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"mikhaalif tafassir-l-ii the gaps in your resumé?" asks the interviewer.
"Sure, I can afassir," Mohammad answers brightly. "It's just like fassart to your colleague in my last interview: I have spent the last ten years as a freelance mall santa."
"Yes, my colleague fassar-l-ii but the problem is I didn't believe him," the interviewer replies. "Can it be Christmas 365 days a year? fii quSah ghayr?"
Mohammad smiles. "Well, I could tell you that I sat on my sofa watching television for ten years, but that wouldn't be aS-Sij either."
"So how about telling aS-Sij?"
"aS-Sij is that I spent ten years eating, drinking, sleeping and occasionally watching television. I lived in the same sirwaal but occasionally at weekends wore a tanuurah. The only time I left the house, sigt so fast that I got a mukhaalafah for speeding."
After a moment of drumming his fingers on the desk, the interviewer takes a good, hard look at Mohammad and says:
"yaa buu jasim, you're an excellent liar. And since it's what the role demands, welcome to the firm."
| Verb | افسر، فسرت | afassir, fassart | I explain, explained |
| اسوق، سقت | asuug, sigt | I drive, drove | |
| Adjective | غير | ghayr | Different |
| سروال | sirwaal | Underwear | |
| Nouns | تنورة | tanuurah | Skirt |
| مخالفة | mukhaalafah | Ticket (for crime) | |
| ما خالف تفسرلي؟ | mikhaalif tafasir-l-ii | Can you explain to me? | |
| Phrases | في قصة غير؟ | fii quSah ghayr? | Is there a different story? |
| يا بو جسم | yaa buu jasim | Reverential term for any man named Mohammad |
