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[Petros]

?Where would you find such an opportunity later

Never D:

Hail Buddy
:Questions
What kinda traits should Men & Women obtain in order to be complete? In Every Manner
?How's your relationship with your God
Have you ever been in a situation that you wanted God to show you a sign so that you find out He hears you. E.g: shining a star like a blinker
What kinda diseases can you medicate or treat by yourself? Do you know any old remedies
What's the passive form of: I was playing football
?What are your favorite pastimes and how many hours do you devote for them
?Could you list Men's advantages vs Women
.At the end, Tell us some useful words, adages or slangs
?What's your idea about frog's or Camel's armpit
?Why does the chicken's eyelid shut from down to up

:What do you say to these in English
دم کنی
گیر دادن به کسی

[A r c h i]

wowwwww @mir, such a great idea

I was thinking about this empty hotchair recentlyl

Never D:
:What do you say to these in English
دم کنی
گیر دادن به کسی

petros did u see amir's description about him?
he's not persian .l

[Petros]

I was thinking about this empty hotchair recentlyl

Same Here

Petros, Didn't u see amir's description about him?
he's not persian .l

Yes, I See
:But I Asked Those Words Due To This Sentence

He is coming to Iran to learn Persian language

I Thought That He knows something, I Mean Preknowledge

By The Way

[Kite102]

Hey Hey Hey GUYS AND GALS!!!

Yup this is H from London, UK. I have been kindly invited by Amir to sit in the hot seat! I hope it doesn't get too hot for me! As some of you know, I'm hoping to come to Iran soon in order to further my study of Persian and to teach English. I'm waiting (and praying) for my visa to come through at the moment. I hope to hear from them by the end of next week. SO by the time I depart this lovely hot seat, I will Inshallah have my visa!!

PETROS: Thanks for your many many many questions! Your questions seem to start with the most important things (God, character traits) and then get less and less important (Armpits, frogs, chickens etc). Though I may be mistaken..Well I will attempt to mirror your approach by making my answers more linguistically challenging at the start, and then getting progressively easier. So if the first few don't make sense, just scroll down!


SO.. traits for a man and woman to be complete: Well this can be answered in a number of ways and it really depends on your definition of 'completeness'. For me, the 'complete man' is the 'perfect man' and the 'perfect man' I associate with what the Islamic mystics have called 'al-insan al-kamil'. Now since we are not infallible, the state of being 'perfect' is in fact a continuous process of striving towards perfection. From this point of view then, and perhaps paradoxically, the perfect person is the person who is always striving towards perfection. On a more practical level, perfection consists essentially of the Prophetic virtues. Incidentally, this definition includes both the genders and as such when a person reaches the degree of 'Rujuliyya' or 'Manliness', this should be understood as a gender neutral term

Wow! That was a long answer! Okay I will try to be more concise!


Relationship with God: This is a difficult question to answer. al-hamdlillah I am a Muslim and I strive to 'submit' my will to the will of God. At the end of the day, it is God who will judge how our relationship is with Him.

Sign from God question: Yes I remember one experience in particular when I was quite young. I won't mention the experience itself but I was very grateful after I received the sign.

Medicine/Remedy question: Well I'm not really a doctor, my elder sister is a doctor so I leave the medical stuff to her! I wouldn't want to interfere in case I make the disease worse! Old remedy: My father says that boiled ginger with honey is good for colds

Football was being played

Pastimes: I LOVE reading. It depends on how much time I have but I could read from morning to night if I have nothing else to do.

Men/Women advantages: Women like talking, men like listening. So everybody is happy!

Slang: NICE question! Okay now this is extreme slang and if the person you are talking to is not from London they probably won't understand you even if they are native speakers of English!!:

Dat was bare jokes man = It was very funny
Aaaaaight = Are you well? (This is hard to pronounce correctly!)D
I absolutely legged it = I ran away very fast
Mug = Face

N.B: Use with caution!!!

Frog/Camel armpits: Do camels have arms ???

Chicken's eyelids :I have no idea! Is this a joke?

Persian questions: Okay my Persian isn't that good at the moment. This is why I am coming to Iran!! 'Dam' has many meanings but I think 'dam kardan' can mean 'to breathe' . So 'dam kuni' is 'you breathe'. I'm wrong, aren't I???

ghir= to take
dadan = to give
be = to
kesi = person

altogether = I don't know!

[A r c h i]

Dear Huzayfa,
Hi

I have some questions
1- can u tell us a bit about yrself? your age,job and etc.

2- when did you first heard of Iran?
3-what was interesting about Iran,which made you decide to come here?
4-In which countries you've lived before?
5- have you done any research about living condition in Iran?

6- where is your favourite place?
7- where do you want to visit?
8-where's your favourite place to live?
9- what's your favourite food?

10- Did amir describe what the Hotchair is?

That's All for now
Thanks for you time


p.s. Petros there's nothing wrong with my sentence!!!!! you can use did or didn't!!!
I meant: آیا دیدی؟
I didn't meant : مگه ندیدی؟

[mir@]

Dear Huzayfa
Thanks for showing such enthusiasm in answering the Q's

I would be grateful if you answer the questions in this format:

1-How old are you?
I'm 25

2- How's your relationship with your God
None of your business

So that we can discriminate between Q's and A's (the color is absolutely arbitrary) And also you don't have too use such a big font size

Thank you very much

[Petros]

گیر دادن به کسی = Keep asking questions and nagging about someone's works
Can we use "Stick To Somebody"? Yeah

Anyway, Thanx for answering my Questions

+
I've Asked This From My Teacher
I Know. Your Sentence Isn't Wrong. But It's Much Better To Use Negative Form In Situations Like That

I Just Made That Bold
Nothing Major
You Are My Master And Tutor

So Long

[mir@]

'Dam' has many meanings but I think 'dam kardan' can mean 'to breathe' . So 'dam kuni' is 'you breathe'. I'm wrong, aren't I???

Oh.... Excuse me ... But I'm pissing myself laughing ... the best possible answer


By the way, I'd like to ask you that if you found any problem in a question or it could be expressed better, please write the better form.
Thanks in advance

[Kite102]

Petros

Okay maybe

گیر دادن به کسی = mind your own business???

or have I misunderstood it?

'I've Asked This From My Teacher
I Know. Your Sentence Isn't Wrong. But It's Much Better To Use Negative Form In Situations Like That

which part does the refer to?

Amir: lol.. so what does 'dam kuni' mean???

Sorry about the big font, I will try and stick to the format.

Archi-girl: Thanks for your questions.

1- can u tell us a bit about yrself? your age,job and etc

I'm 25, I've had MANY jobs but mainly teaching. Most of my life has been spent in full-time education so far and I'm considering a Phd...

2- when did you first heard of Iran
Hmmmm , I'm not sure. Probably when I was quite young.

3-what was interesting about Iran,which made you decide to come hereIran is of course a very significant part of Islamic civilization both now and in the past. Also, I hear that Iranian food is very delicious!

4-In which countries you've lived before
Correct: Which countries have you lived in
UK, Syria, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Spain
I have also visited: Morocco, France, Germany, Switzerland, Greece, Lebanon, Egypt, the UAE, India, Jordan, the USA and Canada

5- have you done any research about living condition in Iran
Correct: 5- have you done any research about living conditionS in Iran

I've done some research. I have also met some wonderful people on this forum who have offered me advice and info
6- where is your favourite place
Madinah al-Munawwara or Damascus. Both very beautiful places

7- where do you want to visit
IRUUUUUUUNNNNNNNN

8-where's your favourite place to live
Hmmmmm. Probably Damascus. Hard Question!

9- what's your favourite food
Another hard question but I love salads

10- Did amir describe what the Hotchair is
Yes briefly. Why am I doing something wrong??

[mohammad.clergyman]

Hi folks,

I think Mohammad has run out of suitable hosts who can communicate in English.However, I have found a really suitable and knowledgeable host that I feel this topic is just maid for him

I invited him and he has accepted

So........A bunch of thanks to dear

Kite102

Yes... he is going to be the host for about one weak or so

Hi dear amir

thanks deeply due to reborning this topic

the recent interruption as you told was caused by running out of qualified hosts

but in choosing the new host you'd better inform me ; since by so doing we might have some problems choosing the host

anyway I'm kind of honor that we have a host of foreign

let me dear Kite to welcome you sincerely to this forum and this topic

I really don't know how I realized that you're a native english when I read one of your posts here in this forum

You may offer us a present at the end of your presence which will be finished on October 25th

again thousands of thanks to my dearest Amir