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January 14, 2005

Jordan: The Soundtrack

I decided that before I go to Jordan I should brush up on my Arabic music. I found some songs that seem to be popular music but they are just gibberish to me. Of course they are very catchy and get stuck in my head as I'm trying to fall asleep at night. Especially this one particular song so I thought maybe I would understand it better if I saw the lyrics written. So that is when I found this:

Allah 3aleek ya sidi
Albak dab fi eedy 2x

Albak nawili maksuf yinadili
Wi shta' tiyawili wi shou ramaani
3ainak fi 3ainy matulshi nasini
Da'nta ya muna3ini maghlu 3ashani 2x

Yeah, that is even more confusing. But at least now I can follow along with the gibberish! Let's hope that this gets easier to understand when I get to Jordan.

I read yesterday that when I arrive in Jordan I will immediately begin three weeks of intensive Arabic training. I'm a little nervous about this because I feel like I am in a weird place with my Arabic training. I have enough to be familiar with the language but I am not fluent. And from looking at the list of participants it seems like there are some who are of Arab descent and then the rest are like me. However, it is impossible to know how much Arabic these people have had. I spoke with a former participant and she went in knowing nothing! I can't even imagine how nervous I would be if I didn't know anything. Well, I guess all I can do is wait and brush up on what I do know. Better go back to studying. . .

Posted by rcollins at January 14, 2005 1:18 PM

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Comments

I noticed that Ehab Tawfiq (or however you spell his name, nobody seems to know) is Egyptian... maybe he's singing in the Egyptian dialect, and that's why you can't understand him :)

Posted by: Karl at January 15, 2005 1:26 AM

I thought about that but I do not think it is the problem. See, there is very little difference between the Arabic I speak and the Egyptian dialect. And, the textbook series that Brandeis uses is set in Egypt. (yes, Maha and Khalled are both originally from Egypt!) What this all means, is that I should be able to understand it, however, I still have no idea what they are saying.

Posted by: Rebecca at January 15, 2005 11:32 AM