Funny Arabic To English Translations

There is this funny thing we do, it was started by my roommate on the day he arrived at the States. He didn’t know that much English at that time, so his form of translation was word by word. When we became friends, we were talking about how we got here and what did we go through, and it was his turn, we all burst out with laughter.

Long story short, he wanted to say:

????? ?? ????? ????

It came out in English as: The face from the face is white.

He was saying it to this receptionist who told him that there are no more hotel rooms available, he was practically begging her or something :P. So we started coming up with our own.

?? ?????

Don’t make me hot.

??? ?????

You are licked.

???? ?????

Cairo envelopes.

???? ????

You have no cause.

???? ??????

Pay the math.

??????

What invitation?

??? ?????

You are digestible.

There are lots more, but I don’t recall them now. The funny thing is they just pop out, we don’t really plan these.

So can you come up with some? :D

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  • 12 Responses to “Funny Arabic To English Translations”


    1. Gravatar Icon 1 Khloud Nov 4th, 2006 at 5:50 am

      ?? ???? ?? ??? ????
      You don’t have what my grandmother has :D

    2. Gravatar Icon 2 MacaholiQ8 Nov 4th, 2006 at 7:38 am

      At the restaurant:-

      ????? ???? ???? ???
      I was one hour student life.

      :P

    3. Gravatar Icon 3 do0da Nov 4th, 2006 at 7:52 am

      the ones that i actually use are

      no thanks for homework (la shukra 3ala wajib)

      oo argh i cant remember the other one bes if i do il drop by n say it =P

    4. Gravatar Icon 4 KashCool Nov 4th, 2006 at 8:36 am

      like elephant
      ??????

      with your face
      ?? ????

      no more
      ?? ????

      :)

    5. Gravatar Icon 5 TAT Nov 4th, 2006 at 8:56 am

      Hmm ones I remember are
      “I cut your face”
      …… had another one but forgot gimme a minute or two….

    6. Gravatar Icon 6 Maze Nov 4th, 2006 at 11:41 am

      Very funny….actually i saw a book that cracks u up….it’s all about translation from arabic to english….the most part i burst out laughing was about sex..omg!

    7. Gravatar Icon 7 Yazeed Nov 4th, 2006 at 1:25 pm

      Khloud,
      lol :) but i think we came up with that one already :P

      MacaholiQ8,
      i remember that sms!!!!

      do0da,
      u remind me of my middle school days :P

      KachKool,
      lol 3ala il feel
      oo ba3dain, ?? ???? = dont more :P (thats what we use)

      TAT,
      looool
      imagine saying that to an american!!!

      Maze,
      lol, share some :P

    8. Gravatar Icon 8 cixousianpanic Nov 4th, 2006 at 2:29 pm

      you are digestable!! hahahaha :D

    9. Gravatar Icon 9 S Nov 4th, 2006 at 5:02 pm

      Theres an email that went round with all of those in it..
      I’ll try to find it, its soooo funny !

      Walla kalamnaa 3ajeeb, madrii min wain en6ale3 those phrases..

    10. Gravatar Icon 10 Delicately Realistic Nov 5th, 2006 at 3:52 pm

      LOOOOOOL

      some new ones there!

    11. Gravatar Icon 11 Yazeed Nov 6th, 2006 at 1:40 pm

      cixousianpanic,
      loool its one of my favorite ones

      S,
      allah y5aly gmail :P

      Delicately Realistic,
      chip in…….please!

    12. Gravatar Icon 12 saud Jun 11th, 2007 at 10:08 am

      cover your wide (yestor 3ala 3r9′k)
      ….
      it does not walk … i heard that from an arabian person telling a shop asistant about the money that he had from. that it does not work. (al 3omla mo maashya)… lol

      it is over my window …. ( fo0o8 6aa8aty )
      if a teacher give lots of homework just tell her it is over my window and she’ll send u directly to a mental hospital .. lol

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