Setting: Somewhere in Jordan, sometime in the past, two Jordanians in their early twenties in a small cold room with a soubbit Roumo (kerosene heater) bifasfiso bizir abul shilin :
Jordanian 1: 3al 3afyeh!
Jordanian 2: hala!
Jordanian 1: kaifak?
Jordanian 2: mlee7, enta kaif?
Jordanian 1: wallah makil khara ya zam <--- short for zalameh
Jordanian 2: wal, laish ya zam?
Jordanian 1: garfan w 6afran w melta3in el sharaf taba3i
Jordanian 2: ya zam 3adi ... ya3ni hoo la7alak, ma 3adam el mo2akhatheh, bas kolna 6afraneen w makleen khara
Jordanian 1: 3a goultak wallah ya abu shreek, el kol 6afran w zahgan, wil mout ma3 el jama3a ra7meh
Jordanian 2: ya zalameh smi3it shoo sar bi folan?
Jordanian 1: la2, shoo malo?
Jordanian 2: a3tak 3omro!
Jordanian 1: lah lah lah ... ra7mato allah 3alaih, kan zalameh 6ayyib
Jordanian 2: fi3lan, wil kol be7mid feeh
Jordanian 1: yallah shoo bidna nsawwi
Jordanian 2: ma hay 7al el dinya
Setting: Some where in the future, after immigrating to a better country, the two very same Jordanians meet.
Jordanian 1: what up dude?
Jordanian 2: yoooo, keefak buddy?
Jordanian 1: shoo? whats cookin?
Jordanian 2: mafi shee ... just chillaxin' man!
Jordanian 1: tab wain el chicks ya dude?
Jordanian 2: they took my jaggy and ra7o to get some more drinks, u know .. lzoom el ga3deh, ehhh 2azdi el 2a3deh ya man
Jordanian 1: akeed man, akeed
Jordanian 2: yooo duuuuuude, did u see shoo sar fi Anna Nicole Smith
Jordanian 1: la2 shoo sar?
Jordanian 2: bigollak, ehhh gazdi bi2ollak, ehhh 2azdi bi2ollak enno she died
Jordanian 1: lah lah lah, not cool man
Jordanian 2: yaaaaa, not cool bil marra ya man
Jordanian 1: did you watch el video taba3ha?
Jordanian 2: min zaman ya man
To be continued ...
