Malyce CP #5

Date/Time: July 25 at 2:00pm

Location: Zoom

Topic discussed: 

• talked about all kinds of things 
• college experiences
• camping and getting away from technology 
• differences/similarities in culture 
• hand signals 
• idioms and other sayings

Cultural and/or linguistic topics you and your partner learned: 

• my partner learned about some different hand signals in America and about the "speaking of the devil.." and "oh yah! betcha bottom dolla der boy" sayings

• Eid saeed= Happy Eid 
• basically a good wishes saying on Eid al-adha (an Islamic holy day)

•  Inshallah= everything will happen by God willing
• kind of like "don't worry, everything will be alright" 

• in Saudi Arabia, if someone compliments something you have (like a watch) and it isn't too expensive or sentimental, then it is customary to give the item to that person

•  hand signals 
• the "okay" symbol in America is really bad in Saudi Arabia  
• the  pointer finger being pointed up (as one might do to show the number 1 or to get someone to wait in America) is the symbol used by people to beg for money
• the symbol with all 4 knuckles facing someone and the thumb placed on the palm-side of the index finger is used in Saudi Arabia to tell someone to wait