aNA la' aFhaM aL-lughatul araBiaH ....

I was at The DOc's execUtive suite in Park royaL (very nice comfY room) last week and was aBout to have our TApaU-ed NaSik aYAm Bukit bintaNg for dinner when Bob sms-ed me...

"Babe.. i have a few good arabic Cds for u to learn arabIc so that u wont end up blurting something like..please take me from behind to the pak Arabs when u're actually asking for your regular coffee...."

at first it came to me as a joke ... but then, i finally realised, shOOoT!!! mY araBiC suCks!!

i have limited vocaBs. Those years of acually having bahasa araB as one of the subject in my syllibus doesn't groom me into becoming the next spokes person for some arabic talk show or something. All i have in my limited vocab-pool (now mY vocaB has it's Own pOOl) is "ana la' afham al-lughatul arabiah" = i dont know arabic language...and now it shows.....

don't get me wrong here. i still know some of the basic such as..

Mas Muka = what's your name...

kaIfa Haluka = how are u ...

kam saah al an ? = what's the time now..

izhaba ila idarah = i'm going to the office..

bUt then it's not good enuf to actually transpire my message accross...

for example... what if i'm so pissed off in the meeting and decided to bang the table and give some harsh remarks to those pak 4r4bs ... can i just say... "anTa yuklam fil dubur"!!!! = Ure such a paiN in the as*....!!!! it does sound funny and a bit off the limit ..

in the first place do they actually allow you to curse when u're in an islamic country ? do they have some hudud rulling against it ? I know if u tell a lie and u might end up tongeless but does the same rule applies to cursing as well ?? they might even end up sending me back home for having such a filthy mouth....

sO in my quest to bursh up on my appalling arabic laguage skill/knowledge (i dare not call it a skill at all), i decided to seek for the GURU's help...a.k.a MUM...

Come to think bout it, Mum do have various hidden skills. Told u guys bOut her "gypsY skills"...and now arabic?? she should be crowned as "superMum" one of these days...

there i was on satURdaY afternoon in her study..flipping through tonnes of arabic books...

"Mak .. how do u say i want to have breakfast ?"

"....Atanawalul futur...."

"mak...how bOut i really-really need coffee ??

"..Al-kahwah muhimUm li, a'fini al-aN..."

i restrained my self from asking the GURU ...

How do i say ..."will u marry me "???

That will give her the shock of her life won't it ?? But trust me .. if i were to find some Hunk and yummy pak 4raBs(s) there, that will definatley comes in handy. I'll reserve that for later ... much..much later...*wink*

as for the time being...
afhamu al-lughatularabiah qalilan-qalilan = (direct translation for) I faham arabic sikit-sikit....

me...searching high and low for "arabic language for dummies..."