A few useful phrases if you happen to find yourself in a situation where they are called for:
HANDS UP -- IRFAA IDAK ("EAR-FAH EE-DAHK")(Courtesy of the amazingly multilingual Bob "zaelic" Cohen.) Posted by languagehat at March 25, 2003 10:49 PM
HALT -- QIFF ("KIF")
I AM AN AMERICAN SOLDIER -- ANA JUNDI AMRIKI ("AHNA JOOM-DEE AHM-REE-KEE")
LAY DOWN YOUR WEAPONS -- ILQI SLAAHAK ("ILL-KEE SLAH-HAHK")
STAY THERE -- QIFF HINAK ("KIF HEE-NAHK")
YOU ARE A PRISONER -- INTA SAJEEN ("IN-TAH SAH-JEAN")
A couple of weeks (i.e. an eternity) ago, Salam Pax posted the Arabic for "shock and awe": al-ithara wa al-faza.
Posted by: vaara at March 28, 2003 08:11 AM