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Old March 17th, 2003, 07:06 PM
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Talking Need some help with arabic

Does anyone here speak/write arabic? I'd love to have these lines translated:

"This dinner tastes really good! I eat it every day, yes!"

"I'm going to make you a very good dinner, yes, very special mix indeed, yes"

"Good luck, Allah is great!"

Yeah, that's right. Anyone?
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Old March 17th, 2003, 07:15 PM
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Ouhibb-achâ, anâ jawân achâ !

This dinner I like, I am hungry [of] this dinner ! - Sorry I can't remebrr how to say everyday...
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Old March 17th, 2003, 07:21 PM
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Wabja entâ jaïyid ! Special Mix, naäm !

Dinner is good ! Special Mix, yes !
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Bismillah, Allah mo'hakbâr.

May Allah be with you, Allah is 'almighty'.
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i can have them translated to the written arabic ASAP i see a friend speaking arabic online. too early for him to be awake..
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Thanks Giaguara for inviting me over.. It looks like a nice group of people.

Great attempt toast.. But please allow me to add to it

"This dinner tastes really good! I eat it every day, yes!"

Dinner as a meal is called "asha", lunch is called "ghada" and breakfast is "fotoor". But to translate the sentence as it:

"Hatha al asha latheeth jiddan! A'akoloh kol yawm"

I've removed the last ", yes!" since it does not fit correctly. But as toast said, "Yes" is pronounced as "na'am"

"I'm going to make you a very good dinner, yes, very special mix indeed, yes"

"Sawf atbokh lak asha latheeth, khalta khassa jiddan"

"Good luck, "
"Mowaffaq" or "Hath sa'eed"

"Allah is great!"
"Allah akbar" but it's not used a lot in normal conversation. Mostly during prayers.
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This person knows Arabic
I'm useless in Arabic, ksv, I told you

We did differ in prununciation, it seems: for me, dinner is prununciated achâ (flat 'â', first [a]_of phonetic alphabet).
And it's very true you rarely apostrophe God if not praying. Thanks for making me review my weak Arabic knowledge !
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Walzu, it would probably look nice in arabic too - even if 99 % of us here would not be able to understand what's written
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