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تِينْغِي وَ البَقَرُ Tingi and the Cows @تينغي wa aːlbaqar

Written by Ingrid Schechter

Illustrated by Ingrid Schechter

Translated by Heba Tesheh, Maaouia Haj Mabrouk

Read by Mashael Muhanna

Language Arabic

Level Level 2

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تِينْغِي يَعِيشُ مَعَ جَدَّتِهِ.

Tingi lived with his grandmother.

@تينغي jaʕiːʃ maʕa @جدته


هُوَ اِعْتَادَ أَنْ يَهْتَمَّ بِالبَقَرَ مَعَهَا.

He used to look after the cows with her.

huːa iʕtaːda ʔan jahtamm biaːlbaqar @معها


فِي أَحَدِ الأَيَّامِ جَاءَ اَلجُنودُ.

One day the soldiers came.

fiː ʔaħħada aːlʔajjaːm dʒaːʔa aːldʒunuːd


وَأَخَذُوا اَلبَقَرَ بَعِيداً.

They took the cows away.

@وأخذوا aːlbaqar @بعيداً


هَرَبَ تِينْغِي وَجَدَّتُهُ بَعِيداً وَاختَبَؤُا.

Tingi and his grandmother ran away and hid.

haraba @تينغي @وجدته @بعيداً @واختبؤا


وَاخْتَبَؤُا بيْنَ اَلشُّجَيْرَاتِ حَتَّى اللَّيْلِ.

They hid in the bush until night.

@واختبؤا beɪna @الشجيرات ħattaː aːlleɪl


ثُمَّ عَادَ اَلجُنودُ.

Then the soldiers came back.

θumma ʕaːd aːldʒunuːd


خَبَّأَتْ اَلجَدَّةُ تِينْغِي تَحْتَ الأَوْرَاقِ.

Grandmother hid Tingi under the leaves.

@خبأت @الجدة @تينغي taħta aːlʔaʊraːq


وَضَعَ أَحَدُ اَلجُنُودِ قَدَمَهُ عَلَى يَمِينِهِ، لَكِنَّهُ بَقِيَ هَادِئاً.

One of the soldiers put his foot right on him, but he kept quiet.

wadˤaʕa ʔaħħada aːldʒunuːd @قدمه ʕalaː @يمينه laːkinnahu baqiːa @هادئاً


عِندَمَا صَارَ اَلمَكَانُ آمِناً، خَرَجَ تِينْغِي وجَدَّتَهُ.

When it was safe, Tingi and his grandmother came out.

ʕindamaː sˤaːr aːlmakaːn @آمناً xaradʒa @تينغي @وجدته


وَتَسَلَّلَا إِلَى بَيْتِهِمَا بِبُطْئٍ.

They crept home very quietly.

@وتسللا ʔilaː @بيتهما @ببطئٍ


Written by: Ingrid Schechter
Illustrated by: Ingrid Schechter
Translated by: Heba Tesheh, Maaouia Haj Mabrouk
Read by: Mashael Muhanna
Language: Arabic
Level 2
Source: Tingi and the Cows from African Storybook
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