[18] classical: soul searching for free   

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grammar modules: present progressive verbs; active participles

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يَكْذِبُ he lies/he is lying	وِحْدَةٌ lonely/loneliness	يَمْشي he walks/he is walking
يَزْعَقُ  he screams/he is screaming	اِلدُّنيا the world	إنسان person
يَسْرِقُ he steals/he is stealing	كُلُّ يوْمٍ every day	يَنامُ he sleeps/he is sleeping
يُحِبُّ he likes/he is in love	يَأكُلُ he eats/he is eating	مُكْتَئِبٌ he is depressed
يِشْتِريِ he buys	اِلْمَحَلّ the store	يَجْعَلونَ  they let
أعْرِفُ he knows	سَوْفَ أرْجَعُ I will return	بِضَميري with my soul

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	كانَ هُناكَ رَجُلٌ اِسْمُهُ أُسامَة        There was a man by the name of Ossama.
	لَمْ يَكُنْ أُسامَةُ رَجُلاً طَيِّباً Ossama was not a good man.
	كانَ يَكْذِبُ، وَيَصْيحُ، وَيَسْرِقُ He lies, and shouts, and steals.
	لَمْ يَكُنْ هُناكَ أحَداً يُحِبُّ أُسامَةَ  There wasn't anyone who liked Ossama. (present tense verb used in the Arabic).
	كانَ أُسامَةُ يَشْعُرُ بِالْوِحْدَةِ في الدُّنْيا Ossama felt lonely in the world. (present tense verb used in the Arabic).
	كُلُّ يَوْمٍ كانَ وَحيداً Everyday he was by himself. (present tense verb used in the Arabic).
	يَأكُلُ وَحْدَهُ، يَجْلِسُ وَحْدَهُ، يَمْشيِ وَحْدَهُ، وَيَنامُ وَحْدَهُ He would eat by himself, sit by himself, walk by himself, and sleep by himself.
	كانَ أُسامَةُ مُكْتَئِباً وَحَزينا جِداً Ossama was depressed and very unhappy.
	ذاتَ يَوْمٍ  قالَتْ لَهُ سَيِّدَةٌ عَجوزٌ طَيِّبَةٌ أنْ يَذْهَب لِيَشْتَري  ضَميراً جَديداً عَلَيْهِ خَصْمٍ وَيَشْرَبُهُ One day an old kind lady told him to go to buy a new soul on discount and to drink it. (present tense verb is used instead of the infinitive in MSA/Classical).
	أُسامَةُ أَعْجَبَتْهُ الْفِكْرَةَ جِداً وَشَكَرَها Ossama liked the idea very much and thanked her.
	هَذِهِ كانَتْ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ يَشْكُرُ فيها إنسان في حَياتِهِ This was the first time to thank a person in his life.
	جَرَى أُسامَةُ إلى الْمَحَلِّ لِيَشْتَرِيَ* ضَميراً Ossama ran to the store because (he wanted) to buy a soul.
	قالَ لَهُ صاحِبُ الْمَحَلِّ إنَ كل اَلضَّمائِرُ عَليَهم خَصْمِ وَكُلُّهُم يَجْعَلونَ اَلْفَرْدَ يَصيرُ إنسان طَيِّبـاً The store owner said to him that all of the souls are on discount and all of them let the individual become a good person.
	عِنْدَما لَم يَكُنْ صاحِبُ الْمَحَلِّ يَنْظُرُ، اِنْتَقىَ أُسامَةُ ضَميراً وَجَرىَ خارِج الْمَحَلِّ When the store owner wasn't looking Ossama chose a soul and ran out from the store.
	طَلَعَ صاحِبُ الْمَحَلِّ وَجَرَى وَراءَهُ وَهوَ يَقولَ: يا رَجُلُ لَمْ تَدْفَعْ لِلضَّميرِ! The store owner came out after him and said: You didn't pay for the soul!
	رَدَّ أُسامَةُ : أنا أعْرِفُ، سَوْفَ أرْجَعُ في الْباكِرِ لِأدْفَعَ بِضَميري الجَّديدِ إنْ نَفعْ الأمر Ossama replied: I know, I will return tomorrow with my new soul, to pay, if it works.

Step 5: Drill with answers [click here]

هَلْ كانَ أسامَةُ رَجُلاً طَيِّباً؟ Was Ossama a good man?   لِماذا كانَ أسامَةُ مُكْتَئِباً؟ Why was Ossama depressed?   ما الَذي تَقولُهُ السَّيِّدَةُ الْعَجوزُ؟ What does the old lady suggest?     ماذا يَقولُ صاحِبُ الْمَحَلِّ لَهُ؟ What does the store owner tell him?   For the masculine active participles ḥaasis, mukta'ib, zaçlaan, çaarif what are their feminine counterparts?  ?

answers:

Was Ossama a good man?... لَم يكُن أُسامَةُ رَجُلاً طَيِّباً Ossama was not a good man.   Why was Ossama depressed?... لِأنَّه كانَ دائماً وَحيداً Because every day he was alone.   What does the old lady suggest?... يَذْهَبُ لِيَشْتَرىِ ضَميراً جَديداً To go and buy a new soul.   What does the store owner tell him?... قال لَهُ أنَّ الضَّمائِرَ كُلُّها عَلىَ خَصْمٍ وَكُلُّهُم  يَجْعَلونَ الْفَرْد بَني آدَم طَيِّب He told him that all of the souls are on sale and all of them let one become a good person.   For the masculine active participles ḥaasis, mukta'ib, zaçlaan, çaarif what are their feminine counterparts?...   أشْعُرُ*، مُكْتَئِبَةٌ ،زَعْلانَةٌ ،  أعْرِفُ* Note: Some active participles have their counterparts as verbs.

 
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