̄
i Sı- na ̄ qarı
- ban mina l-bah
̇
- ban mina l-bah
ri l-mutawassit
̇i.
1
I lived/stayed for
2
half a
3
year in
4
the Sinai Desert
5
near the
7
Mediter-ranean
6
Sea.1
ُتْسَلَج2
ٍةَّ دُمـِل3
َعَم ٍةَليِوَط4
) ٌمِلاَع .s ( َءاَمَلُع5
يِف ) ٌميِظع .s ( َءاَمَظُع6
ىَلَع ىًهْقَم7. ِرْحَبْل
(3) g ̆alastu li-muddatin t
̇
awı-latin ma
a
ulama ̄
a
ud
̄ ̇ama ̄
a fı- maqhan
ala ̄l-bah
̇ri.
1
I sat for
a
3
long
2
time with
5
great
4
scholars in
6
a coffee shop by the
7
sea.1
/ ُتْنَكَس1
)VI ( ُتْمَقَأ2
َتوُرْيَب يِف ًةَنَس3
َنا َّ مَع يِف اًرْهَشَو4
اًعوُبْسُأَو5
َفْصِنَو6. ُِةَرِهاَقْل يِف ِعوُبْسْ لأ
(4) sakantu /
aqamtu sanatan fı- Bayru ̄ta wa-sˇahran fı
Amma ̄na wa-
usbu ̄
anwa-nis
̇fa l-
usbu ̄
i fı- l-Qa ̄hirati.
1
I lived /
1
I stayed
2
for a year in Beirut,
3
a month in Amman and
4
one and
5
a half
6
weeks in Cairo.ُتْبَهَذ
1
ِسْمَأ2. َمْحـَل َتْيَب ىَلِإ ٍدْنِهَو َداَعُسَو َفُسوُي َعَم ٍةَلْحِرِب
(5) d
̄
ahabtu
amsi bi-rih
̇latin ma
a Yu ̄sufa wa-Su
a ̄da wa-Hindin
ila ̄ baytalah
̇ma.I went
2
on a trip to Bethlehem
1
yesterday with Josef, Suad and Hind.1
ُتْدَهاَش2
) ٌلاَثْمِت .s ( َليِثاَمَت3
يِف ًةَمْخَض4
يِف ٍةَريِثَك ) ٌدَبْعَم .s ( َدِباَعَمَرْصِم
5. ِةَرِهاَقْل يِف ٍة َّ صاَخِبَو
(6) sˇa ̄hadtu tama ̄t
̄
ı-la d
̇ah
̆matan fı- ma
a ̄bida kat
̄ı-ratin fı- mis
̇ra wa-bi-h
̆a ̄s
̇s
̇atinfı- l-Qa ̄hirati.
1
I saw
3
huge
2
statues in many
4
temples in Egypt,
5
especially in Cairo.
1
vَجْروُجَو َدَمْحَأَو ٍد َّ مَحُمَو َمَرْكَأ َعَم ُتْم َّ لَكَت2
َرَمُعَو ً ّيِلَع ىَلِإ ُتْبَتَكو. َديِزَيَو َميِهاَرْبِإَو َناَمْثُعَو َناَمْيَلُسَو
(7) takallamtu ma
a
Akrama wa-Muh
̇ammadin wa-
Ah
̇mada wa-G ̆u ̄rg ̆a,wa-katabtu
ila ̄
Aliyyin wa-
Umara wa-Sulayma ̄na wa-
Ut
̄ma ̄na wa-
Ibra ̄hı- ma wa-Yazı
- da.
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