ARABIC FOR INVADERS.

March 25, 2003 by 1 Comment

A few useful phrases if you happen to find yourself in a situation where they are called for:

HANDS UP — IRFAA IDAK (“EAR-FAH EE-DAHK”)
HALT — QIFF (“KIF”)
I AM AN AMERICAN SOLDIER — ANA JUNDI AMRIKI (“AHNA JOOM-DEE AHM-REE-KEE”)
LAY DOWN YOUR WEAPONS — ILQI SLAAHAK (“ILL-KEE SLAH-HAHK”)
STAY THERE — QIFF HINAK (“KIF HEE-NAHK”)
YOU ARE A PRISONER — INTA SAJEEN (“IN-TAH SAH-JEAN”)

(Courtesy of the amazingly multilingual Bob “zaelic” Cohen.)

Comments

  1. vaara says
    March 28, 2003 at 8:11 am

    A couple of weeks (i.e. an eternity) ago, Salam Pax posted the Arabic for “shock and awe”: al-ithara wa al-faza.

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