Arabic to get by

[gem]

hamdulla means thanks god, u say it ati bosa - gimme a kiss, shwiar shwiar is a little, inchalla is god willing, wallah is like i swear (to god). I think we are all very clever, arabic is a hard language.

[gem]

A few more, ezyek-how are you reply either hamdula (thanks god), kwise is if your a boy and kwiessa is for girls meaning fine, kula tamem- is everything ok, bacha- like boss or sir. x

[gem]

remember the words i put on here are how the wrds sound they are not how they are spelt xx

[Jen]

I like this thread... I'm gonna cut out all the words and make a list and learn them haha

[gem]

We'll all be talking fluent arabic soon lol x

[ROULLA]

Originally Posted by gem

lol yes thats a good one and one i say alot to zico!!

sakem-what time is it
man fadlak-please
shukran-thank you
afwan- your welcome
bukra-tomorrow
mumpkin-i would like
mifish floos- i have no money
mifish- i dont have
floos- money
wehed- 1
itneen- 2
taleta 3
albar - 4
khamsa 5
seta 6
saba 7
tamania 8
tessa 9
ashra 10

so you could say- mumpkin wehed pepsi man fadlak which would mean i would like 1 pepsi please
laila-night
salem u alaikum and the reply alaikum salem, this is a greeting meaning like peace be with u and then the reply like the same.
nhebak barcha- i love you very much
habibi- my love/darling
enta el ghaly- your precious
waheshni- i miss you
ana hamil- i am pregnant (not sure how useful that one is lol)
alfa- i know
mish alfa- i dont know
la a- no
naam- yes/ok
ce bon- its ok
ana-i am
ente- you are
emshi- go
yella- lets go

This is basic arabic not just tunisian it is the basci arabic used that arabic speaking country's will understand, some tunisian words are different but they will understand these also. It is not how you spell them either jus how they sound t make it easy.

Hi Gem,
Hope that you are in good health !
Please don take this the wrong way but im really confused to the words that you have used................
kade wak - what time is it
marahabib- welcome
ghodwa- tomorrow
mumkin- problem
mandesh floos- i dont have any money

sorry hope that you dont mind.....
take care

[gem]

Of course i dont mind, some of the words are egyptian arabic but as i said before they are not the correct spelling and not tunisian arabic just arabic, thats what the page is for to help everyone so if someone write something wrong then u should write to correct it xxxxx

[Delstar]

teach yourself arabic,

this is good, keep this thread running with new words, soon we can surprise our partners or freinds when we tell them we know what they are saying half the time lol.

[Kymbers]

Originally Posted by Delstar

teach yourself arabic,

this is good, keep this thread running with new words, soon we can surprise our partners or freinds when we tell them we know what they are saying half the time lol.

That's a good idea. Maybe we could also get one going for French as I had a crash course in remembering what I'd learned many moons ago from school. My sister & mum had gone to the loo, her bf was wandering around on his phone leaving myself & his friend (who could speak no English) with a bit of an akward silence until I realised a lot of Tunisians speak french too.

[arabchique]

Originally Posted by Kymbers

That's a good idea. Maybe we could also get one going for French as I had a crash course in remembering what I'd learned many moons ago from school. My sister & mum had gone to the loo, her bf was wandering around on his phone leaving myself & his friend (who could speak no English) with a bit of an akward silence until I realised a lot of Tunisians speak french too.

Trying to polish up on my french too ... so far, it's not really going too well ... lol

One of the guys I work with is from Paris ... only problem is ... I go blank when he speaks to me ... oops ...