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Arabic Text:
تُظهر هذه الصورة يعسوباً على صخرة. يمكن رؤية انعكاس اليعسوب في الماء أسفل الصخرة.

English Translation:
This picture shows a dragonfly on a rock. The dragonfly's reflection can be seen in the water below the rock.

Grammar Notes:
تُظهر (tuẓhir) - Verb, present tense, 3rd person feminine singular. Infinitive: أظهر (aẓhara) - "to show" or "to display".
هذه (hādhihi) - Demonstrative pronoun, feminine singular - "this".
الصورة (aṣ-ṣūrah) - Noun, definite, feminine singular - "the picture" or "the image". Infinitive: صورة (ṣūrah) - "picture" or "image".
يعسوباً (yaʿsūban) - Noun, indefinite, masculine singular, accusative case - "a dragonfly".
على (ʿalā) - Preposition - "on".
صخرة (ṣakhrah) - Noun, indefinite, feminine singular - "a rock".

يمكن (yumkin) - Verb, present tense, 3rd person masculine singular. Infinitive: أمكن (amkana) - "to be possible" or "can".
رؤية (ruʾyah) - Noun, indefinite, feminine singular - "seeing" or "vision". Infinitive: رأى (raʾā) - "to see".
انعكاس (inʿikās) - Noun, indefinite, masculine singular - "reflection". Infinitive: انعكس (inʿakasa) - "to reflect".
اليعسوب (al-yaʿsūb) - Noun, definite, masculine singular - "the dragonfly".
في (fī) - Preposition - "in".
الماء (al-māʾ) - Noun, definite, masculine singular - "the water".
أسفل (asfal) - Preposition - "below" or "under".
الصخرة (aṣ-ṣakhrah) - Noun, definite, feminine singular - "the rock".

Grammar Tip: In Arabic, the definite article "الـ" (al-) is used to make a noun definite, similar to "the" in English. Indefinite nouns are typically marked by the absence of "الـ" and often end with a tanween (ـاً, ـٍ, ـٌ) in the accusative, genitive, or nominative cases, respectively.

Related Words:
- ظهر (ẓahara) - "to appear" or "to emerge".
- صورة (ṣūrah) - "picture" or "image".
- يعسوب (yaʿsūb) - "dragonfly".
- صخرة (ṣakhrah) - "rock".
- ماء (māʾ) - "water".
- انعكاس (inʿikās) - "reflection".
- أسفل (asfal) - "below" or "under".
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