الوتموبيل - Automobile
كلينيك - Clinic
مسترفين - Mstsharfin, meaning “Pleasure to meet you”.
محمد - Mohammed
شويا - Swiya, meaning “A little”
واخا - Waha, meaning “OK” or “agreed”
بزّاف - Bezzaf, meaning “A lot”
جمي - my name, as best as I can figure
The first four days of class have been fun and I looking forward to some more learning.
Entries from March 2008
Some Arabic
March 27th, 2008 · 3 Comments
Tags: Journal
Good Friday
March 21st, 2008 · Comments Off
A year ago good friday I was in Cordoba, Spain checking out the Mezquita. It might as well have been lifetime ago. A lot has happened since then and I am really grateful for this online record that I have from which I can remember the twists and turns that life has given me.
Normally, I [...]
Tags: Journal
Nepotism, Word of the Week
March 19th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Nepotism noun
The practice among those with power or influence of favoring relatives or friends, esp. by giving them jobs.
I knew of the existence of this word pretty much describing how things work in my hometown but I forgot exactly what it was. So last night when I was talking with some spanish people about exactly [...]
Tags: Word of the Week
Intermittent Status Update, March 7.
March 7th, 2008 · Comments Off
Today I realized that it was Friday and that normally on Friday’s back when I had some sort of schedule or routine (well over a year ago) I would write some sort of week in review. In part it was so that people I care about could know what I was up to but mostly [...]
