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Very interesting words and dialogue, although simple, I've never learned that word "naughty" or "poor mannered" very useful unfortunately. And I didn't realize that they use the word Ifrit to denote a "rascal" of sorts, I thought he was a demon or mischievous jinn according to the Quran? How would you say about someone: "He's talkative" both in a neutral sense and in a negative sense such as "He/she talks too much", not necessarily ˛غيبة but just I guess we would say a "chatter box" or in more blunt terms "someone who doesn't know when to keep quiet!".

Just wondering Thanks again! Wonderful lesson! Tomes

Hay Tomes, Yes they use the word Ifrit sometimes to label someone who’s mischievous, and it is actually mentioned in the Quran. It’s literal meaning is demon or jinn.

The best word to describe someone who talks too much is ثرثار – Tharthaar You can say أحمد ثرثار A7mad is a chatter box.

You can also use كثير الكلام – Katheer alkalaar e.g. هو كثير الكلام

Search in google for these phrases and you will probably end up with many other examples

˛محمد
شكرا صديقي
هذه الكلامات مفيدة جدا
لا اقدر ان انتظر لدرسكم الجديد الجاي

مع تحياتي
تومز

Salam
by the way how do we say the opposite ie;
good boy / girl or this child is very well behaved.
shukran

There are many ways to say that. You could say (walad mu2adab ولد مؤدب) which is (Polite boy), or say what is normally used in the street which is (walad shaa6er ولد شاطر) which is like (Good/smart boy). For girls, you just add the (ah ة) to the adjectives, so you get (bent mu2adabah بنت مؤدبة) and (bent shaa6erah بنت شاطرة).

عفريت is used in English as Afreet, Efreet, or Ifrit. I've seen it in role-playing games and Japanese anime, similar to a demon in Western culture.

A similar saying in English would be calling someone a hell-raiser.

Hello Tomest05

How are you? I hope everything's all right over there. It seems you're really interested in learning Arabic and you can get by. I'm actually looking for students of Arabic to be able to improve my Arabic and practise it. I've been learning Arabic for some years as well and I can also get by somewhat. If you're willing to practise your Arabic and learn together, leave a comment.

الى اللقاء يا صديقي تومز