Favourite Arabic Word
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Favourite Arabic Word
What is your favourite Arabic word and why?
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[face=Comic Sans MS]Please - What do they mean?[/face]tannaz wrote:Mine would be " Khalas" and "ya3ni" ( ya'ni). I Like how they sound ..I like the meaning ..very helpful especially Ya3ni... makes conversation easy lol
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Khalas= finished,Over... could imply to meanins like Stop arguing or all done... depends on the situation
Ya3ni= meanin that, does is mean that?, it means that...but this is more used in daily conversation in Farsi or Arabic than English or even French, ON many occasion I wished to say Ya3ni instead of the french or English equivalant since I feel there is more meanign to it! Not sure if I made sense here

Ya3ni= meanin that, does is mean that?, it means that...but this is more used in daily conversation in Farsi or Arabic than English or even French, ON many occasion I wished to say Ya3ni instead of the french or English equivalant since I feel there is more meanign to it! Not sure if I made sense here


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As I have little Arabic - could you provide translations of the words you cite here?
Me - I like "Imshi" - go away (strong and harsh, after everything else doesn't work), "Mish Mumkin" - "In your dreams!".
But of the nicer words - I do like "Yalla" - Let's go, or "Yanni" - You know, I mean etc etc.
And I absolutely loathe the word "Habibi" which seems to appear ten times in every line of any Arabic song!
Me - I like "Imshi" - go away (strong and harsh, after everything else doesn't work), "Mish Mumkin" - "In your dreams!".
But of the nicer words - I do like "Yalla" - Let's go, or "Yanni" - You know, I mean etc etc.
And I absolutely loathe the word "Habibi" which seems to appear ten times in every line of any Arabic song!
I might agree with you, but then we'd both be wrong!
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oh Stan i like the word Habibi 

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very true HepziHEPZIBAH wrote:[face=Comic Sans MS]Depends who's saying it.tut bar dancer wrote:oh Stan i like the word Habibi![]()
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Mumkin means in most contexts... Can I have ... as in Mumkin Stella lowsamat.
Mish means not or no...as in Mish waseen...... Not handsome
Habibi also depends on the conext. Spoken to another man it means "my friend", which is culturaly permissable. Spoken to a girl it can mean "my lover" and should not be used lightly or avoided all together as it can offend.
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Mish means not or no...as in Mish waseen...... Not handsome
Habibi also depends on the conext. Spoken to another man it means "my friend", which is culturaly permissable. Spoken to a girl it can mean "my lover" and should not be used lightly or avoided all together as it can offend.
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I also like emshee - "go away" and fil mish mish - "in your dreams" simply because they were the first two phrases I learnt.
I was told that fil mish mish derives because the Egyptians dream of the apricot harvest (mish mish meaning apricots). The first time I used it, I missed off the "fil" and for the rest of my time in Luxor, I was known by one particular local as mish mish (apricots).
My husband is using a teach-yourself-Arabic course and the first phrase that stuck in his mind was "Bring me some chopsticks". Very useful in Luxor!
I was told that fil mish mish derives because the Egyptians dream of the apricot harvest (mish mish meaning apricots). The first time I used it, I missed off the "fil" and for the rest of my time in Luxor, I was known by one particular local as mish mish (apricots).
My husband is using a teach-yourself-Arabic course and the first phrase that stuck in his mind was "Bring me some chopsticks". Very useful in Luxor!
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