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NinaZara I'm a Communicator ;-)

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#3 (permalink) Fri Jun 20, 2008 14:52 pm Arabic Lyrics Help |
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NinaZara I'm a Communicator ;-)

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#4 (permalink) Fri Jun 20, 2008 17:17 pm Arabic Lyrics Help |
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Nina, thanks -- my sister taught in Cairo for a year. The CD was a souvenir. _________________ Billie Jean is not my lover. Hee. |
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Prezbucky I'm a Communicator ;-)

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#5 (permalink) Sat Jun 21, 2008 8:30 am Arabic Lyrics Help |
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Tom,
Did you listen to Khaled's Didi. It was a big hit some 15 years ago.
BTW, what do you mean by "Billie Jean is not my lover"? _________________ Non-native speaker of English
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Daemon99 I'm here quite often ;-)
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#6 (permalink) Sat Jun 21, 2008 23:08 pm Arabic Lyrics Help |
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I haven't knowingly listened to/heard Khaled's Didi. ---
"Billie Jean is not my lover" is a line from Michael Jackson's early-'80s hit song "Billie Jean".
He seems pretty weird (if not dangerous) now, but back in the '80s he was the shiznit, with mega-huge multi-platinum albums Thriller and Bad.
In third grade, my favorite album was "Thriller". It was comprised of tunes like:
Thriller Billie Jean Beat It The Girl Is Mine (with Paul McCartney) PYT Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' Human Nature
(all top-10 hits)
It could be argued that Thriller was one of the top five popular albums of the 1980s, and that Bad was one of the top 20 or so.
Here's the Wiki link to the Thriller album page. On this site there are also links to the hit songs:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thriller_%28album%29 _________________ Billie Jean is not my lover. Hee. |
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Prezbucky I'm a Communicator ;-)

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#7 (permalink) Sat Nov 01, 2008 22:46 pm Arabic Lyrics Help |
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| la means no. wala al baloh may mean not yet. sadekny means our friend and khalas means liberation which makes no sense. ihebka means i love you. aktar wahed means something alone. |
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Tarjeem I'm new here and I like it ;-)

Joined: 23 Oct 2008 Posts: 22 Location: Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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#8 (permalink) Sun Nov 02, 2008 16:30 pm Arabic Lyrics Help |
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| Prezbucky wrote: |
I've got an Amr Diab CD (Egyptian pop star), and I've gotten used to hearing a few words/phrases... like:
ya
ya..
la (lah)
no
sadekny khalas
just believe me
ya habiby la
my baby no
habiby
my baby
ahabek
i love you
baed ellayaly
after the nights
wala ala baloh
and he doen't know
aktar wahed
the most person
wala or
etc.
Is there an Arabic speaker here who can fill me in on these words/phrases?
Thanks so much,
Tom |
i wish that i helped you..  _________________ A tree is known by its fruit |
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Aryam I'm here quite often ;-)

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#9 (permalink) Sun Nov 02, 2008 16:56 pm Arabic Lyrics Help |
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Hi Tom,
I'm from egypt and I love Amr Diab.
la (lah) : no
sadekny khalas : believe me please
ya habiby la :my baby no.
habiby: my lover or my baby.
ahabek:I love you.
baed ellayaly:after the nights or count the days.
habiby wala ala baloh: my lover don't know or don't care
akter wahed byhebak: I'm the most person who love you.
Regards, Coconut. |
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Coconut2004 You can meet me at english-test.net
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#10 (permalink) Sun Nov 02, 2008 17:07 pm Arabic Lyrics Help |
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| Wouldn't the last one mean the only or the one who loves you?? I understand arabic, modern standard anyway, but what messes me up is how different spoken arabic can be. |
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Tarjeem I'm new here and I like it ;-)

Joined: 23 Oct 2008 Posts: 22 Location: Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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#11 (permalink) Sun Nov 02, 2008 18:28 pm Arabic Lyrics Help |
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Hi, Yes,you are right the last one mean the only one who loves you. But I don't understand your question? let me guess are you ask about how can people learn Arabic?or you ask about Arabic Language how can each country speak it by different ways? I hope that I got your question. |
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Coconut2004 You can meet me at english-test.net
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Coconut2004 You can meet me at english-test.net
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#13 (permalink) Mon Nov 03, 2008 5:48 am Arabic Lyrics Help |
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Hello Coconut,
I cannot say much but it could be fit into all those minus one songs that I listen when I study or work. Generally, I think it's nice.
And welcome to English-test.net! |
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NinaZara I'm a Communicator ;-)

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#14 (permalink) Mon Nov 03, 2008 7:47 am Arabic Lyrics Help |
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Coconut, Aryam, Tarjeem
Thanks a ton for translating those words/phrases.
Nina,
How's life? _________________ Billie Jean is not my lover. Hee. |
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Prezbucky I'm a Communicator ;-)

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#15 (permalink) Mon Nov 03, 2008 8:23 am Arabic Lyrics Help |
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| Prezbucky wrote: |
Nina,
How's life? |
Bumpy, but that's part and parcel of life. |
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NinaZara I'm a Communicator ;-)

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