emel 0 Posted October 27, 2005 :D :D doncha jus love old berber ladies :D lol need a translation? :D :D :D They're soooo cute. I've adopted 3 berber grannies cos they're so cool to be around. I may pick up the language if I hang out with them long enuff. hehe the libyan slang for how are you is 'shij' lol it used to be shij jow but i gues every1 got sick of sayin the long version lol Same with us. How are you "wech raak/i" is now "wech?" All these new slang words are tough to keep up with! :D I have to get a day of intensive teaching every summer to get clued up on all the new expressions. B) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Teyyar ilFuraat 0 Posted October 27, 2005 :D Shij? Wech? LOL. Man, I'm glad you told us that. If someone said that to me I think I woulda taken them to war. It sounds more like an insult. :D Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
soulja-ess 0 Posted October 27, 2005 (edited) :D :D They're soooo cute. I've adopted 3 berber grannies cos they're so cool to be around. I may pick up the language if I hang out with them long enuff. Same with us. How are you "wech raak/i" is now "wech?" All these new slang words are tough to keep up with! :D I have to get a day of intensive teaching every summer to get clued up on all the new expressions. B) so true i go back to libya every summer n they'v got a million and one new words like saga' 'aleeek i was like :D till they told me what it meant...i normally translate things literally n it really didnt make sense lol :D Shij? Wech? LOL. Man, I'm glad you told us that. If someone said that to me I think I woulda taken them to war. It sounds more like an insult. :D loooooool i actually thought my bro made it up when he told me but when i went to libya they were all like hey tasneem shij n i was like :D :D :D figured in the end tht my bro wasnt just going on... Edited October 27, 2005 by soulja-ess Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
emel 0 Posted October 27, 2005 :D Another one...... (don't laugh!) Entik (I'm cool!)....apparently thats the reply u give to "Wech?" (if ur "street") :D I still can't bring myself to say it! I dunno where its evolved from...its not arabic, as far as I know its not french....so where its come from I do not know?? :D Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zeinab 2 Posted October 28, 2005 :D ^ lol :D The other day I watched an Arab comedy program and the episode was about married couples who are from different Arab states and they don't understand each other because of their dialects. The most hilarious was a Yemani (Yeman) married to a Tunisiyya (Tunis). All the couples went to a (www.)"you can't post links until you reach 50 posts_glossary/glossary_m002.html#Muslim"]Muslim[/url] (www.)"you can't post links until you reach 50 posts_glossary/glossary_q000.html#qadi"]qadi[/url] because they are having marriage problems due to the dialect. That particular one told the (www.)"you can't post links until you reach 50 posts_glossary/glossary_q000.html#qadi"]qadi[/url] that he doesn't get anything his wife says. Once he asked her what she prepared him for dinner and she said hout! :D in Yemani it means whale but tin tunisi it means fish! And the (www.)"you can't post links until you reach 50 posts_glossary/glossary_q000.html#qadi"]qadi[/url] was like :D hout! :D Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Teyyar ilFuraat 0 Posted October 28, 2005 (edited) :D How did they agree to get married then? pfft. In our family we have quite a few people who are married to non-Iraqis. We have Palestinian, Syrian (about 5, I think), Bulgarian, American, Italian, Pakistani and...Sudani! In other words, we have a mini UN in our family. :D Edited October 28, 2005 by Teyyar ilFuraat Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Arwa 0 Posted October 28, 2005 :D How did they agree to get married then? pfft. In our family we have quite a few people who are married to non-Iraqis. We have Palestinian, Syrian (about 5, I think), Bulgarian, American, Italian, Pakistani and...Sudani! :D :D that's nice. :D In other words, we have a mini UN in our family. :D :D Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Teyyar ilFuraat 0 Posted October 28, 2005 :D I forgot to mention, there are 3 Americans (all non-(www.)"you can't post links until you reach 50 posts_glossary/glossary_m002.html#Muslim"]Muslim[/url] :D ). that's nice. :D Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kaneeza 0 Posted October 28, 2005 In our family we have quite a few people who are married to non-Iraqis. We have Palestinian, Syrian (about 5, I think), Bulgarian, American, Italian, Pakistani and...Sudani! In other words, we have a mini UN in our family. An international family, much like mine....:D Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Arwa 0 Posted October 29, 2005 :D ^ :D :D What is 'shy' in fusha? :D Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
