One if the many ways I study Arabic is through translating Arabic cartoons
yes it is, it's true
okay, so come with me, over to the laptop
Okay, I'm going to say right off the bat, Cartoon Network MENA, please don't take this video down
I'm using your video for educational purposes
it's within the fair use policy
nobody's going to come and watch your cartoons on my channel instead of your channel
that would be ridiculous because I'm not even playing it all the way through, I'm just playing the first minute
Now that I've got that out of the way, let's go
okay, and we're rolling, I'm on my laptop, I've got everything here
you can see my screen and I can see... I can't see your screen... that's not right
'hal' is a question particle
'hal' makes it into a question
you coming or not?
the good thing about learning Fusha is that dictionaries understand Fusha
they speak Fusha
if you're trying to learn a dialect.... good luck
okay, next phrase
what on earth did he just say?
that's hard
But I thought we were going out to dinner, let's break this down
this comes from the verb 'DHunn'
which means to think
okay, if you've learned a bit of Arabic grammar, you'll know that most verbs are made up of
three root letters
the three root letters in this verb
are probably not going to be the 'sa س ' or the 'noon ن ' because we know that 'sa س' puts the verb into the future tense
and the noon ن makes it into we are doing the action
'kharaja' means to exit
or to leave, or to go out
but I thought we were going out for dinner
oh, it's starting to make sense now
and she says 'ajal' which we already know anyway
let's just write this
so, what she's saying there is
yes,
diner? that's confusing because an American diner doesn't necessarily mean that
it's only for dinner
that's where the confusion has arisen
to meet
again it's the sa and the noon (which) puts in the future
I thought that we would meet in the mall?
let's see what else he says
I'm in the mall
I don't see you
really, where are you?
so he's making up some excuse as to where he is in the mall
he's lying basically, he's a كذاب kithaab
and he... in return he gets choke slammed against the wall by the phone wire
and then she says...
which means
do you know I called you at home?
do you know that I called you at home?
you idiot... basically
which is kind of funny it means... you've reached the ansaphone message
and please leave a message after the beep basically
he's a cheeky one
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