Archive for August, 2007

31
Aug

And Here Are the Blogs!

   Posted by: SimplyMoroccan   in Out of topic

Here I am, with 5 blogs I stumbled upon. Let you discover them!

Daisy the curly cat — Parkland, Florida, United States
A blogging cat! Have you ever seen that before? A fashionable one too! Look at her trying new outfits, completely gorgeous!
But hey, watch out! She got a big sister that watches over her, and she is called Pixie!

Patient King
I am humble man, husband and Dad. I recently took up blogging and found my son as a great source of inspiration for most of my work.”
You want to know what the little boy thinks of Patient King and Patient Queen? He said :” You guys stink! Mommy farts at night and daddy snore very loud! ». Pretty funny – and sincere – kid!

Daria Black
First of all, notice the lovely design! I love that girl on the top left corner, neat picture!
Daria Black is a freelance writer and web designer. She set high goals: she wants to “
to be published professionally and get paid for it”.
I suspect her to have Indian origins, or any kind of links to India, as she says “Namaste” every now and then.

Postcards from Sandip
A collection of postcards that capture little moments of my life and my friends. If you like this blog, you too can send me a postcard.” Isn’t that original? I love the idea! Although I’d love it to be more about paper postcards than internet ones.
The blog owner, Sandip Maiti, is from India.

Last but not least:

Benjamin Rubenstein
“I recently graduated from the University of Virginia with a degree in economics. I also recently finished writing my book, “I’ve Still Got Both My Nuts: A True Cancer Story.” Unfortunately, nobody wants to publish it because I’m relatively unknown. “Enter the blogosphere, become famous, and then we’ll reconsider,” they said.
So, here I am. »
Here you go people, here is a man that needs encouragement! His blog is full of humor, and irony, and he really went through a lot.

31
Aug

SimplyMoroccan and Blog Day 2007

   Posted by: SimplyMoroccan   in Out of topic

Blog Day 2007

It’s the 3rd edition of the Blog Day, and I am taking part of it !

So I am supposed to find 5 interesting blogs, preferably not from my own country, but from different cultures, backgrounds and topics. I will not be blogging about any of the blogs I already know and read then. I will be gone for a while now to digg for those blogs. I’ll let you know about my discoveries later on today.

Stay around.

31
Aug

Word 91 – gânâ

   Posted by: SimplyMoroccan   in Darija Vocabulary, Misc

5esterellas has enriched many entries of mine with his comments, especially the discussion about Moroccan words from Spanish origins. Today I am getting to a word he suggested to me a while ago: gânâ ????. [That’s a G not a K, I prefer using pure Arabic letters than a loan letter: K with three dots on it].
Lgânâ means desire/will, and it’s definitely borrowed from Spanish.
When you say “
mâ 3ndîsh lgânâ”, that means that you “don’t feel any desire to do something”, you just don’t feel like doing it.
And when you feel like doing something it’s “rshqât liyya bash…”, or “gântî rshqât liyya 3lâ

In Darija:
Farid: Lyôm mâ 3ndî lgânâ l7tta 7âja.
Salwa: Yâk lâ bâs?
Farid; ghîr mâ 3ndîsh lgânâ w Sâfî.
Salwa: Sîr khrj jîb lîk shî dwîra.
Farid: mâ 3ndîsh lgânâ.
Salwa: iwâ ajî nl3bo wâ7d TTr7 dyâl sh-shTranj.
Farid: mâ 3ndîsh lgânâ
Salwa: wâ ghîr t7rrk!
Farid: walaynni mâ katfhmîsh! Rah glt lîk z3mâ mâ 3ndîsh lgânâ!!

In English:
Farid: I don’t feel like doing anything today.
Salwa: Is everything okay?
Farid; I just don’t have any desire to do anything, that’s all.
Salwa: Go out for a walk.
Farid: mâ 3ndîsh lgânâ.
Salwa: let’s play a chess game.
Farid: mâ 3ndîsh lgânâ
Salwa: Just move it!
Farid: You really don’t understand! I thought I told you that mâ 3ndîsh lgânâ!!

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