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Sunday, May 07, 2006

Tamer says, "I am boring." (Howa inta hat oulee? mana 3arfa)

Ay ya albee! This is one of the more common mistakes people make..."I am boring."
When you are talking about something (3ala haga) put the 'ing' ending.
The movie is boring. This lesson is confusing.

When you are talking about how something makes you feel (inta hasis be eh) put the 'ed' ending:
The move bored me. This lesson confused me.

Shoft ba'a ya Tamer. Don't say, "I am boring," 3ashan keda ma3nitha inak INTA momil -- gheir lou inta fa3lan usdak te'oul keda. Inta momil ya Tamer wala inta malit?
Bas lou inta got nothing to do, wa malit min haga, say, 'I am bored."

Practice with some of these:
surprised / surprising (itfa'git / mofag'a:
I wasn't surpised at all by your behavior coz I know your behavior is never surprising.

worried / worrying (il'it / ala'a) (this franco/arabic is difficult!!
Stop worrying me more! I am already worried!

embarrased / embarrasing (itkasaft / kasfa!!)
I gave her a banana for her birthday coz she loves bananas. She threw it in my face and said, "howa inta fakirnee irda?!. " That was so embarrasing. Bas ana wad tilim...I didn't get embarrased.

Yala...I'll leave you now, so you don't get bored!

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