Too many ways to say the same thing!!

• For instance:
  
  English
  "I'm fine"
  
  Arabic
  "tamam"
  "Al hamdolillah"
  "m'neeha"
  "kuwaiyiza"
  
  I can't learn Arabic fluently cause every dialect is different and by the time I've learnt 4 different versions of the same term I have a hard time remembering 4 more versions of another word!!

  23 May 2007, 06:06 Peggy

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• Not bad

  Cool.
  
  Theres different terms in all the languages for different words just for instance in English
  I'm fine
  I'm allright
  Doing good
  Perfect
  Cool
  
  Now you dont have to bother with all those words. Its pretty simple, just pick one that you think everybody would understand. In this case Al HamdoLilLah would work but thats for Muslims which means "Thanks To Allah". There wont be any problem if you say that because probably every Muslim (Arab non-Muslims too though) would understand that. Else you can use "Tamam" or theres one more word for it, its "Zain" just use
  "Tamam" though.
  
  Anyways, if it doesnt help let me know

  Late reply, pretty late, sure thing 11 Nov 2007, 06:49 - Report

• me too i'm late i guess

  well, Arabic is a rich language, so my advice just learn the basics, as it was said...pick one word and go with it

  Abboodeh 28 Nov 2007, 08:21 - Report