Friday, July 25, 2008

Do you speak English?

I was "studying" in the living room and the TV was tuned on Saudi channel 2. There was a show where two Saudi guys walked around in a mall asking people different kinds of questions, instant prizes and blah blah. Of course it had to be in English, y3ny bza3muhm for non-Arabic speakers.. Awal shay one of them walked up to a middle-aged man in a thobe.
Host: Do you speak English?
Man: Yes.
Host: What do you like best about Jeddah? (since the show was in Jeddah)
Man: 3arabi law sm7t?
Host: Aish akthar shay t7ebbu fe Jeddah?
Man: The beaches.. *stammers* (at this point marra kasar 5a6ri so I did the blushing for him :p)

And it went on like this, the guy speaks English, the man answers in Arabic, the guy askes in Arabic, the man answers in English..

I studied shwya then looked up to see they were asking a philipino guy in pure English. El7mdillah.

After that they decided to spare themselves the humiliation and awkwardness and ask in Arabic 3la 6ool.. but it was still funny, y3ny they asked a girl in Arabic (with a couple of English phrases here and there), she answered in Arabic too, b3dain they repeated the little conversation they just had in English :p okay that's retarded!!!!! You either make sure the person you're intending to ask actually SPEAK English, ask them off-camera, cause the situation the first man was put in was kind of humiliating, I kept thinking that if I were him I'd die men elfsheela, or just speak Arabic all along the way and add English subtitles later on. THINNNKKK!

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

LOL

hind mn jd shkl albrnamj ma 3jbk :D

i think n alrjal b'3a ytflsf bs twhg ma twg3 yjeeh so2al mba'3t ktha ..

b3deen he answerd , gal "beaches"

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Faten said...

hey pinkish ma a3ref this show your talking about but i watch ksa2 all the time=> ma a3ref laish ?!

there is a show called cool quiz , so cool men jad..kel el-nas yetkalemoon 3adel ..7ata marrah jaw el-5obar alrashed mall -> 7asafah ma kent henak :(.. i like the mothee3 he is so smart ba3ad...

o feeh show=> mish mash , i hate the stupid girl in it, she doesn't stop talking ..
o feeh this show with group of girls & one boy :P..all of them look stupid, bas el-show 7ag group of women with 2 men is better y3ny they are at least mature enough not to giggle whenever they do something wrong..

now i have no idea why i said that ..bas yallah gotta go :D

Hind ♥ said...

Photon,
Eeee! La7'6ty enni marra 3a99abt? ;p


Faten,
I guess this channel needs a major make-over, bs I don't think it'll happen any time soon :s

cookiesobsession said...

=\ I rarely watch Saudi Channels. The host asked the man "Do you speak English?" the man repeated "YES" =\ he put himself in that situation ,however its really humiliation. Not just KSA2 need make-over also KSA1 need it too. I miss channel 3 ='(

Bliss said...

*lmao*
i luv watching these kind of crap!! =D

question..
why were you "studying"? maa5tha 9aify?

K.D said...

sounds like a very un-planned show!!

like they were already out.. and one of them said you know what we should do?! :D

samaher said...

loooooooooooooooooooool SAUDI TV CRAPS

Hind ♥ said...

CO,
It was humiliating! bss maybe he didn't want to admit that he doesn't speak English very well on the national TV :p

Oreo Madness,
LOL.
Ewa ma5tha 9aifi :)

KD,
Haha that makes sense.
I guess the whole point was to be spontaneous, but it turned out too spontaneous :p

Samaher,
LOL.. yup.

Lolitta said...

looooooooooool
I think I know the program which u talking about
cuz I saw sth like that
the guy was walking in .. Malahi Alshlal) in Jeddah & asking the little boys some Q in English
I remembered when he asked a little boy whats's ur name & the boy answered ,, hah with stupid smile loooooooool
I think they shouldn't go out the studio cuz 80% of Saudies don't konw how to speak English
anyway
whenever u watch Saudi Channel 1 or 2
believe me u'll have fun with the answers whether it's in English or Arabic
fashlaaaaaaaaaaaaah allah la y7e6ni in similar situation

Glamour said...

lool .. u know ppl would do anything to get some money .. or prizes
yeaah, like that program, moment of truth .. they distroy their lives for money!!

Hind ♥ said...

Lolitta,
LOOL men jed!

Glam,
I hate Moment of Truth :| I still can't see why people are actually willing to hurt the ones they love and ruin their lives just for money :s