Mishan enta is mangled and poor Arabic

Submitted by dhimmi no more (United States), Sep 27, 2013 at 18:50

I think it is rather strange when non Arabs think that they know Arabic and believe that the Arabs understand their mangling of Arabic

Mishan enta (because of you)

مشان انت means لاجل انت which is strange, mangled and poor Arabic

is a phrase commonly used by Indians, Pakistanis and Bangladeshis when Arabs ask for discounts.

Are you for real? Pakistanis speak Arabic? since when? And I'm not really interested in Pakistani Arabic, I'm interested in comments by Syrians and Lebanese about the meaning of this expresion مشان الله now do you get it?

مشان انت is poor Arabic because it would mean mishan is for you which is gobbledygook Arabic and it should be when you are addressing some one else مشانك or مشان لكم

In Egyptian Arabic it would be علشانك

So your little foray in Syrian Arabic is really a bust

It suggests they would not normally give the discount, but "mishan enta".

No it suggests that wannabe Arabs are mangling the Arabic language

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Did you read: "Broken Arabic"? It is poor gobbledygook Arabic

Now you tell me why do you pontificate about a dialect in a language that you cannot speak read or wrtie then you provide us with evidence that the Arabs are making fun of this "broken Arabic"? You tell me

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