A Little Arabic for fun!

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A little Arabic for fun !

These words are “trans-literated”

I am writing them in English the way they sound in Arabic.

Mean = who ?             Kafe =  how ?      Wayne = where ?  Shway = little

Lay-ish = why ?          Aimta =  when ?    Miah = water     Kabeer = big

Shoe = what ?        Ga day ish = how much ?   Bebsi = Pepsi

Mush coola = problem    moosh moosh coola = No problem

Aya saah  =  what time ?    Anna ma beddee =  I don’t want

Anna ma aheb = I don’t like      Iowa = Yes    La = No

mumken???  Is it possible ?      mumken = it is possible     ham mam = bathroom

Shoe crahn = Thank you     afwan = you’re welcome

Asif = sorry      afwan = excuse me   shoe fee = what's up?

Shoe malik ? = what’s wrong ?    Shoe sar ?  = what happened ?

Anna = I or me    Inta = You (when speaking to a male)

Intee = You (when speaking to a female)

Whoo-Ah = he           Hee- Ah  = she     laptopee = my laptop

Yome = day     cooly yome = every day   alley yome  = today

Embarrah = yesterday   bukra = tomorrow      can I buy ya = sofa

gebbil = before         Bad = after          bad bukra = day after tomorrow

Hone = here    honack = there     Yellah Jo! = Let's go Jo!   cooly cooly Jo! = eat eat Jo!

Hi everyone...recently we teachers in Peace Corps Jordan have been on break,,,because in Jordan this is how they roll - the break time is not  (not like home )  I think I go back to my special education center on February 8, 2011.   With some help a tutor has been located here in my city so I can begin to speak in better arabic sentences and understand a whole lot more of what is said to me.  That starts bad bukra for me.  Last Friday I got to participate in this:

Employees and volunteers from Entity Green, Peace Corps Jordan, and other groups got together for a weekend of planting trees and learning about permaculture in the village of Samma al Sirhan, near Mafraq.   Planting a forest in the desert near the Syrian border.  I got to participate on the first day and it was a great day!

Living here is certainly different.  I have a cozy little second floor apartment.  I don't have much but I do have enough.   I am adjusting and am very glad to have internet.  Right now my mom is sick so please keep her in your prayers.  The world seems to be getting to be a crazier place each day.  I don't know why.  I am operating on trust and all of your prayers... with all the love there is from my heart.