Tom carries a tray of ripe bananas.
يَحْمِلُ توم طَبَقَ المَوْزِ النَّاضِجِ.
Tom goes to the market to sell bananas.
يَتَّجِهُ تُومْ إِلَى السُّوقِ لِبَيْعِ المَوْزِ.
People at the market are buying fruit.
النَّاسُ فِي السُّوقِ يَشْتَرُونَ الفَاكِهَة.
But no one is buying
Tom’s bananas.
They prefer to buy fruit from women.
لَكِنْ لاَ أَحَدَ يَشْتَرِي مَوْزَاتِ تُومْ. إِنَّهُمْ يُحَبِّذُونَ شِرَاءَ الفَاكِهَةِ مِنَ النَّسَاءِ.
“In our community, only women sell fruit,” people say. “What kind of a man is this?” people ask.
يَقُولُ النَّاسُ “فِي مُجْتَمَعِنَا لاَ يَبِيعُ الفَاكِهَةَ إِلاَّ النِّسَاءُ” وَيَتَسَاءَلُونَ “مَا نَوْعُ هَذَا الرَّجُلِ؟”
But Tom does not give up.
He calls, “Buy my bananas!
Buy my sweet ripe bananas!”
لَكِنَّ تُومْ لاَ يَسْتَسْلِمُ. هَا هُوَ يُنَادِي “اِشْتَرُوا مَوْزِي … اِشْتَرُوا مَوْزِيَ النَّاضِجَ اللَّذِيذَ.”
One woman picks up a bunch of bananas from the tray.
She looks at the bananas carefully.
أَخَذَتْ امْرَأَةٌ حِزْمَةَ المَوْزِ مِنْ عَلَى الطَّبَقِ وَتَفَحَّصَتْهَا بِعِنَايَةٍ.
The woman buys the bananas.
اشْتَرَتْ المَرْأَةُ المَوْزَ.
More people come to the stall.
They buy Tom’s bananas and eat them.
تَوَافَدَ النَّاسُ عَلَى المِنْضَدَةِ. يَشْتَرُونَ مَوْزَاتِ تُومْ وَيَأْكُلُونَهَا.
Soon, the tray is empty.
Tom counts the money he earned.
أُفْرِغَ الطَّبَقُ بِسُرْعَةٍ. أَخَذَ تُومْ يُحْصِي المَالَ الذِي رَبِحَهُ.
Then Tom buys soap, sugar, and bread.
He puts the things in his tray.
ثُمَّ اشْتَرَى تُومْ صَابُونًا وَسُكَّرًا وَخُبْزًا وَوَضَعَ المُشْتَرَيَاتِ فِي الطَّبَقِ.
Tom balances the tray on his head and goes home.
وَضَعَ تُومْ الطَّبَقَ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ وَرَجَعَ إِلَى مَنْزِلِهِ.
Humphreys Odunga
Zablon Alex Nguku
Darshan Soni
الإنجليزية
المستوى 2
