2026-08-05 18:02 UTC
@mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io When I started learning Arabic, I had a beginners’ dictionary that translated “I hope” as inshallah, and now that I speak it fluently, I still fully support that translation. There are other ways to express hope in Arabic, but that’s by far the most common one.
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@Brie@mastodon.social 2026-08-05 20:04
@benjamingeer@piaille.fr @mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io My personal translation from interactions with my family-in-law is "I sincerely hope it happens but it's out of my hands so I'd rather not elaborate further rn" :D
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@MiaMarkTwo@syzito.xyz 2026-08-06 09:32
@benjamingeer@piaille.fr @mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io That's how I understood it on most occasions when I lived in Arabic-speaking countries.
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@me@social.jlamothe.net 2026-08-06 13:56
@benjamingeer@piaille.fr @mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io Kind of the way I still say "bless you" when someone sneezes, despite being an atheist?