Arabic-L:LING:Spanish 'ojala'

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Date: 17 Jul 2009
From: Haruko SAKAEDANI <harukos at tufs.ac.jp>
Subject:Spanish 'ojala'

i'd like to ask you about a Spanish expression "ojalá" which means "I
strongly wish ..."

i hear that it was pronounced like "oshala" and that it is commonly  
accepted
among the Spanish linguists that its origin is Arabic "wa shaa' Allaah"
which means "God help you!" or "God bless you!"

But "wa shaa' Allaah" means "and Allaah hoped," doesn't it?
How can i interprete it as "God bless you"???

Thanks in advance.

Best wishes,
Haruko

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Haruko SAKAEDANI
harukos at tufs.ac.jp
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