the other day a foreign friend who recently moved to kuwait asked me for some useful words she should use / understand, so i thought i'd share:yalla: let's go / whatever / do it - depending on the tone
ya3ni: so-so / i.e. / really ? (when used with a question mark)
tamam: good / ok
chub: shut up / zip it
inshalla: will do (God willing)
eshda3wa: why (when used alone) / as if
haw: what the...
ha: what the...
ha? : come again?
bel mesh mesh: when hell freezes over
ay shay: whatever
wee: oh
if i'm missing any common ones, please share
ya3ne = really? : this is more feminine than it is masculine. (or it sounds as such).
ReplyDeletelol @ the haw/ha/ha?:p
again, most of those are for the female speaker, I wouldn't think a male would use "wee" as "oh"
wee: could also be "oh my.."
ay shay: any thing
mabi: I don't want [to]
laa: no
ee: yes / ok
la7tha: one minute / hold on
ba3den: later on
al7een: right now
hehe ok i agree that wee is more feminin (and older), but the ya3ne? works for both i think
ReplyDeletemabi and ba3den very important, thanks !
madri.
ReplyDeletemabi < very important as joud mentioned.
inta/intay.
roo7/ay moot/ay
9khaam.
wai3
looooooool nice choice of words
ReplyDeletenq: wai3 ! of course !
ReplyDeletemiyafushi: thanks :)
LooooL useful
ReplyDeleteHaw is more like Haw says the dog! loooool
hehe yeah old joke
ReplyDeleteshinoh? = WHAT
ReplyDeleteshinoh = what?
halla walla = whats up
allah bilkhair = hello/hi/goodbye/whats up/ whats going on/ and many many more
yup shino is important too
ReplyDeletethe other 2 are more guyish
not bad zed, not bad
Zed, with the shinoh thing, you forgot an important one, "shinhaw?!?"
ReplyDeleteso..
Shinhaw?!?! : WTF!?
hahaha
ReplyDeleteshinhaaaaaaw ?
awesome
3ayal whats ya 7athi? :P
ReplyDeletemy favorite is
ReplyDeletechithi: like this
chithii? like this?