أَحَدٌ هَادِئٌ
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تَعْمَلُ دَانَا سِتَّةَ أَيَّامٍ فِي الْأُسْبُوعِ. لِذٰلِكَ تُرِيدُ يَوْمَ أَحَدٍ هَادِئًا. تَكْتُبُ فِي دَفْتَرِهَا: «سَأَسْتَيْقِظُ مُتَأَخِّرَةً، وَسَأَقْرَأُ كِتَابًا، وَسَأَمْشِي فِي الْحَدِيقَةِ إِذَا كَانَ الْجَوُّ جَمِيلًا». فِي صَبَاحِ الْأَحَدِ، يُرْسِلُ صَدِيقُهَا رِسَالَةً: «هَلْ تُرِيدِينَ أَنْ تَأْتِيَ إِلَى الْمَقْهَى؟» تُجِيبُ: «لَيْسَ الْيَوْمَ. أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَبْقَى فِي الْبَيْتِ». بَعْدَ الظُّهْرِ، يَبْدَأُ الْمَطَرُ. لَا تَذْهَبُ إِلَى الْحَدِيقَةِ. تَجْلِسُ قُرْبَ النَّافِذَةِ وَتَقْرَأُ. فِي الْمَسَاءِ تَكْتُبُ: «لَمْ أَفْعَلْ أَشْيَاءَ كَثِيرَةً الْيَوْمَ، وَلٰكِنَّنِي مُرْتَاحَةٌ».
English translation
Dana works six days a week. So she wants a quiet Sunday. She writes in her notebook, ‘I’ll wake up late, read a book, and walk in the park if the weather is nice.’ On Sunday morning, her friend sends a message: ‘Do you want to come to the café?’ She replies, ‘Not today. I want to stay at home.’ In the afternoon, it starts to rain. She does not go to the park. She sits near the window and reads. In the evening she writes, ‘I didn’t do many things today, but I feel rested.’
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كَمْ يَوْمًا تَعْمَلُ دَانَا فِي الْأُسْبُوعِ؟
How many days a week does Dana work?
لِمَاذَا لَا تَذْهَبُ إِلَى الْحَدِيقَةِ؟
Why does she not go to the park?
كَيْفَ تَشْعُرُ فِي الْمَسَاءِ؟
How does she feel in the evening?
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سِتَّةَ أَيَّامٍ.
Six days.
لِأَنَّ الْمَطَرَ يَبْدَأُ.
Because it starts raining.
تَشْعُرُ بِالرَّاحَةِ.
She feels rested.