bajenaghe naghi

Natalia jan

Thank you for making me laugh so I go to bed happy and not sad. Your story was very funny and I laughed a lot. It must have been funny and very surprising to see your blouse inside out. It is very difficult for people to come and tell you these things. I see a lot of customers who come to my shop with the fly open. I always tell them since they are in my place. But if I see someone in the bus or in the park I do not usually tell them since I don't feel it is my place to say anything, even though when the occasion passes I tell myself that I should have said something. Isn't it crazy the way brain works? Thank you for telling me such a nice  and funny story. 

Bajenaghe naghi

Thank you for being so kind.

I guess, I owe you a not so sad one. It happened at the university last summer. I was not feeling well that day but I did not want to miss school because the summer semester has less school days. Anyway, I got dressed and arrived at the university. I then got on the university bus shuttle to take me to the main building, people kept giving me the strangest looks. I thought it was because I probably looked sick. Well, I walked to my class and I stopped at the bathroom to splash some water on my face. I look in the mirror and to my horror, I realize that I had my blouse inside out. No one told me anything. Unbelievable! I just started laughing because I never mess up when it comes to my clothes. My son teases me that I have to dress up even when I am going grocery shopping. :o)

So, I fixed my clothes and decided, it was best if I went home and rested. It was obvious I was sicker than I had thought.

Solh va Doosti

Nadia

Natalia jan

Thank you for sharing such a sad story. I can not really tease you with such a sad story, unless if I suddenly become what they call in this country a real SOB. bout since it is impossible for me to become one of those you are safe. But I tell you, it is so difficult to be a teenager. I think god is playing a joke with young people to show them who is the boss. I am so sorry that you fell and you could not use the shoes you so much loved. 

To Ali P.

Thanx for responding. been mreaning to ask u that for a while.
N

Bajenaghe naghi

I have had many shining moments but the one that I always remember the most was when I was in high school. I had gotten this beautiful grey boots for Christmas that I had wanted for a long tme and I was walking to the school bus stop. I fell right in front of the bus and scratched up my arms and hands. Did I mention the bus was full with my peers that I had to see ever Monday-Friday for the next 5 months. All you could hear were kids laughing. Not one person helped me up. I know it may not seem much to some but I was a teenager and very shy. I never wore those beautiful boots again.

Okay, maybe it was too sad a story.

Solh va Doosti

Nadia

Majid jan

 that was such nice and funny story. I can not stop laughing. Daastet dard nakoneh. Khayli khoshmazeh bood. In afghaniha khayli yek dande hastand. 

Natalia jan

we are family here. Please share your glorious shining monento. I promise to be nice to you. No teasing.;-)

(to: Nejla )

Lose the hat,

shave the beard,

add 10 years,

load him with some sweet, and some bitter pain,...

And you have real me.

:-)

Ali P.

Lost in Translation......

Majid,

 At times meanings get lost in translation. Some have a better sense of humor than others when it happens. It has happened when I try to explain a concept to my mom from English to Spanish.

She however sees the humor in it. :o)

Solh va Doosti

Nadia

Family tree!

When in Germany, I was taking some language lessons.

Our class was a mix of Iranians, Afghans, iraqis and Kurds from Iran, Iraq and Turky.

Teacher could speak English as well and since I knew some English, whenever needed, she was asking my help to translate the subject to Farsi for some students who had difficulties understanding the word.

One day the issue was the word " familien baum" (Family tree...Shajareh naameh) ......

After several attempts, she drew a tree on the board and said...."the trunk of the tree is Mr and Mrs. so and so....and the branches are.....kids and.....so on and so forth....

Our Afghani friend didn't get it, so she asked me to help him with Farsi translation of the word.

- Mr. Rasooli, I said, this word means "shajareh naameh".

-Nah aziz jaan! he said, she's insulting us ! you just don't get it! she's trying to say our great grand fathers were living on tree tops and we're all "Bacheh meymoon"!

Good to read.......

Good to read that you are continuing your studies. I am sure Maryam is very proud of you.

I was going to share my shining moment but since you are going to tease Ali about his, I think not.

Best,

Solh va Doosti

Nadia

Ali Jan, may I ask: is this

Ali Jan, may I ask: is this your pic?

Ali Jan

That was very funny. I laughed a lot. As they say in this country it was a cute answer. I think I am going to remember this and I will tease you later too.:-)

My foolish moment

I was in 5th grade,I believe, in Farsi class in Iran. As homework,we had to make sentences using some new, and complex words we had learned the week before. The teacher would call the word out, and some student would volunteer to present his sentence.

"Monzavee"! (isolated) The teacher said out loud. Then he called on one of the students who had his hand up:"Ataabakee!"

Ataabakee stood up :" Az vaghtee amooyeh maa beekaar shodeh ast, oo monzavee neez shodeh ast."

"Etebaar!"(credit) the teacher called." Majidi, to begoo". Majidi said :"keshvareh maa dar jahaan daaraayeh etebaareh zyaadeest"( This is of course, before the Revolution!).

Next word was "zaboon"( poor, helpless, badbakht). No one raised their hand.

Finally. It was MY time to shine. I raised my hand, as the only one who had been able to use this word in a sentence.

 Naturally, he called on me : " Baarekallah Ali P., begoo bebeenam cheeyeh jomlat".

I stood up, and proudly presented my sentence:" Aaghaa, beh khaatereh aabgooshteh daaghee keh khordeem, zabooneh maa chand rooz ast dard meekonad"!

 Everybody laughed, including the teacher.

 I was teased for the rest of the year for that, and of course, I never volunteered to make any more sentences in that Farsi class.

Aareh BN jaan, we all have had our shining moments... :-)

Ebi Jan

Shoma lotf darin. Bi savaadi ham bad chizieh, baraye hamin hay man kelas miram ke chiz yad begiram. Today's word that I am learning is diffident. Ageh maryam khahar dasht be shoma mo arifish mikardam chon aghaye mehrabooni hastid.  

Bajenaghe AZIZ !!!

As they say here in America : .......happens!!

by the way : " Doshmanet Sharmandeh Baasheh "

best wishes !