Two Cats and a Monkey

ذَهَبَتْ أُمِّي إِلَى السُّوقِ كَيْ تَشْتَرِيَ سَمَكَةً.

dhahabat ummī ila-s-sūqi kay tashtariya samakatan

My mother went to the market in order to buy a fish.

دَخَلَ الْقِرْدُ الْبَيْتَ كَيْ يَأْكُلَ.

dakhala-l-qirdu-l-bayta kay yaʾkula

The monkey went into the house in order to eat.

أَكْتُبُ الدَّرْسَ كَيْ أَفْهَمَهُ.

aktubu-d-darsa kay afhamahu

I write the lesson out so that I understand it.

جَلَسَتِ الْقِطَّةُ عِنْدَ الْبَابِ كَيْ تَدْخُلَ.

jalasati-l-qiṭṭatu ʿinda-l-bābi kay tadkhula

The cat sat by the door in order to get in.

ذَهَبَتَا إِلَى الْقِرْدِ كَيْ يَقْسِمَ السَّمَكَةَ بَيْنَهُمَا.

dhahabatā ila-l-qirdi kay yaqsima-s-samakata baynahumā

They (two) went to the monkey so that he would divide the fish between them.

أُرِيدُ سَمَكَةً كَبِيرَةً.

urīdu samakatan kabīratan

I want a big fish.

أَرَادَتِ الْقِطَّةُ السَّمَكَةَ كُلَّهَا.

arādati-l-qiṭṭatu-s-samakata kullahā

The cat wanted the whole fish.

مَا تُرِيدُ مِنَ السُّوقِ؟

mā turīdu mina-s-sūqi

What do you want from the market?

أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَذْهَبَ إِلَى النَّهْرِ.

urīdu an adhhaba ila-n-nahri

I want to go to the river.

أَرَادَ الْقِرْدُ أَنْ يَأْكُلَ السَّمَكَةَ.

arāda-l-qirdu an yaʾkula-s-samakata

The monkey wanted to eat the fish.

أَرَدْنَا أَنْ نَرْجِعَ قَبْلَ الظُّهْرِ.

aradnā an narjiʿa qabla-ẓ-ẓuhri

We wanted to return before noon.

مَا زَالَ الْقِرْدُ يَأْكُلُ.

mā zāla-l-qirdu yaʾkulu

The monkey is still eating.

مَا زَالَتِ الْقِطَّةُ عِنْدَ النَّهْرِ.

mā zālati-l-qiṭṭatu ʿinda-n-nahri

The cat is still by the river.

مَا زِلْتُ أَكْتُبُ الدَّرْسَ.

mā ziltu aktubu-d-darsa

I am still writing the lesson.

مَا زَالَ أَبِي فِي السُّوقِ وَمَا زَالَتْ أُمِّي فِي الْبَيْتِ.

mā zāla abī fi-s-sūqi wa-mā zālat ummī fi-l-bayti

My father is still in the market and my mother is still at home.

مَا زَالَتِ الْقِطَّتَانِ تُرِيدَانِ السَّمَكَةَ.

mā zālati-l-qiṭṭatāni turīdāni-s-samakata

The two cats still want the fish.

أَكَلَ الْقِرْدُ حَتَّى بَقِيَ الذَّنَبُ.

akala-l-qirdu ḥattā baqiya-dh-dhanabu

The monkey ate until only the tail remained.

جَلَسْنَا عَلَى شَاطِئِ النَّهْرِ حَتَّى الظُّهْرِ.

jalasnā ʿalā shāṭiʾi-n-nahri ḥatta-ẓ-ẓuhri

We sat on the river bank until noon.

مَا أَكَلَتِ الْقِطَّتَانِ شَيْئًا إِذْ أَكَلَ الْقِرْدُ كُلَّ السَّمَكَةِ.

mā akalati-l-qiṭṭatāni shayʾan idh akala-l-qirdu kulla-s-samakati

The two cats ate nothing, since the monkey ate the whole fish.

اَلْقِرْدُ صَغِيرٌ وَلٰكِنَّهُ قَوِيٌّ.

al-qirdu ṣaghīrun wa-lākinnahu qawiyyun

The monkey is small, but he is strong.

اَلسَّمَكَةُ كَبِيرَةٌ وَلٰكِنَّ الْقِطَّةَ صَغِيرَةٌ.

as-samakatu kabīratun wa-lākinna-l-qiṭṭata ṣaghīratun

The fish is big, but the cat is small.

اَلْقِطَّةَ is accusative after لٰكِنَّ.

أَرَادَتِ السَّمَكَةَ، لٰكِنْ مَا أَكَلَتْهَا.

arādati-s-samakata, lākin mā akalathā

She wanted the fish, but she did not eat it.

لٰكِنْ without shadda before a verb.