Learn slang to describe frustrating behavior
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Alisha: Slang for Frustrating Behavior |
| Alisha: Hi everyone, and welcome back to ArabicPod101.com. I'm Alisha. |
| Sherif: And I'm Sherif! |
| Alisha: This is Must-Know Egyptian Arabic Slang Words and Phrases, Season 1, Lesson 2. In this lesson you'll learn slang for frustrating behavior. |
| Alisha: These expressions are used to describe some frustrating things that people do. |
| SLANG EXPRESSIONS |
| Alisha: The expressions you will be learning in this lesson are: |
| Sherif: يزن (yezenn) |
| Sherif: يتلكك (yetlakkek) |
| Sherif: ينفض (yenaffaḍ) |
| Sherif: يثبت (yesabbet) |
| Alisha: Sherif, what's our first expression? |
| Sherif: يزن (yezenn) |
| Alisha: literally meaning "to buzz." But when it's used as a slang expression, it means "to nag." |
| Sherif: [SLOW] يزن [NORMAL] يزن |
| Alisha: Listeners, please repeat. |
| Sherif: يزن |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Alisha: Use this slang expression when you want to express that someone has been nagging you about the same thing over and over again. |
| Alisha : Now let's hear an example sentence. |
| Sherif: [NORMAL] .فضل يزن على باباه لحد ما جابله موبايل جديد [SLOW] .فضل يزن على باباه لحد ما جابله موبايل جديد |
| Alisha: "He kept nagging his father till he got him a new phone." |
| Sherif: [NORMAL] .فضل يزن على باباه لحد ما جابله موبايل جديد |
| Alisha: Okay, what's the next expression? |
| Sherif: يتلكك (yetlakkek) |
| Alisha: literally meaning "to stall." But when it's used as a slang expression, it means "to make up excuses." |
| Sherif: [SLOW] يتلكك [NORMAL] يتلكك |
| Alisha: Listeners, please repeat. |
| Sherif: يتلكك |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Alisha: Use this slang expression when you want to express that someone has been coming up with excuses not to do a certain thing. |
| Alisha : Now let's hear an example sentence. |
| Sherif: [NORMAL] .إتلككت و قولتلو إني مش فاضي [SLOW] .إتلككت و قولتلو إني مش فاضي |
| Alisha: "I made excuses and told him I was busy." |
| Sherif: [NORMAL] .إتلككت و قولتلو إني مش فاضي |
| Alisha: Okay, what's our next expression? |
| Sherif: ينفض (yenaffaḍ) |
| Alisha: literally meaning "to brush the dust away." But when it's used as a slang expression, it means "to ignore." |
| Sherif: [SLOW] ينفض [NORMAL] ينفض |
| Alisha: Listeners, please repeat. |
| Sherif: ينفض |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Alisha: Use this slang expression when you want to express that someone has been ignoring you or not listening to what you're saying. |
| Alisha : Now let's hear an example sentence. |
| Sherif: [NORMAL] .كلمته خمس مرات بس هو نفضلي [SLOW] .كلمته خمس مرات بس هو نفضلي |
| Alisha: "I called him five times but he ignored me." |
| Sherif: [NORMAL] .كلمته خمس مرات بس هو نفضلي |
| Alisha: Okay, what's the last expression? |
| Sherif: يثبت (yesabbet) |
| Alisha: literally meaning "to fix in place." But when it's used as a slang expression, it means "to make someone speechless." |
| Sherif: [SLOW] يثبت [NORMAL] يثبت |
| Alisha: Listeners, please repeat. |
| Sherif: يثبت |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Alisha: Use this slang expression when you want to say that someone did or said something that made you speechless. |
| Alisha : Now let's hear an example sentence. |
| Sherif: [NORMAL] .دخلت لقيتها لسة نايمة من امبارح، ثبتتني [SLOW] .دخلت لقيتها لسة نايمة من امبارح، ثبتتني |
| Alisha: "I went in and found out that she's been asleep since yesterday. I was dumbfounded." |
| Sherif: [NORMAL] .دخلت لقيتها لسة نايمة من امبارح، ثبتتني |
| QUIZ |
| Alisha: Okay listeners, are you ready to be quizzed on the expressions you just learned? I will describe four situations, and you will choose the right expression to use in your reply. Are you ready? |
| Alisha: Your friend is making excuses not to meet up this week. What do you tell them? |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Sherif: يتلكك |
| Alisha: "to make up excuses" |
| Alisha: A kid keeps nagging that they want candy. What do you say? |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Sherif: يزن |
| Alisha: "to nag" |
| Alisha: Someone leaves you speechless with shocking news. What do you say? |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Sherif: يثبت |
| Alisha: "to make someone speechless" |
| Alisha: Your friend ignores your text message. What do you say? |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Sherif: ينفض |
| Alisha: "to ignore" |
Outro |
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| Alisha: There you have it; you have mastered four Egyptian Arabic Slang Expressions! We have more vocab lists available at ArabicPod101.com so be sure to check them out. Thanks everyone, and see you next time! |
| Sherif: .سَلام |
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