ام عبد الهادي
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- إنضم
- 12 ديسمبر 2009
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..::You know you are Algerian when::..
1. You can't stand up straight. You have to lean against something, whether it be a car or a wall.
2. You're not REALLY Arab. Your ancestors are a mixture of: Turkish, Berber, Spanish, German, French, Arab, and in certain circumstances ...black.
3. You think you can speak Arabic but no one that really speaks Arabic ever knows what the hell you're trying to say.
4. You distinguish how "Algerian" someone is by listening to their accents and the best part of Algeria is always where you're from, even if its not the truth.
5. Guys belly dance like women and women belly dance like crazy! But kbalyie men can dance better than women.
6. You don't listen to Rai Music until you move to a foreign country.
7. As soon as someone leaves, you start talking about them. Good or bad.
8. You're conversations are always about someone…you can never mind your own business.
9. You're really hungry for a peek at your next door neighbor's tax returns.
10. You hug and kiss relatives you have never seen before in your life.
11. You love to say the word, "AYWAH!"for men and "eyeh ya lala" for women.
12. Mohammad is always refered to as moh. or moe and if there are two..You distinguish between them as Mohammed lesghir and Mohammed lekbir..and if there is third one...moh lakhor..
13. You are always mistakened for being European or a spanish, even if you're dark skinned.
14. Helwa is candy, chaba is pretty, shadi is monkey, and rohe is go.
15. You love to hang out at coffee shops and just talk about passers by.
16. If you're a female, you name is most likely to end with an A.
17. If you're from the capital, you've probably never seen the Sahara Desert.
18. You can speak at least 2 languages
19. Everyone thinks you eat couscous everyday.
20. Every Algerian knows every family in the entire nation of Algeria, and some how you always know a specific story about them and almost all the time it is a bad one.
21. During a wedding, all the young single people are checking each other out...
21b. If you are a girl..Mothers will be asking you are you single ?? Where is your mother ??
22. When Algerians get together, they all compete in "Who has got the loudest voice?" and disscuss…
22b.''Who has the most gold jewellery?''
22c.''Who has the most teeth done in gold ?? ''
22d.’’How many countries did you visit?’’
22e.’’How many new types of food did you eat??’’
23. You are very outgoing and open to other cultures..
24. Couscous to Algerians is not like rice to Asians, that would be bread.
25. Shawarma sandwiches are the new fashion.
26. You have too much pride to take something for free.
27 . You are judgemental about every ethnic group except for yours.
28. Your're probably the most hardheaded out of all other Arabs.
29. Algerian guys are mistakened for italians in many cases.
30. You've never seen a camel, unless it was outside of Algeria.
31. Girls are taught to lower their voices.
32. You even Algerianised the english language. i.e "rohe hateha in the kitchen" "movee al car" "tryeeha" "ma tasmokch ?"
33. People always mistaken where you're from for Nigeria or Albania.
34. You're standing next to the largest suitcases in the airport!
35. You can't live without visiting Algeria...and would die to go back...
36. You HATE or LOVE Zinedine Zidane anyways you watch all his matchs and have a poster
37. You call your grandmother Mima Mani Yemma Mémé or simply Mamy
38. At our parties there's always enough food for an entire army & you have to taste everything & finish your plate or your mom will say " harram".
39. You have a cousin, aunt/uncle or grandma/grandpa by the same name as you.
40. You are always late.
41. You always have a story to tell.
42. "Yallah" is part of your everyday vocabulary.
43. There's always drama!
44.Your refer to your dad's friends as 3amoo!
45.you have funny names like QWEDER, and AL EID
46. Qole (say) is pronounced Qole, gole, ole, depending where you’re from.
47-You can start a very long discussion with someone in the street that you don't know
48-You speak french better than arabic but you'll never admit it ... specially to a foreigner :p
48b. You algerianise the french language.
49-You know that Reda Taliani is Algerian but if a foreigner asks you you always say that he's tunisian
50-You can't explain the expression .."Cheh !!!"
51-You always cry when you watch the movie "The Battle Of Algiers"
52-You always hate French people when you watch the movie "The Battle Of Algiers"
53-You're proud of your national football team even if they loose.
54-You're proud to say that in 1982 the algerian soccer team won against the german team 2-1 !!!!!
55-You're passionate about the french politic more than by the algerian one :s
56-You hate when foreigners tell you "Oh you're french like"
57-You can say from which region of algeria somebody comes just by hearing his accent
58-You watch the algerian stupid shows during all ramadhan
59-You always buy a flag for the Independance Day and for the 1st November
60-Barbershops and Taxis are places where you can have very philosophical discussions.
61-There are algerian flags everywhere in the street !!!
62-Foreigner always ask you if the song "Abd el Kader ya bou3lam" is your national anthem
63- Ramadan is the only month during what you watch algerian tv
64-you buy a sheep a whole month before aid al adha just to show it off in the neighborhood
65-you always critisize algeria but strike for it and defend it when foreigners say morrocco and tunisia are way better
66-you know how to avoid garbage bags falling from the balconies
67-you have a big nose "niif", meaning you're extremely proud
68-you call "mercurochrome" : dwa l'ahmar
69-Lghorba darat hala fik ..
70-and the real ALGERIAN MEN don't appreciate what their wife gives them!!!!
71-your mother only permits 15 MINUTES for each telephone call!!!
72-A visa is not a credit card
73-your children prefer the mother's side of the family
74- you answer the phone by saying Werak?
75- people move away from you in coffee shops because you never stop talking LOUDLY!
76- your phonebill is massive.
77- your phone is always in your hand or at your ear.
78- you spend all your money on clothes
79-You say 3afsa, 3afsis wa mouchtaqqatouha...
80-Your relatives alone could populate a small city.
81- When you decide to go to the beach..You wake up at 5am...All the family goes (20 people)..including a tent and a built in kitchen...And you don’t go back home until 9pm
82-You don't know Carrefour, you know ''Souk el fellah''
83- l'inspecteur Tahar is your favourite hero.
84-A meal without hrissa...isn't a meal.
85-In airport passport//identity card check....it takes a minimum of 3hours for them to be checked.
86-You know at least 5 ways of how to say chewing-gum.
87-You say ''ca va'' at least 8 times in a conversation.
88- When you say ''one two three'' you can't resist to saying ''viva L'Algerie''
89-When you wear something new...Your cousins say ''Hatta !!'' or ''La tchitchi''
90-You still feel shivers down your spine when you listen to Cheb Mami's ''Bladi'' for the 100th time.
91-your father told you a thousand times that the director of NASA is Algerian, Ronaldo grew up in Bab el Oued or Schumacher is from Mostghanem!
92-when you are making phone calls to Algeria..You scream down the phone..because you haven’t realised that phone connections have improved in the last 10 years.. :P
93-When they cut of electricity and water for a week its NOOOORRMALLLL (because you haven’t paid the bill
94-you spend your time complaining about Algeria when you're with Algerian, but you can not bear a stranger making a comment about your country.. Even though its TRUE!
95-You say ''sebbbbbb'' ''sebbbbb'' to cats taht elmida
96- You have you finger ready at the remote control to change when you are watching a French or American movie with you parents
97-You cousin travels with the car windows closed even if its 45'C...so that people can believe that he/she has an AC.
98-When you are about to lose a game.. you say ..''bettalt, ma nel3abch''
99-You can't stop shouting ''ya settar'' ''ya settar'' ''ya settar'' when someone falls over..no matter which corner of the world they come from.
100-When you go to see you family in Algeria..They ask you about the prices in the-country-you-are-living-in (How much is diesel? Nail clippers? Is it cheap there ? )
101-When you have nothing to do..and you are bored..you fell the need to play a note of derbouka on what ever you have (table, chair, backpack, water bottle...shoes !!)
102-You know what "flexy" "flash" "arsselli" or "selekni'' mean..
103-You know that Barack Obama was raised in Chlef..And you know that his real name is M'barek Robbama loool
104-You find it normal that people hang up CD's in their car mirror.
105-you complain constantly of the Algerian mentality, as if you were a stranger ...
106-you think that most beggars are actually very rich people with an unknown illness that makes them even more angry and beg ...
107-You cry infront of the tv the day they assassinated Boudiaf.
108- you have rhythms in your skin that you would like to express through you car horn
109-You stop your car 3 feet after the traffic lights to be sure you'll start the first, when you start last because you do not see the light go green
110-You have a BCG vaccination scar on your left arm.(check it)
111-You smiled at least once when reading this email. J
112-when you go out into the street and you shout long live Algeria after a football match we lost ...But when they win…Alllah youstar !!
113- you demand to taste the watermelon before buying
114-You find it normal to call people at midnight and you have the cheek to say.. ‘yak mafeyaktkoumch men n3ass ? :P
115-You're addicted to the Caprices, Flash wella Criponis.
116-Trainer whether they are Nike, Adidas, Converse or Puma, you always call them “ l’adidas”
117-Pure Algerians only : you spent your childhood running around with a bottle of bleach..
or a car made of selk and bouchoun ta3 la javel ...
or a ball made from milk bags (Lahda )...that you play ''cadeaux'' with
or a guitar made with a can of oil Naftal...
118.. you can not prevent yourself from rushing to the scene of an accident...mekloufiyeen Allah ghaleb.
119- you dislike//hate egyptains and is sure that we will win them on the 14th november 2009 inchAllah
120- You totally believe in '' الجازايريين كامل راصا و الي ايخلط فيهم باصا
1. You can't stand up straight. You have to lean against something, whether it be a car or a wall.
2. You're not REALLY Arab. Your ancestors are a mixture of: Turkish, Berber, Spanish, German, French, Arab, and in certain circumstances ...black.
3. You think you can speak Arabic but no one that really speaks Arabic ever knows what the hell you're trying to say.
4. You distinguish how "Algerian" someone is by listening to their accents and the best part of Algeria is always where you're from, even if its not the truth.
5. Guys belly dance like women and women belly dance like crazy! But kbalyie men can dance better than women.
6. You don't listen to Rai Music until you move to a foreign country.
7. As soon as someone leaves, you start talking about them. Good or bad.
8. You're conversations are always about someone…you can never mind your own business.
9. You're really hungry for a peek at your next door neighbor's tax returns.
10. You hug and kiss relatives you have never seen before in your life.
11. You love to say the word, "AYWAH!"for men and "eyeh ya lala" for women.
12. Mohammad is always refered to as moh. or moe and if there are two..You distinguish between them as Mohammed lesghir and Mohammed lekbir..and if there is third one...moh lakhor..
13. You are always mistakened for being European or a spanish, even if you're dark skinned.
14. Helwa is candy, chaba is pretty, shadi is monkey, and rohe is go.
15. You love to hang out at coffee shops and just talk about passers by.
16. If you're a female, you name is most likely to end with an A.
17. If you're from the capital, you've probably never seen the Sahara Desert.
18. You can speak at least 2 languages
19. Everyone thinks you eat couscous everyday.
20. Every Algerian knows every family in the entire nation of Algeria, and some how you always know a specific story about them and almost all the time it is a bad one.
21. During a wedding, all the young single people are checking each other out...
21b. If you are a girl..Mothers will be asking you are you single ?? Where is your mother ??
22. When Algerians get together, they all compete in "Who has got the loudest voice?" and disscuss…
22b.''Who has the most gold jewellery?''
22c.''Who has the most teeth done in gold ?? ''
22d.’’How many countries did you visit?’’
22e.’’How many new types of food did you eat??’’
23. You are very outgoing and open to other cultures..
24. Couscous to Algerians is not like rice to Asians, that would be bread.
25. Shawarma sandwiches are the new fashion.
26. You have too much pride to take something for free.
27 . You are judgemental about every ethnic group except for yours.
28. Your're probably the most hardheaded out of all other Arabs.
29. Algerian guys are mistakened for italians in many cases.
30. You've never seen a camel, unless it was outside of Algeria.
31. Girls are taught to lower their voices.
32. You even Algerianised the english language. i.e "rohe hateha in the kitchen" "movee al car" "tryeeha" "ma tasmokch ?"
33. People always mistaken where you're from for Nigeria or Albania.
34. You're standing next to the largest suitcases in the airport!
35. You can't live without visiting Algeria...and would die to go back...
36. You HATE or LOVE Zinedine Zidane anyways you watch all his matchs and have a poster
37. You call your grandmother Mima Mani Yemma Mémé or simply Mamy
38. At our parties there's always enough food for an entire army & you have to taste everything & finish your plate or your mom will say " harram".
39. You have a cousin, aunt/uncle or grandma/grandpa by the same name as you.
40. You are always late.
41. You always have a story to tell.
42. "Yallah" is part of your everyday vocabulary.
43. There's always drama!
44.Your refer to your dad's friends as 3amoo!
45.you have funny names like QWEDER, and AL EID
46. Qole (say) is pronounced Qole, gole, ole, depending where you’re from.
47-You can start a very long discussion with someone in the street that you don't know
48-You speak french better than arabic but you'll never admit it ... specially to a foreigner :p
48b. You algerianise the french language.
49-You know that Reda Taliani is Algerian but if a foreigner asks you you always say that he's tunisian
50-You can't explain the expression .."Cheh !!!"
51-You always cry when you watch the movie "The Battle Of Algiers"
52-You always hate French people when you watch the movie "The Battle Of Algiers"
53-You're proud of your national football team even if they loose.
54-You're proud to say that in 1982 the algerian soccer team won against the german team 2-1 !!!!!
55-You're passionate about the french politic more than by the algerian one :s
56-You hate when foreigners tell you "Oh you're french like"
57-You can say from which region of algeria somebody comes just by hearing his accent
58-You watch the algerian stupid shows during all ramadhan
59-You always buy a flag for the Independance Day and for the 1st November
60-Barbershops and Taxis are places where you can have very philosophical discussions.
61-There are algerian flags everywhere in the street !!!
62-Foreigner always ask you if the song "Abd el Kader ya bou3lam" is your national anthem
63- Ramadan is the only month during what you watch algerian tv
64-you buy a sheep a whole month before aid al adha just to show it off in the neighborhood
65-you always critisize algeria but strike for it and defend it when foreigners say morrocco and tunisia are way better
66-you know how to avoid garbage bags falling from the balconies
67-you have a big nose "niif", meaning you're extremely proud
68-you call "mercurochrome" : dwa l'ahmar
69-Lghorba darat hala fik ..
70-and the real ALGERIAN MEN don't appreciate what their wife gives them!!!!
71-your mother only permits 15 MINUTES for each telephone call!!!
72-A visa is not a credit card
73-your children prefer the mother's side of the family
74- you answer the phone by saying Werak?
75- people move away from you in coffee shops because you never stop talking LOUDLY!
76- your phonebill is massive.
77- your phone is always in your hand or at your ear.
78- you spend all your money on clothes
79-You say 3afsa, 3afsis wa mouchtaqqatouha...
80-Your relatives alone could populate a small city.
81- When you decide to go to the beach..You wake up at 5am...All the family goes (20 people)..including a tent and a built in kitchen...And you don’t go back home until 9pm
82-You don't know Carrefour, you know ''Souk el fellah''
83- l'inspecteur Tahar is your favourite hero.
84-A meal without hrissa...isn't a meal.
85-In airport passport//identity card check....it takes a minimum of 3hours for them to be checked.
86-You know at least 5 ways of how to say chewing-gum.
87-You say ''ca va'' at least 8 times in a conversation.
88- When you say ''one two three'' you can't resist to saying ''viva L'Algerie''
89-When you wear something new...Your cousins say ''Hatta !!'' or ''La tchitchi''
90-You still feel shivers down your spine when you listen to Cheb Mami's ''Bladi'' for the 100th time.
91-your father told you a thousand times that the director of NASA is Algerian, Ronaldo grew up in Bab el Oued or Schumacher is from Mostghanem!
92-when you are making phone calls to Algeria..You scream down the phone..because you haven’t realised that phone connections have improved in the last 10 years.. :P
93-When they cut of electricity and water for a week its NOOOORRMALLLL (because you haven’t paid the bill
94-you spend your time complaining about Algeria when you're with Algerian, but you can not bear a stranger making a comment about your country.. Even though its TRUE!
95-You say ''sebbbbbb'' ''sebbbbb'' to cats taht elmida
96- You have you finger ready at the remote control to change when you are watching a French or American movie with you parents
97-You cousin travels with the car windows closed even if its 45'C...so that people can believe that he/she has an AC.
98-When you are about to lose a game.. you say ..''bettalt, ma nel3abch''
99-You can't stop shouting ''ya settar'' ''ya settar'' ''ya settar'' when someone falls over..no matter which corner of the world they come from.
100-When you go to see you family in Algeria..They ask you about the prices in the-country-you-are-living-in (How much is diesel? Nail clippers? Is it cheap there ? )
101-When you have nothing to do..and you are bored..you fell the need to play a note of derbouka on what ever you have (table, chair, backpack, water bottle...shoes !!)
102-You know what "flexy" "flash" "arsselli" or "selekni'' mean..
103-You know that Barack Obama was raised in Chlef..And you know that his real name is M'barek Robbama loool
104-You find it normal that people hang up CD's in their car mirror.
105-you complain constantly of the Algerian mentality, as if you were a stranger ...
106-you think that most beggars are actually very rich people with an unknown illness that makes them even more angry and beg ...
107-You cry infront of the tv the day they assassinated Boudiaf.
108- you have rhythms in your skin that you would like to express through you car horn
109-You stop your car 3 feet after the traffic lights to be sure you'll start the first, when you start last because you do not see the light go green
110-You have a BCG vaccination scar on your left arm.(check it)
111-You smiled at least once when reading this email. J
112-when you go out into the street and you shout long live Algeria after a football match we lost ...But when they win…Alllah youstar !!
113- you demand to taste the watermelon before buying
114-You find it normal to call people at midnight and you have the cheek to say.. ‘yak mafeyaktkoumch men n3ass ? :P
115-You're addicted to the Caprices, Flash wella Criponis.
116-Trainer whether they are Nike, Adidas, Converse or Puma, you always call them “ l’adidas”
117-Pure Algerians only : you spent your childhood running around with a bottle of bleach..
or a car made of selk and bouchoun ta3 la javel ...
or a ball made from milk bags (Lahda )...that you play ''cadeaux'' with
or a guitar made with a can of oil Naftal...
118.. you can not prevent yourself from rushing to the scene of an accident...mekloufiyeen Allah ghaleb.
119- you dislike//hate egyptains and is sure that we will win them on the 14th november 2009 inchAllah
120- You totally believe in '' الجازايريين كامل راصا و الي ايخلط فيهم باصا
