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Hello All I need help from a native Egyptian speaker. I want to know what ya koko means and specifically what it means when a girl is writing it to a guy? Is it a flirt or what? Thanks
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Thanks for replying, no it is koko, which is not a shortened version of the guys name. I am told it sounds more like kuku like cuckoo clock.
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this songs called hobb eh eih "what is love" and he refers to her as a bird when he makes the clicking tongue sound and goes kukukuku
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quote:Originally posted by HiMyNameIs: Hello All I need help from a native Egyptian speaker. I want to know what ya koko means and specifically what it means when a girl is writing it to a guy? Is it a flirt or what? Thanks
"Ya" is said in conversation prior to saying a person's name. Could be similar to the English "hey" as a way of getting someone's attention. It lets the person know that the speaker (or writer) is about to say something directly to them.
Hey Mary...Hey John. Egyptians would say "Ya". Ya Mohamed. Ya Mariam.
Koko can just be a term of endearment. I have heard several of these in Egyptian Arabic: dodo, sho sho. Kind of like a pet name that has no meaning or translation but not as strong as saying "honey" or "sweetie" or "habibi".
So if I read that in writing from a girl to a guy, I would absoltely perceive it as being a flirtatious comment.
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"Ya Bloggs" is the equivalent of the arabic vocative case which has fallen in to disuse in English.
Arabic
Properly speaking, Arabic only has three cases, the nominative, accusative and genitive. However, a meaning similar to that conveyed by the vocative case in other languages is indicated by the use of the particle ya (Arabic: يا) placed before a noun. In English translations, this is often translated literally as O instead of being omitted.[1][2] [edit]
It used to be "O Bloggs", rarely seen outside of poetry these days.
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quote:Originally posted by HiMyNameIs: Hello All I need help from a native Egyptian speaker. I want to know what ya koko means and specifically what it means when a girl is writing it to a guy? Is it a flirt or what? Thanks
"Ya" is said in conversation prior to saying a person's name. Could be similar to the English "hey" as a way of getting someone's attention. It lets the person know that the speaker (or writer) is about to say something directly to them.
Hey Mary...Hey John. Egyptians would say "Ya". Ya Mohamed. Ya Mariam.
Koko can just be a term of endearment. I have heard several of these in Egyptian Arabic: dodo, sho sho. Kind of like a pet name that has no meaning or translation but not as strong as saying "honey" or "sweetie" or "habibi".
So if I read that in writing from a girl to a guy, I would absoltely perceive it as being a flirtatious comment.
Totally my same thoughts.
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"Ya Bloggs" is the equivalent of the arabic vocative case which has fallen in to disuse in English.
Arabic
Properly speaking, Arabic only has three cases, the nominative, accusative and genitive. However, a meaning similar to that conveyed by the vocative case in other languages is indicated by the use of the particle ya (Arabic: يا) placed before a noun. In English translations, this is often translated literally as O instead of being omitted.[1][2] [edit]
It used to be "O Bloggs", rarely seen outside of poetry these days.
Hark! That be ye olde English.
O ye of little faith... wherefore art thou
I think I'm happy we don't still talk like this.
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Thank you Clear and QSY. I knew that it was flirting, I wanted to verify that I was not overreacting.
Thank you also to hell and back, this is further proof to me.
I am amazed by the women here that will flirt with married men, it is a totally different cultural attitude.
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Thy face looketh valenced. The lady doth protest too much.
That's the only Shakespeare I know.
@Shanta - I can barely understand British English as it is spoken today - imagine if old English was still being used. Posts: 1626 | From: whatever, wherever | Registered: Jul 2008
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So if I read that in writing from a girl to a guy, I would absoltely perceive it as being a flirtatious comment.
No it is not You people are useless. It doesn't mean anything at all. How many years have you lived in Egypt again? Posts: 59 | From: Cairo | Registered: Sep 2003
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So if I read that in writing from a girl to a guy, I would absoltely perceive it as being a flirtatious comment.
No it is not You people are useless. It doesn't mean anything at all. How many years have you lived in Egypt again?
2 years and I wouldn't go around saying "ya koko" or calling people dodo or sho sho unless I had some kind of close personal relationship with them. Mostly I hear women speaking to their babies like this. So if a grown woman says it to a man she is intending to be "cute" and flirty.
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The term koko is used after the word sitt(only feminine) as in 'sitt kuku' to indicate that this girl is a twit.
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Are we talking about Japanese women here? Who is a twit?
Now Dzosser will come back and tell you he's the Egyptian here,thus the one to believe in . Posts: 3833 | From: here,there,everywhere | Registered: Nov 2007
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quote:Originally posted by HiMyNameIs: Hello All I need help from a native Egyptian speaker. I want to know what ya koko means and specifically what it means when a girl is writing it to a guy? Is it a flirt or what? Thanks
It doesn't matter, they never say what they mean and they never mean what they say. Take it all with a grain of salt and two tons of horseshit.
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Sash's remark qualifies her as a perfect 'Sitt Kuku'.. Posts: 3219 | From: Wisdom comes with age, but sometimes age comes alone. | Registered: Nov 2005
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Originally posted by Clear and QSY: So how does "Sitt Kuku" relate to "Ya Koko"
Nothing..just felt like saying anything on this hollow thread. Posts: 3219 | From: Wisdom comes with age, but sometimes age comes alone. | Registered: Nov 2005
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quote:Originally posted by Dzosser: Sash's remark qualifies her as a perfect 'Sitt Kuku'..
*grabs a handful of sand from the closest dune and throws it into Dzosser's eyes*
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quote:Originally posted by VanillaBullshit: ]It doesn't matter, they never say what they mean and they never mean what they say. Take it all with a grain of salt and two tons of horseshit. [/QB]
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Well I think the reason is not this 'kukukokokiki' thing, but the fact he is talking to this girl.
Sounds like you dont trust him and its deeper than these few words. What has happened to make you not trust him?
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I know a lad called Eyad and his nickname is Kuki.... And I know an Ahmed called Dodo, a Youssef called Yuppi, they are just affectionate names and even I call them this. I have a friend in his early 60's his name is Tarek and we all call him Tikka... it is just a nick... not necessarily flirting.
It is quite common.
I say 'ya' a lot here. Ya yuppi for e.g is just a way of me getting my friends attention.
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quote:Originally posted by Cheekyferret: I know a lad called Eyad and his nickname is Kuki.... And I know an Ahmed called Dodo, a Youssef called Yuppi, they are just affectionate names and even I call them this. I have a friend in his early 60's his name is Tarek and we all call him Tikka... it is just a nick... not necessarily flirting.
It is quite common.
I say 'ya' a lot here. Ya yuppi for e.g is just a way of me getting my friends attention.
I usually hear women doing it with their children. A 60 year old man who uses cute nicknames like that is ok, but I'm sure only his close personal friends would call him this. It would hardly seem normal for his colleagues at work for example to say "ya Tikka". Of course that is my opinion.
Maybe it is different in Egypt, but I could not imagine being in the US and calling a person I did not know very well - let alone a married man or an older man - by a cutsie nickname. If I did this of course he would think I was flirting with him.
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I can assure I do not flirt with him, he is older than my Dad
I guess it all depends on the level of friendships and closeness...
My family have a nick for me though that no one else uses, it is not a flirtatious thing lol, but it is family.
In the workplace I never heard any of my colleagues nicks but if I did I would call it them. Mt best friend Hanna was simply H to me
Go tot the Nickname application on FB and see what Egyptians call each other. It is not uncommon for friends to talk like this to each other
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Again, you are mentioning FRIENDS. Of course it is not uncommon for friends to use nicknames with each other.
But the OP did not indicate if the person doing the writing and being written to were friends. If they were friends, the OP might not be so concerned about the nickname being used.
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quote:Originally posted by Cheekyferret: My family have a nick for me though that no one else uses, it is not a flirtatious thing lol, but it is family.
Oh, do tell what it is. I'll start using it Posts: 1626 | From: whatever, wherever | Registered: Jul 2008
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When a girl writes it to a guy the assumption I would make is they are friends. Nothing more or less, it is just endearment between people who are familiar with one an other.
I think the OP is worried that they are more than friends but it is hard to ascertain from someone saying hello to a friend in a familiar way.
Best way to find out if there is a hidden meaning behind this is to ask him.. call me old fashioned
But personally, I would see them as just mates chatting.
QSL, my colleagues were my friends... I would never expect a stranger to want to call me a nick and I would never want to be called Ferret by a random.
But you could if you wished, hence my believing it is innocent. What's in a name?
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