Paul wrote:
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> DA Morgan <damorgan_at_psoug.org> wrote:
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>>>>inshalla
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>>>Nope. You want something more like Hamdullah (thanks be to God) rather
>>>than what you wrote which is "If God wishes" or "God willing". Though
>>>you could cover everything and say "Mektoub" (It is written).
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>>The implications of what you wrote is that what happened was inevitable.
>>The implication of what I wrote is that he invited this into his life by
>>his own wilfull actions.
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> I don't claim to be a classical Arabic scholar or anything (Most of my
> Arabic was learnt from listening to North Africans (Maghrebins) speak
> it. Inchallah is normally used referring to something that may happen
> in the future - i.e.
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> "Hope it doesn't rain tomorrow lads"
> "Inchallah"
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> It was a lovely day yesterday lads"
> "Hamdullah"
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> Since you were referring to something which had already happened in
> the past, I think that your use of Arabic was incorrect. Maybe a
> native speaker can jump in correct me or you (or indeed, both of us)?
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>
> Paul...
One of my students is Egyptian. I will ask her this evening.
--
Daniel A. Morgan
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Received on Tue May 31 2005 - 09:53:40 CDT
