Announcement About Request For Female Arabic Language Partner I am getting lots of requests from men, and some are asking why I am looking for a female language partner. Since there is so many, I will make an announcement. I am a woman, I am married and I have several children. I feel I can learn more about culture, language, and way of life of Arab women and can identify more with a woman. I am also trying to find a language partner close to may age (35) and that has a same status as me (married with children). It is not that I have anything personal against men you guys. Thanks for your understanding. lol

Lullaby of Roxelana

I am looking for someone who is able to translate this entire lullaby... I kind of understand a little of it... about birds and feeding a baby in cradle. I think it is Ukrainian, but it has some Old Slavonic.

It comes from a Turkish drama series about the Renaissance Ottoman Sultan, Suleiman the Magnificent. The women was his wife (the only legal wife of an Ottoman Sultan ever) and a Ruthenian (now from Ukrainian region) names Aleksandra Lisowska (she was renamed Hurrem Sultan when she became the Sultan's favorite). Slavic people may know her as the infamous Roxelana. Anyway, we are discussing this series in one of my history groups and I can't completely translate this. Can anyone help?

https://youtu.be/EMPAnqYQHmo 

What I Am Looking For I am looking for a language partner to teach me Arabic. I am studying for my Masters in Cultural Anthropology now and my regional focus is North Africa, the Middle East, the Balkans, the Caucasus, and Turkey. However, at this time, Classical Arabic is my target language for now because it encompasses a broad spectrum of several different cultures. Right now, I have yet to begun my linguistic training, but I wish to start like a baby. Learning the alphabet and to write... You know... I am a baby just learning a new language. A little about myself personally. I am married (I actually met my husband on italki, so yeah thanks italki... and I have 3 children (almost 4). I have an 18 year old son, 12 year old daughter, 4 year old son, and I will have another son in about another month. I would prefer a female language partner with similar status as me, because I am not able to chat a lot with so many to take care of. In fact FB is the easiest way to massage me, as I don't sign into italki unless I am expecting someone or have an appointment. I will accept a FB friend request if you message me first and tell me you are from italki. I can help you with English as well. I am a native speaker (West Coast style ha ha ha), but I have lived in Texas awhile... so if you want to learn some Southern culture/slang I got you covered on that end too. Here is my FB URL: https://www.facebook.com/tatiana.owenby Hope to meet soon. :-) -Tanya Me and my husband in the photo. He is from Pavia, Italy actually and we met here (long story). lol