Exercises
Practise your reading:
َنوُحا بََّّ سل َلَكَأ
1
اًماَعَط2
اًدِساَف3. اوُضِرَمَف
(1)
akala s-sabba ̄h
̇u ̄na t
̇a
a ̄man fa ̄sidan fa-marid
̇u ̄.The swimmers ate
2
rotten (spoiled)
1
food
3
and (so)
became ill.1
َبـَلـَط2
ِبـِتاـَكـْل َنـِم يِضاَقـْل3
ِنَع اًرـيِرـْقـَت4. ِثِداَحـْل
(2) t
̇alaba l-qa ̄d
̇ı- mina l-ka ̄tibi taqrı
- ran
ani l-h
̇a ̄dit
̄i.
2
The judge
1
asked the clerk (secretary) for
3
a report about
4
theaccident.1
ُةَأْرَمـْل ِتَسَلـَج2
ىـَلـَع ُةَبِع َّ تل3
ٍّيِسْرـُك4
َماَمَأ ٍروُسْكَم5
ِلَخْدَم6. ِنا كَُّّ دل
(3) g ̆alasati l-mar
atu t-ta
ibatu
ala ̄ kursiyyin maksu ̄rin
ama ̄ma madh
̆alid-dukka ̄ni.
2
The tired woman
1
sat on
4
a broken
3
chair in front of
5
the entrance of
6
the shop.1
يِف ِناَت َّ يِبَنْجْ َلأ ِناَتَبِلا َّ طل ِتَحَجَن2
ِناَحِتْم
3
ِّةَيَ لُكِل ِلوُبُقْل
4
ّ طلِ
ّب
ِ
.(4) nag ̆ah
̇ati t
̇-t
̇a ̄libata ̄ni l-
ag ̆nabiyyata ̄ni fı- mtih
̇a ̄ni l-qubu ̄li li-kulliyati t
̇-t
̇ibbi.The two foreign students (f.)
1
passed the
3
entrance
2
exam to the facultyof
4
medicine (medical college).َلَكَأ
1(^) ُّ طِقْل
2
ِةَلِوا َّ طل ِنَع َةَنْبُجـْل
3
َفَطَخَو
4
َنِم ِمْح َّ لـل َةَعْطِق
5
ِدا َّ رَبْل
6
َبَرَهَو
7
ىَلِإ اَهِب
8
. ِةَقيِدَحـْل
(5)
akala l-qit
̇t
̇u l-g ̆ubnata
ani t
̇-t
̇a ̄wilati wa-h
̆at
̇afa qit
̇
ata l-lah
̇mi minal-barra ̄di wa-haraba bi-ha ̄
ila ̄ l-h
̇adı-qati.
1
The cat ate
2
the cheese from the table,
3
then snatched
4
the piece ofmeat from
5
the refrigerator
6
and ran away
7
with it to
8
the garden.1
َلَمَح2
ِنَلاِماَعْل3
َسيِكْل4
َليِق َّ ثل5
ىَلَع ِهِب اَعَلَطَو6
ىَلِإ ِجَر َّ دل7
ِقِبا َّ طل8. ِسِماَخـْل
(6) h
̇amala l-
a ̄mila ̄ni l-kı- sa t
̄
-t
̄aqı- la wa-t
̇
ala
a ̄ bi-hi
ala ̄ d-darag ̆i
ila ̄ t
̇-t
̇a ̄biqil-h
̆a ̄misi.
2
The two workers
1
carried the
4
heavy
3
sack
5
and climbed with it up
6
thestairs to
8
the fifth
7
floor.83Perfect
tense, root,
radicals,
triliteral
verbs, word
order