Apa Bahasa Arabnya Dia Mga Nobela at Kwento

"Is barawo." "And how do you say 'you are'?" I asked "Kai ne." "Kai ne barawo," I tell him. "Ina Ni mace. Ina Ni…Tiger Kambori." He smiles widely this time. "You shall be speakin' fluently in no time. Most people say 'dat Hausa is a difficult language for correct pronunciation, but you seem like a natural."

"Let's go, it’s late. I need to work, and I still have a lot of problems to solve. I'll take home and ask Ahmet to buy everything you need." *sabah al khair (phonetic transcription from Arabic - "good morning" said by the person initiating the greeting). *Sabah al nur (phonetic transcription from Arabic - "a bright day", said by the person responding to the greeting "sabah al khair").

Guyyyy, this gbedu dey mad gahn. Oh, sorry. Sometimes i forget you aren't from PH city. I suppose I have to explain that now eh. I will break it down to you like the learned bilinguist i am. That was pidgin for: This. party. is. hot.

I could not wait to see what other charms we would add to it over the years. I even taught him the meaning of some Arabic words. Habibi meant ‘my love’ and was used that way when speaking to males. Marhaban meant ‘welcome’, which was responded to ‘Marhaban biki’ when speaking to a female. ‘Shukran’ meant thanks. Replying ‘afwan’ meant you are welcome. Each word practice made me smile because he was learning for me. He did not have roots in that, but I did. Therefore, he wanted to learn so that he could share in this part of my life and understand my heritage.

He said to her, not understanding what she was trying to say. “One don’t do things for free.” She said to him and he sighed. “I don’t understand what you mean but i really don’t want anything from you... Nothing at the very least.” He said to him. “I will appreciate it if you develop a special connection with your Rabb...” He said “Rabb?” she asked “Yes, your lord, Rabb means Lord... ALLAH.” He explained “Oh.” She said with a nod. “So, your Arabic name is ....” He asked her.

) Saad nito sabay turo sa malaking bundok na'to. Everytime na maaalala ko ang sinabing 'yon ng ali kanina, di ko mapigilang mapailing-iling na lamang. Still unable to understand that alien language one bit. But one thing is for sure, Bisaya ang mga katagang 'yon. The dialect that Mindanaoan uses here. Good thing the bastard del Fuero had able to understand them so we were able to get this direction. This goddamn direction. Again, a loud exhausted sigh escaped from my mouth when I thought about it.

Hindi ko akalaing makakapunta ako sa isang lugar na kagaya nito. "Welcome to Aruba, Stimacion." Fauve whispered. Nilahad niya ang kamay niya saka tinulungan akong makababa sa barko. "Bon Bini," bati ng mga tao sa amin. Tumatango naman sa Fauve sa kanila samantalang ako, hindi ko alam kung anong gagawin. "Bon Bini, means welcome. They are welcoming you, love." sabi sa akin ni Fauve habang nakangiti.

Returning to his desk, he grabbed his notepad and began poring over it to find a starting point for his investigation. Yena's goofy story didn't provide much of a good start, but he did manage to learn that min-fadlik in Arabic means 'please'. Eric seems to be so fluent in Arabic that he can use it in private. I guess people usually speak their native language when they are alone and probably during special activities too. God knows he never shouted in Mandarin while writhing with pleasure. Of course he doesn't speak Mandarin.

I said. "Sir, I don't understand ahm... speak English." He replied, D*mn it! nalimutan ko wala pala ako sa pinas, P*nyet*ng! (I forgot I'm not in the Philippines, mother f*cker!)