Arabic-L:LING:inshalla

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Date:  04 Feb 2002
From:mughazy <mughazy at students.uiuc.edu>
Subject:inshalla

The phrase 'inshaa allah' is one of the most confusing expressions for
learners of Arabic because it can be used to mean 'maybe', 'hopefully',
and
'for sure'. For a detailed study check out

Farghal, Mohammed, Pragmatics of 'Insha-Allah in Jordanian Arabic:
Multilingua, 1995, 14, 3, 253-270

You will find it usefull inshaa allah

thank you

Mustafa A. Mughazy
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