Am Story 11 Flashcards
رَباب
female name
عيلة
immediate family
كانت تشتغل
was working
أهل
relatives
عادَةً
usually
كانت تحضِّر
was preparing
كعكِة
cake
خصوصيّة
special
إخوتها
her brothers
خَواتها
her sisters
هيك
in this way
سُخُن
hot, fresh
أكَلاوا لحَد ما شبعوا
ate until they were full
ما بدّك تتجوزي؟
you don’t want to marry?
تمنّى
your ability is small but you want to attain it- hope, wish
تكوني مرته
for you to be his wife
إسْتَحَت
became ashamed
ما عِرفت
didn’t know, didn’t manage to
شو تقول له
what to say to him
فعلاً
in effect, in reality
هي كانت تحُب
she was in love
إنُّه
that
ما قدرت تقول ولا إشي
she couldn’t say anything
قِولي
say! (f)
إشي
something
تاني يوم
the other day
جنودُه
his soldiers
فاتوا
they passed
على خيل
on horses
جيبي لي
you (f) bring for me
بْريق
a pitcher
باردِة
cold or fresh
من أول نظرة
from first sight
ما كان حلو
was not lovely
وما كان بِشِع
and was not ugly
حَكى لوالدُه
he told his father
والِدتُه
his mother
عنها
about her
يُرفض
to refuse
كل الحكية
all the tale
من البداية للِنهّاية
from the beginning to the end
مع إنُّه
despite
بعدك فقير
you are still poor
نروح لغير بلد
let’s go to another country
بتتعام
you study
وَضِعنا
our situation
بتحسن
ameliorate, get better
وافق
agreed
حمل شنتُه
he carried his bag
مع عَرَبايِه
with his carriage
عبارة عن
a kind of or expression of, pattern of
(e.g., their life was a pattern of a honeymoon).
Is, consists of
شهر عسل
honeymoon