The Balance

هُمَا فِي السُّوقِ.

humā fi-s-sūqi

They (two) are in the market.

هُمَا بِنْتَانِ صَغِيرَتَانِ.

humā bintāni ṣaghīratāni

They are two little girls.

أَنْتُمَا وَلَدَانِ طَيِّبَانِ.

antumā waladāni ṭayyibāni

You are two good boys.

أَيْنَ أَخِي وَأُخْتِي؟ هُمَا يَحْمِلَانِ السَّلَّةَ إِلَى الْبَيْتِ.

ayna akhī wa-ukhtī? humā yaḥmilāni-s-sallata ila-l-bayti

Where are my brother and sister? They are carrying the basket home.

هَلْ أَنْتُمَا اشْتَرَيْتُمَا الْعَسَلَ؟

hal antuma-shtaraytuma-l-ʿasala

Did you two buy the honey?

فِي كُلِّ حَانُوتٍ مِيزَانٌ.

fī kulli ḥānūtin mīzānun

In every shop there is a balance.

أَكَلَ الْوَلَدُ كُلَّ الْعَسَلِ.

akala-l-waladu kulla-l-ʿasali

The boy ate all the honey.

كُلُّ وَاحِدَةٍ مِنْهُمَا تَحْمِلُ سَلَّةً.

kullu wāḥidatin minhumā taḥmilu sallatan

Each one of the two (f.) is carrying a basket.

وَزَنَ الْبَائِعُ كُلَّ قِسْمٍ بِالْمِيزَانِ.

wazana-l-bāʾiʿu kulla qismin bi-l-mīzāni

The seller weighed each part on the balance.

نَذْهَبُ إِلَى السُّوقِ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ.

nadhhabu ila-s-sūqi kulla yawmin

We go to the market every day.

كُلَّ يَوْمٍ is accusative: an expression of time.

وَزَنَ الْعَسَلَ ثُمَّ وَضَعَهُ فِي السَّلَّةِ.

wazana-l-ʿasala thumma waḍaʿahu fi-s-sallati

He weighed the honey, then put it in the basket.

ذَهَبْتُ إِلَى السُّوقِ ثُمَّ رَجَعْتُ إِلَى الْبَيْتِ.

dhahabtu ila-s-sūqi thumma rajaʿtu ila-l-bayti

I went to the market, then returned home.

مَا ذَهَبَ أَخِي إِلَى الْمَدْرَسَةِ لِأَنَّهُ مَرِيضٌ.

mā dhahaba akhī ila-l-madrasati li-annahu marīḍun

My brother did not go to school because he is ill.

اِشْتَرَيْنَا الْعَسَلَ لِأَنَّ أُمَّنَا مَرِيضَةٌ.

ishtarayna-l-ʿasala li-anna ummanā marīḍatun

We bought the honey because our mother is ill.

أُمَّنَا is accusative after لِأَنَّ.

اَلسَّلَّةُ ثَقِيلَةٌ لِأَنَّ فِيهَا عَسَلًا كَثِيرًا.

as-sallatu thaqīlatun li-anna fīhā ʿasalan kathīran

The basket is heavy because there is a lot of honey in it.

قَالَ الْبَائِعُ: هٰذَا الْعَسَلُ رَخِيصٌ.

qāla-l-bāʾiʿu: hādha-l-ʿasalu rakhīṣun

The seller said: this honey is cheap.

قَالَتْ أُمِّي لِي: اِشْتَرِ الْعَسَلَ مِنْ هٰذَا الْحَانُوتِ.

qālat ummī lī: ishtari-l-ʿasala min hādha-l-ḥānūti

My mother said to me: buy the honey from this shop.

اِشْتَرِ is the imperative, 'buy!'.

قُلْتُ لَهُ: اَلْمِيزَانُ قَدِيمٌ.

qultu lahu: al-mīzānu qadīmun

I said to him: the balance is old.

مَا قُلْتَ لِلْبَائِعِ؟

mā qulta li-l-bāʾiʿi

What did you say to the seller?

أَقُولُ لَكُمَا: هٰذَا الْعَسَلُ ثَقِيلٌ.

aqūlu lakumā: hādha-l-ʿasalu thaqīlun

I say to you two: this honey is heavy.