Testing Southern Arabic Vocabulary

Hello. Sheikha Muqaht is testing

me today with fucking words.

Go ahead.

Southern words. I hope you understand them.

If you don't understand them,

we'll teach you. It's okay, it's not—

Come on.

Okay.

Have you got them ready?

Got them ready, wrote them down. Come on.

Get ready, sweetheart. Okay.

First word.

"Fāghirah."

"Fāghirah" means you're clueless,

unaware of the world.

Did you learn it? I did.

Come on, continue.

Wait a minute. Okay.

"Mīdha."

Oh, God, "mīdha" means like what I said, "mīdha."

Do you get it now?

Fine, come live with us in the south.

Welcome. Welcome.

May God welcome you.

"Munaqqirah."

"Munaqqirah." Look, from the context of the sentence,

I think it means "settle."

Like someone who's sitting there, like—

"Inqari," like "stay put."

That's my problem, I understand in—

In, what's it called, formal Arabic and all that.

"Qarr" means lying sprawled out.

You know, I swear to God, half the

southern words are formal Arabic,

or more.

I don't think so. I don't feel that way. I don't feel that way.

You don't feel that way. Continue.

Look. The second word—

It's like he did "maghas al-shater" next to me.

"Habbili."

"Habbili." Give me.

Sweetheart, this is mentioned in the Quran, you know.

Honestly, she’s supposed to live

with us in the South. I swear to God.

Don’t come at me with difficult words. You deserve it.

Look, I’m telling you the

basic words we use. “Kān.”

No, no, there.

“Kān.”

“Kān.” Use it in a sentence.

“Kān.”

What is “kān”? “Kān and its sisters.”

What is “kān”? Use it in a sentence.

Use it in a sentence. For example,

we handed over something.

Ask a friend for help.

“Kān.” You’re annoying me.

Enough, I mean, enough.

What did I tell you if I put it in—

if I put it in a word you guys know.

Yeah, enough, so “kān” means enough.

“Kān.” It means “enough.”

Honestly, I’m supposed to take her with me to the South.

Come on, keep going, keep going, keep going.

I like this. Keep going.

Okay.

“Tah.”

Who is “tah”? Since this morning,

I’ve been asking you, who is

“tah”? “Sawgēna.”

Since this morning, whenever I see someone,

I ask, “Who’s tah?”

Enough, you’re more Southern than I am.

You’re supposed to be Southern.

God, you shocked me. You can’t imagine,

we don’t know what percentage she is.

And you say the words are ready, the words are ready.

Okay. “Haydah.”

“Haydah.” Should we put it in a sentence, or do I know it too?

No, no, "haydah." It's a word, actually.

"Haydah" means small change.

Haydah.

It means small change.

Try.

Haydah. Does it mean "side" or "small change"?

Haydah.

It means we're done.

No.

We got out of it.

No.

Fine, I give up.

Hujrah.

Hujrah. Imagine, imagine.

Haydah. Take the haydah cream

and put it with the razifah.

Oh, nice. The bread or—

I'll put bread in it and eat it.

Razifah.

Mm. What's razifah?

Razifah with the— with areekah.

It's for garnish, I think.

Oh, nice.

Anyway. Okay.

Aflahi.

Listen, there are words

more famous than you,

believe it or not.

I think— I honestly think

Southern words, man, everyone

knows them. Everyone knows them.

Okay, I told my mom,

I swear, I told her,

listen, there are words that not many people

understand.

Bring some words.

I swear, they're all

understandable, really.

Even if I say it, you'd understand from—

From—

the context.

No, from my face. From my expression.

Okay.

Qarrī.

Qarrī in a place. Sit in your spot.

Qarrī. What is it? Or not.

Look, ha ha ha. Fine, I didn't understand.

Kabs, sweetheart. Wait. Danqī.

She told me it's from back home. They say "danqi" there.

Imagine, I learned it in Al- Jawf.

I remember, when I was at school in Al- Jawf,

the girls would say "danqi."

Then I came to Riyadh and said "danqi" at school,

and no one understood me.

The girls didn't understand me.

From Al-Jawf.

Riyadh girls are spoiled anyway.

How sweet, spoiled.

Oh, my God. Oh, my God, really.

Of course, I've lived in Riyadh my whole life,

actually. I was born in Riyadh, anyway.

He just said, "Or not?"

I learned most Southern words from you guys too.

I learned them from you guys.

Okay. Talk.

Talk. Talk. What have you got?

What brings you here? Right. Talk.

Pull out the last trick from your bag.

I'm starting to hold a grudge. I'm starting to hold a grudge.

Okay.

Love me.

You just said it.

Really.

Yes, you just said it.

Oh, bless her. What does "bless her" mean?

Um, what does "bless her" mean?

Um, what does it mean?

You don't know?

No, I don't know.

Oh, bless her.

Bless her, I swear.

Bless her.

Bless her.

What does it mean?

Bless her.

Go on, go on, go on. Bless you. Come on, continue.

You know it.

Bless her.

Yeah.

Bless her.

Yes.

How lovely.

No.

Huh?

What does it mean?

It means, "Poor thing."

Okay, so it means, "Poor thing."

"Poor thing" means she's pitiful.

Ah.

Not, "How pretty she is." Not, "How pretty she is."

Yes, okay, listen, "ya haleelha"

is used in two contexts.

I can normally say, "Honestly, poor thing."

It means she's pretty, nice, kind of cute.

It means she's sweet.

Yes, that's normal.

For example, if I describe a girl as pitiful,

I say, "Oh, honestly, what a

poor thing." Meaning she's innocent, you know, and whatever.

Right, it works, honestly.

Yes. Yes.

Enough, enough.

Enough, enough.

I swear I understand. I swear I understand.

You don't need to teach me.

I'm not the one teaching you.

No, no, no. Let's learn a word, if you please.

Okay, fine, I have about enough.

You gave up.

I told you all of them.

That's it. You don't have any others. That's all you have.

There aren't any.

Fine, I won. Impossible, Abu...