Ya Salaaaaam “Hey Peace!!” :P

28 03 2008

In the Arabic culture you will find allot of phrases were they use “Ya” just before a specific word and its a bit funnier when it’s translated literally to English :)

“Ya” is used in the Arabic language as a calling or you could say “a get your attention” sound, so if you want to get the attention of someone either if you know them or you don’t a good example will be if you’re calling their name from a distance ;it will be like “Ya Mohamaaaaaaad!!!” if his name is Mohamed or not it doesn’t matter you still can call anyone in Saudi Mohamed :) I am serious :) …ok stop blah,blah! and lets start the fun :) (I will use Ar->Arabic and En->English)

Ar: Ya Salaaaaaaaaaaaam. = used to express enjoyment.

En: Hey Peace!!

Ar: Ya Halaaaawah. = how pretty

En: Hey Sweet!!

Ar: Ya Rejjaaaaal?? = Do you think I am stupid man?

En: Hey Man!

Ar: Ya Waaaaaad!( and clapping or/and winking)= You look Hot!

Ar: YaWaaaaaad?(with a questioning voice, and raising one eyebrow)= Stop playing games on me Boy,I am smarter than you think?

Eng: Hey Boy!!

Ar: Ya Ammmi, Ya Ammmmi= calm down man,listen and understand!!

Eng: Hey Uncle!! Hey Uncle!! :P

Ar: Ya Nasssss, Ya Alaaaam= oh people you are so stupid, don’t you get it?

En: Hey People, Hey World !!

Thats for today :)





Persian and Arabs

27 03 2008

I thought its Funny and I would like to share it with everyone :)

This is a clip for a stand-up comedian called Maz Jobran. Maz and another couple of Middle Eastern comedians were on a tour that –they called it– The Axes-of- Evil Comedy Tour. By the way if you want to watch the whole tour video, you can easily buy it and download the whole DVD from Amazon.com media downloads right away :) its cool.

Enjoy the clip :)
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