old man and kids

اِسْتَوى / يِسْتَوي istawa / yistawee

to ripen | ولَمّا اِسْتَوى العِنَب كان يِبيعُه في السّوق. (wa-lamma istawa l-ʿineb kaan yibeeʿo bis-soog.) When the grapes were ripe, he sold them at the market.

باع / يِبيع baaʿ / yibeeʿ

to sell | باعوا الأَوْلاد كُل العِنَب. (baaʿoo l-awlaad kull il-ʿineb.) The sons sold all the grapes.

كَسْلان kaslaan

lazy | وكانوا كُلُّهُم كَسْلانين كْتير. (wa-kaanoo kullhum kaslaaneen ktiir.) And they were all very lazy.

تَعَب taʿab

tiredness | حاسِس بِتَعَب كْتير. (haasis bi-taʿab ktiir.) I feel very tired. (my example, not from the story)

تَرَك / يِتْرُك tarak / yitruk

to leave, to leave behind | وبِيِتْرُكوا أَبوهُم يِشْتِغِل لَحالُه. (wa-biyitrukoo abuhum yishtighil la-haalo.) And they left their father to work by himself.

نَجاح najaaḥ

success | بَدُّه الأَوْلاد يِكونوا ناجْحين. (baddo l-awlaad yikoonoo naajḥeen.) He wanted his sons to be successful. (the story uses the adjective naajḥeen)

كَنْز kanz

treasure | ما في أَيّ كَنْز بِالبُسْتان. (ma fee ayy kanz bil-bustaan.) There is no treasure in the vineyard.

اِهْتِمام ihtimaam

interest | لاحَظ اِهْتِمامُهُم بِالمَوْضوع. (laaḥaẓ ihtimaamhum bil-mawdooʿ.) He noticed their interest in the subject.

اِهْتَمّ / يِهْتَمّ ihtamm / yihtamm

to be interested, to care | ما كانوا رَح يِهْتَمّوا أَبَداً. (ma kaanoo raḥ yihtammoo abadan.) They would never have been interested.

مات / يِموت maat / yimoot

to die | ولَمّا مات العَجوز، تَذَكَّروا أَوْلادُه. (wa-lamma maat il-ʿajooz, tathakkaroo awlaado.) When the old man died, his sons remembered.

مُتَحَمِّس mutaḥammis

excited | وكانوا مُتَحَمِّسين كْتير. (wa-kaanoo mutaḥammiseen ktiir.) They were very excited.

ذَهَب thahab

gold | ولا حَتّى قِطْعَة صْغيرَة مِن الذَّهَب. (wala ḥatta qitʿa sghiira min ith-thahab.) Not even a small piece of gold.

صَناديق sanadeeq

boxes, chests | وصَناديق فِضَّة وجَواهِر. (wa-sanadeeq fiḍḍa wa-jawaahir.) And chests of silver and jewels.

أَداة / أَدَوات adaa / adawaat

tool / tools | واسْتَخْدَموا كُل الأَدَوات. (wa-stakhdamoo kull il-adawaat.) And they used all the tools.

فَتَّش / يِفَتِّش fattash / yifattish

to search | وفَتَّشوا حَوالين البُسْتان كُلُّه. (wa-fattashoo ḥawaaleen il-bustaan kullo.) They searched all around the vineyard.

قَلَع / يِقْلَع qalaʿ / yiqlaʿ

to pull out | وقَلَعوا الحَشيش كُلُّه. (wa-qalaʿoo l-ḥasheesh kullo.) They pulled up all the weeds.

تُرْبَة turba

soil | وقَلَبوا التُّرْبَة القاسْيَة بِالفَأْس. (wa-qalaboo t-turba l-qaasya bil-faʾs.) And they turned over the hard soil with the hoe.

تَخَيَّل / يِتْخَيَّل takhayyal / yitkhayyal

to imagine | ما لَقوا أَيّ إِشي مِن اللي تَخَيَّلوه. (ma laqoo ayy ishi min illi takhayyaloh.) They found nothing of what they had imagined.

صار / يِصير saar / yiseer

to start (+ verb); to become | وبَعْدين صاروا يِفَكِّروا. (wa-baʿdeen saaroo yifakkiroo.) Then they started to think.