Wednesday, 18 November 2015

this is not enough / this in incomplete
هيدا ما بيكفي
Hayda ma bekaffe (lebanese)
Whats happening
شو صاير
Shu saayir

Better

أحسن
Ahsan

Maybe

 يمكن / احتمال
yumkin/ ehthimael

Maybe he is outside

يمكن هو بره / احتمال هو بره
Yumkin hua barrah

Everybody knows about this 'subject/issue'

الكل بيعرف عن الموضوع
el-kel bya'aref an al-mawdhu'a

Wednesday, 30 September 2015

Do you remember? ----------------- intha faakil? or atha'dhaker?

Don't forget ----------------- la thinsa

I remember ----------------- atha'dhaker

Tuesday, 24 March 2015

lazim kalima al arabi - I want to speak in arabic

Monday, 23 March 2015

 Global Arabic Terms

courtesy : learnkuwaiti.com (youtube channel)


Hammam (emphasis on the H) = Toilet

Bayt = House

Dhireesha = window

Shokran = thank you

Aaffwan = you're welcome

lau samaHt (eoH) = please (excuse me)

lo samaHt = kuwaiti version

maHel = shop or place

Kebeer = big

seghiir = small (the GH part is guttural)

qalb = heart (the Q is guttural)
kuwaiti pronounciation = galb
egyptian/syrian = aalb

agool is kuwaiti version for speak
aaool in egyptian

Wednesday, 11 February 2015