The Language Exchange

[citlalli]

Gm Sadeeqa

Mashi : )

Does Mashi also mean Walking as in mashi Haddi (Walking next to me)

Let's make one more thing clear. Is Friends = Sadeeqat?

You might be Mexican but your Araibic is as good as an Arab ; )

I heard in news That Mexico takes on South Africa in the first match today...So Best of luck to both

Helloooooo

Yes, 'to walk' is 'mashi' too:

Ana (b)amshi (I walk)
Ana masheit (I walked)
Emshi bi sur3a! (walk quickly!)


Friends:
-Asdiqa2 (when it's only men or a mixture of men and women)
-sadiqat (when it's only women)



PS Thanks I'm really looking forward to the match + also thanks for the nice thought you just posted

[bollyking]

haha I'd notice that in Arab films with subtitles as well! It's a whole new topic in the making

Oh I literally have tons of these for Hindi movies...dont know where id put that thread!

In the spirit of the exchange, let me start giving you bits of dialouge no Bollywood movie can do without; perhaps someone could translate them to arabic for me?

Part 1 - 5 Essential Phrases

1.Yeh shaadi nahin ho sakti! (This wedding cannot happen!)
2.Main tere deewanee hoon! (I am crazy about you!)
3.Tune hamari izzat ko mitti me mila diya! (You have thrown my honor in the mud!)
4.Chhor do mujhe kaminey! (Let go of me you scoundrel!) (usually said to oily haired villains in tight bellbottoms)
5.Batao, sona kahan hai? (Tell me, where is the gold?)

[VivaPalestina]

Part 1 - 5 Essential Phrases

1.Yeh shaadi nahin ho sakti! (This wedding cannot happen!)
2.Main tere deewanee hoon! (I am crazy about you!)
3.Tune hamari izzat ko mitti me mila diya! (You have thrown my honor in the mud!)
4.Chhor do mujhe kaminey! (Let go of me you scoundrel!) (usually said to oily haired villains)
5.Batao, sona kahan hai? (Tell me, where is the gold?)

1.Mostaheel il3oros iytim!
2.Majnoon fiki <3
3.Sawadti som3itna!
4.Itrikni!
5.Qoli, ayn altha7ab?

[bollyking]

Part 2 - Now You're Screwed!

1.Kyunki tu gareeb ho! (Because you are poor!)
2.Aurat, teri izzat bachane koi nahi ayega! (Woman, no one will come to save your honor!)
3.Nikal jaa mere ghar se hamesha!(Leave my house for good!)
4.Toone sharab pee hain? Tum mere beti nahin ho! (You have drunk alcohol? You are not my daughter!)
5.Ab main kuch bhi nahin kar sakta.(I can't do anything now.) (Usually said by a doctor before someone's father dies to guilt the heroine into an arranged marriage with a tight pant wearing villain trying to get his hands on the girls family's fortune)

[Daydream]

Part 2 - Now You're Screwed!

1.Kyunki tu gareeb ho! (Because you are poor!)
le2anak fa2eer (m)/ le2anek fa2eera (f)

2.Aurat, teri izzat bachane koi nahi ayega! (Woman, no one will come to save your honor!)
Laiki, ma 7adan ra7 yeeji kermal ye7afez 3a sharafek

3.Nikal jaa mere ghar se hamesha!(Leave my house for good!)
Etrek bayti lelabad! (m)/ etreki bayti lelabad! (f)

4.Toone sharab pee hain? Tum mere beti nahin ho! (You have drunk alcohol? You are not my daughter!)
Shrebti khamra? Mannek benti!!

5.Ab main kuch bhi nahin kar sakta.(I can't do anything now.)
Ma fini e3mol shi

(Usually said by a doctor before someone's father dies to guilt the heroine into an arranged marriage with a tight pant wearing villain trying to get his hands on the girls family's fortune)

LOL @ that

[Daydream]

1.Mostaheel il3oros iytim!
2.Majnoon fiki <3
3.Sawadti som3itna!
4.Itrikni!
5.Qoli, ayn altha7ab?

Hey dear I hope you don't mind, but a bit of side information for the non-Arabic speakers
honor is sharaf.. my honor - sharafy/your honor - sharafek (fem) sharafak (m)/ our honor - sharafna and sawadtni som3enta would be like "you have ruined our reputation"

also gold is ذهب soft h not a "7" so thahab (also pronounced as dahab in some dialects)

[VivaPalestina]

ooops I always do this mistake thank you

[bollyking]

Hey dear I hope you don't mind, but a bit of side information for the honor is sharaf.. my honor - sharafy/your honor - sharafek (fem) sharafak (m)/ our honor -

In Urdu the word for honor is very close to Arabic ; it is "Shareef", which can also mean honorable or virtuous (ek shareef aurat = an honorable woman)

[Daydream]

In Urdu the word for honor is very close to Arabic ; it is "Shareef", which can also mean honorable or virtuous (ek shareef aurat = an honorable woman)

Oh wow! There is an Arabic boy name Shareef/Sharif and the female version of that name Shareefa/Sharifa and they mean honored/honorable as well

I never knew there were so many similarities with Arabic and Urdu, it's amazing to me!

[Daydream]

ooops I always do this mistake thank you

haha it's ok, no need to thank me hayete.. on a side note I knew someone who would call bees "nakhla" and spinach "sabanegh" lol and he was a fluent Arabic speaker. So mistakes are only natural

[bollyking]

I never knew there were so many similarities with Arabic and Urdu, it's amazing to me!

Oh there's a ton. Urdu essentially was created by mixing classical hindustani with Persian and Arabic in the Indian Mughal Armies. The Word 'urdu' actually means 'Army Camp.'

This a list that I have made of Urdu words of Arabic origin. I know that the Urdu-English translations are right, but if Ive made a mistake in thinking the arabic is the same please do correct me.


Ajnabi = Foreigner
Akbar = Greater or greatest
Aks = Opposite (Urdu: Reflection)
Ajnabee = Stranger
Ashiq = Lover
Bas = Enough/stop/only
Dawa’a = Medicine
Dukan = Store
Duniya = World
Haq = Right (legal)
Hawa = Wind
Ihsaas = Feeling
Inquilab = Coup D’Etat
Insaaf = Justice
Insan = Human (noun)
Insani = Human (adj)
Intezar = To Wait
Jannah = Heaven
Jaysh = Army
Jism = Body (live)
Kabir = Big (enormous)
Kafi = Sufficient
Kanoon = Law
Kasam = Swear (Urdu: Promise)
Katil = Killer
Khalas = Finished
Khalat = Wrong
Khalis = Pure
Kitaab = Book
Kursi = Chair
Laykin = But
Masjid = Mosque
Maut = Death
Mazaha = Joke (verb)
Moujrim = Criminal
Musafir = Traveller
Mushkil/Musibaat = Problem/Difficulty

Nazar = To Look
Sabr = Patience
Safar = Trip
Sharara = Spark
Shak = Doubt
Shaeed/Qurbaan = Sacrifice (can also mean martyr)
Shatranj = Chess
Shaitan = Devil
Subah = Morning
Wakil = Lawyer
Waqt/Wakat = Time
Yakeen = Faith
Zarourat/Zaroori = Necessary/Important

Also Thank You in Urdu is ‘Shukria’, based on the Arabic ‘Shoukran.’

[Oriee]

Akbar: greater or greates
Aks: opposite
Intizar: waiting
Jannat: is a plural of Jannah which is Heaven
Jawhari: essential, while Jawaher is for Jewellery
Kasam is more swear
Maalik: your majesty
Maaf: in the meaning of to forgive Ya3fo
Madad: is Imdad

[bollyking]

Thanks Oriee I edited the list.

[Oriee]

على الرحب والسعة

[citlalli]

على الرحب والسعة

Orieecim... is this like saying "3ala 3aini w ra2si"? or stronger? or maybe weaker?

[VivaPalestina]

Wow Orieeeee I didnt think people actually said that Citlali 3omri its classical arabic - the thing you read in subtitles means your welcome

[citlalli]

I know what it means Vivita but wanted to know how strong it is compared to a simple 'motashakker 2awi' or 'alf shokr' for example... hey, with 'subtitles' you mean in films and telly programmes wala eih?

[VivaPalestina]

Si querida I read arabic subtitles while watching english films It improves your arabic

Oooh 3ashan 3ala 3ayni o rasi is more like when someone asks you for a favour you say 3ala rasi/min i3youni etc, its like akeed bitmoun, whereas 3afwan/ 3ala ilra7b wilsi3a are purely you're welcome.

I dont understand the strength question In dialect you have a number of variations for thank you, mutshakir awi, tislam, merci, alf shokr, but the classical one is shukran. Ditto you're welcome

Fhimti shi mini or am I talking rubbish?

[citlalli]

The problem is that I can't read fast enough yet to catch the subtitles in films

lol, aiwa, fahma kel shi u aren't talking rubbish... u just speak a lot (but only useful stuff 6ab3an!!

[VivaPalestina]

3a fikra nor could I, I've only improved recently the secret to success is persistance