Comments on: How to Bargain in Arabic http://matadorabroad.com/how-to-bargain-in-arabic/ study abroad programs Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:14:48 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Hind http://matadorabroad.com/how-to-bargain-in-arabic/comment-page-1/#comment-3364 Hind Sat, 25 Jul 2009 23:20:51 +0000 http://matadorabroad.com/?p=1315#comment-3364 Hey Baxter, i haven't been to that movie. i heard of it, but don't know any one who has been to it. so, sorry cannot help u with that :\ hope u enjoy Oman, i hear its nice :) Hey Baxter,
i haven’t been to that movie. i heard of it, but don’t know any one who has been to it. so, sorry cannot help u with that :\

hope u enjoy Oman, i hear its nice :)

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]]> By: Baxter http://matadorabroad.com/how-to-bargain-in-arabic/comment-page-1/#comment-3262 Baxter Tue, 21 Jul 2009 10:34:21 +0000 http://matadorabroad.com/?p=1315#comment-3262 Hey, Hind - I do enjoy me some girly gossip now and again - might be a fun poolside read. Had no idea Riyadh was diverse - guess I need to come experience it first hand to get the full scoop. So what was the local reaction to the movie 'The Kingdom'? Wondering in Oman, Baxter Hey, Hind -

I do enjoy me some girly gossip now and again – might be a fun poolside read.

Had no idea Riyadh was diverse – guess I need to come experience it first hand to get the full scoop.

So what was the local reaction to the movie ‘The Kingdom’?

Wondering in Oman,
Baxter

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]]> By: Tim Patterson http://matadorabroad.com/how-to-bargain-in-arabic/comment-page-1/#comment-3245 Tim Patterson Mon, 20 Jul 2009 13:37:17 +0000 http://matadorabroad.com/?p=1315#comment-3245 Thanks Anil! Thanks Anil!

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]]> By: Anil http://matadorabroad.com/how-to-bargain-in-arabic/comment-page-1/#comment-3241 Anil Sun, 19 Jul 2009 19:21:11 +0000 http://matadorabroad.com/?p=1315#comment-3241 Here's the url: http://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Arabs-Guide-Modern-Times/dp/1931930252/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_1 Here’s the url:

http://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Arabs-Guide-Modern-Times/dp/1931930252/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_1

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]]> By: Anil http://matadorabroad.com/how-to-bargain-in-arabic/comment-page-1/#comment-3240 Anil Sun, 19 Jul 2009 19:20:03 +0000 http://matadorabroad.com/?p=1315#comment-3240 Tim, this book 'Understanding Arabs' is a good start for people with an interest in the society but not too concerned with scientific details or theories. Tim, this book ‘Understanding Arabs’ is a good start for people with an interest in the society but not too concerned with scientific details or theories.

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]]> By: Hind http://matadorabroad.com/how-to-bargain-in-arabic/comment-page-1/#comment-3238 Hind Sun, 19 Jul 2009 18:22:04 +0000 http://matadorabroad.com/?p=1315#comment-3238 Ahlan wo sahlan :) about "Girls of Riyadh" you'll enjoy it if you like girly gossip =P . Otherwise, its empty!! I fell asleep in the middle of it xp & never thought of getting back to it. they say it tells a real story of real girls. maybe it does! but the 4 girls in the story are only 4! it couldn't possibly be "spot on". Riyadh society is full of diversity. the book reflects only a small fraction of it !! Ahlan wo sahlan :)

about “Girls of Riyadh” you’ll enjoy it if you like girly gossip =P . Otherwise, its empty!! I fell asleep in the middle of it xp & never thought of getting back to it.

they say it tells a real story of real girls. maybe it does! but the 4 girls in the story are only 4! it couldn’t possibly be “spot on”. Riyadh society is full of diversity. the book reflects only a small fraction of it !!

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]]> By: Baxter http://matadorabroad.com/how-to-bargain-in-arabic/comment-page-1/#comment-3237 Baxter Sun, 19 Jul 2009 14:55:13 +0000 http://matadorabroad.com/?p=1315#comment-3237 Shokran jazilan, Hind. So have you by any chance read Girls of Riyadh? Heard it was spot on but was am looking for a second opinion... Shokran jazilan, Hind.

So have you by any chance read Girls of Riyadh? Heard it was spot on but was am looking for a second opinion…

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]]> By: Hind http://matadorabroad.com/how-to-bargain-in-arabic/comment-page-1/#comment-3236 Hind Sun, 19 Jul 2009 13:25:40 +0000 http://matadorabroad.com/?p=1315#comment-3236 wa alaikom assalam :) Well... i'm from Riyadh. So, any thing i can help with? i'll be glad to :) wa alaikom assalam :)

Well… i’m from Riyadh. So, any thing i can help with? i’ll be glad to :)

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]]> By: Baxter http://matadorabroad.com/how-to-bargain-in-arabic/comment-page-1/#comment-3234 Baxter Sun, 19 Jul 2009 10:58:44 +0000 http://matadorabroad.com/?p=1315#comment-3234 Thanks for your input, Hind. The thing is that everybody transliterates differently and while many people understand colloquial Egyptian (thanks to the film industry there) Gulf Arabic is more widely spoken and hence it's the dialect I went with. Salem maelekum, Baxter Thanks for your input, Hind.

The thing is that everybody transliterates differently and while many people understand colloquial Egyptian (thanks to the film industry there) Gulf Arabic is more widely spoken and hence it’s the dialect I went with.

Salem maelekum,
Baxter

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]]> By: Hind http://matadorabroad.com/how-to-bargain-in-arabic/comment-page-1/#comment-3232 Hind Sun, 19 Jul 2009 10:01:56 +0000 http://matadorabroad.com/?p=1315#comment-3232 Baxter... nice article but the phrases are not accurate. Allow me :) if your going to Cairo here how you should say it: Hello = "Asslam alikom" or "Ahlan" which means only hello how’s it going? = "Ezzay el-haal" That is too expensive= "da ghali awi" that’s not the normal price= "da mosh esse'er el'Aadi" Do you think I’m stupid?= "enta fakerni ahbal?" lol the locals there sound just like that. in most of the middle east countries they understand the egyptian slang. so you 'll be ok :) one more thing: "Salem maelekum" the right way to say it is "salam alaikum" & "Malekum salam" = "Wa alaikum assalam"! have fun :) Baxter… nice article

but the phrases are not accurate. Allow me :)

if your going to Cairo here how you should say it:
Hello = “Asslam alikom” or
“Ahlan” which means only hello

how’s it going? = “Ezzay el-haal”

That is too expensive= “da ghali awi”

that’s not the normal price= “da mosh esse’er el’Aadi”

Do you think I’m stupid?= “enta fakerni ahbal?” lol the locals there sound just like that.

in most of the middle east countries they understand the egyptian slang. so you ‘ll be ok :)

one more thing:
“Salem maelekum” the right way to say it is “salam alaikum”
& “Malekum salam” = “Wa alaikum assalam”!

have fun :)

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