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| Audio with Theyab's pronunciation |
fil-bait he can be quite kaslaan. "maakuu shugul?" I ask.
He just smiles in response.
But in the car, he is quite a different person. Motivated, energetic,
ambitious. "ogaf!" I yell as he starts accelerating beyond the
speed limit. "diirbaalik!" I cry as we try to overtake yet another
taankar buulah. "Hutbaal-ik!" I scream as a Pajero steams
towards us. We're in the wrong lane. akiid. He laughs, "هههههه"
and simply says, "maafii mushkilah!"
Just another day of driving in Kuwait.
كسلان
|
kaslaan | Lazy (m) |
كسلانة
|
kaslaanah | Lazy (f) |
كسلانين
|
kaslaaniin | Lazy (pl) |
اقف
|
ogaf | Stop it! (m) |
اقفي
|
ogafay | Stop it! (f) |
اقفو
|
ogafaw | Stop it! (pl) |
ديربالك!
|
diirbaalik! | Careful! |
حتبالك!
|
Hutbaalik! | Watch out! |
تنكر بولة
|
tankkar buulah | Water truck |
اكيد
|
akiid | Of course |
مافي مشكلة
|
maafii mushkillah | There’s no problem |
