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Arabic translation: النساء التي تفوقك سناً


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English term or phrase:Older Woman
Arabic translation:النساء التي تفوقك سناً
Entered by: Abdelmonem Samir
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16:45 Nov 22, 2005
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English term or phrase: Older Woman
I need a term that fits a title, but do not give a meaning of ? السيدة العجوز
thanks,
Marwa Radi
Local time: 14:22
النساء التي تفوقك سناً
Explanation:
Usually the context is dating and love and "older woman" means "older than the man, as opposed to younger woman " right?

or
النساء الرشيدات
That's if you want to give the impression of "wisdom and experience" as aspects of oldness.

You also have a vareity of expressions to choose from:
النساء العاقلات
الطاعنات في السن
المتقدمات في السن
زحف إلى/غزى/لطخ/وخط+الشيب رؤوسهن


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Note added at 1 hr 11 mins (2005-11-22 17:57:12 GMT)
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Here is an interesting ( and so funny) article I found on my search.


Older Women Make Better Lovers, Don't They?

An older woman will never wake you up in the middle of the night and ask you, "What are you thinking?" An older woman doesn't care what you think.
An older woman is a cheaper date. A younger woman will cost you 12 beers, but an older woman will sleep with you after a cup of herbal tea.

An older woman can wear bright red lipstick during the day without looking like she just had an adventure inside a jam jar.

Older women can run faster because they're always wearing sensible shoes.

An older woman is almost always already attached to someone, so there's no need to develop a phobia about committing to her. The last thing she needs in her life is another clingy, whiny, dependent man.

Older women are more honest. An older woman will tell you that you are a jerk if you're acting like one. A young woman will say nothing, fearing you might get mad and break up with her.

An older woman always carries a condom in her purse. A younger woman is still hoping the guy might have one on him.

An older woman will never get pregnant, then suddenly demand that the two of you get married. In fact, if you impregnate an older woman, you will probably be the last to know.

Older women have jobs with dental plans. Younger women can't help you when your teeth get knocked out playing hockey.

Older women take charge of the situation. An older woman will call you up and ask you for a date. A younger woman will wait forever by the phone for you to call.

An older woman will agree to go to McDonald's with you for a meal. Younger women are too nervous to eat anything in front of somebody whom they might boff later.

Older women know how to cook. Young women know how to dial Pizza Hut take out.

Older women are psychic. You never have to confess to having an affair, because somehow they always know.

Older women often own an interesting collection of lingerie that they have acquired from admirers over the years. Young women often don't wear underpants at all, thus practically eliminating all possibility of a striptease.

Older women know what Kegel exercises are.

Older women are dignified. They are beyond having a screaming match with you in the middle of the night in a public park.

Older women are experienced. They understand that sometimes, after 12 beers, a guy just can't get it up. A younger woman may need some time to grasp this fact.

An older woman will introduce you to all of her girlfriends. A younger woman will avoid her girlfriends when she's with you, in case you get any ideas...

An older woman has lots of girlfriends ... and most of them will want to screw you too.

An older woman will always meet the minimum height requirement to go on an amusement ride.

An older woman will never accuse you of stealing the best years of her youth because chances are someone else has stolen them first.

An older woman will never accuse you of using her. She's using you.


"Folk Lore"
(unattributed)




This collection of apocryphal popular "wisdom" does not necessarily bear any connection to real persons or real life. Age can bring experience and the insight that comes with it... but don't count on it. Older women can be just as capricious, foolish, even as cruel as many of their younger sisters. And yet...
And just what's wrong with younger women? Women in the 18 - 25 age group represent the sexy and romantic ideal, the pinnacle of life. Don't they? Don't they?

As it happens, most women don't really emotionally mature until they are well into their 30's. (The same holds true for most men too, of course.) The typical young woman, for all her pseudo-sophistication, is only a few years removed from the playing-with-Barbie-dolls and giggling-with-friends stage. And her behavior in a relationship will reflect this.


With relationships, as in your career, you run into the vicious experience trap. In order to get experience you need experience. Here, though, there is a convenient escape. An older woman makes a good "entry-level" girlfriend. She will teach you what you need to know, patient and aware that your freshness and enthusiasm outweigh lack of skill. Cherish her, for if she is the right one, you will fit together well, your lives will interlock so intimately that age difference will matter little. It may turn out to be the relationship of a lifetime, your lifetime.



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Note added at 1 hr 33 mins (2005-11-22 18:19:10 GMT)
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Marwa, I think this expresson is the best:

المرأة الناضجة، الرجل الناضج،المرأة الشابة

وفي تعبير اسمه "غرََّّّة" بتشديد الراء ويعني "عديمة الخبرة، لك أن تستخدميه كبديل "الشابة""

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Note added at 1 hr 43 mins (2005-11-22 18:29:15 GMT)
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Sorry,
younger woman= الفتاة
not المرأة الشابة
Selected response from:

Abdelmonem Samir
Local time: 14:22
Grading comment
Thanks Abdelmonem
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +5النساء التي تفوقك سناً
Abdelmonem Samir
5 +4النساء الأكبر سناً
Zeinab Asfour
2 +1المسنـّاتMona Helal
2سيدة مسنـّةMona Helal


Discussion entries: 4





  

Answers


7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
older woman
النساء الأكبر سناً


Explanation:
أو النساء المتقدمات في السن

Zeinab Asfour
Jordan
Local time: 15:22
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ArabicArabic

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agree  Bright Bridge
11 mins
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agree  Nesrin
1 hr
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agree  ahmadwadan.com
12 hrs
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agree  sandouk
2 days18 hrs
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45 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +5
older woman
النساء التي تفوقك سناً


Explanation:
Usually the context is dating and love and "older woman" means "older than the man, as opposed to younger woman " right?

or
النساء الرشيدات
That's if you want to give the impression of "wisdom and experience" as aspects of oldness.

You also have a vareity of expressions to choose from:
النساء العاقلات
الطاعنات في السن
المتقدمات في السن
زحف إلى/غزى/لطخ/وخط+الشيب رؤوسهن


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Note added at 1 hr 11 mins (2005-11-22 17:57:12 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

Here is an interesting ( and so funny) article I found on my search.


Older Women Make Better Lovers, Don't They?

An older woman will never wake you up in the middle of the night and ask you, "What are you thinking?" An older woman doesn't care what you think.
An older woman is a cheaper date. A younger woman will cost you 12 beers, but an older woman will sleep with you after a cup of herbal tea.

An older woman can wear bright red lipstick during the day without looking like she just had an adventure inside a jam jar.

Older women can run faster because they're always wearing sensible shoes.

An older woman is almost always already attached to someone, so there's no need to develop a phobia about committing to her. The last thing she needs in her life is another clingy, whiny, dependent man.

Older women are more honest. An older woman will tell you that you are a jerk if you're acting like one. A young woman will say nothing, fearing you might get mad and break up with her.

An older woman always carries a condom in her purse. A younger woman is still hoping the guy might have one on him.

An older woman will never get pregnant, then suddenly demand that the two of you get married. In fact, if you impregnate an older woman, you will probably be the last to know.

Older women have jobs with dental plans. Younger women can't help you when your teeth get knocked out playing hockey.

Older women take charge of the situation. An older woman will call you up and ask you for a date. A younger woman will wait forever by the phone for you to call.

An older woman will agree to go to McDonald's with you for a meal. Younger women are too nervous to eat anything in front of somebody whom they might boff later.

Older women know how to cook. Young women know how to dial Pizza Hut take out.

Older women are psychic. You never have to confess to having an affair, because somehow they always know.

Older women often own an interesting collection of lingerie that they have acquired from admirers over the years. Young women often don't wear underpants at all, thus practically eliminating all possibility of a striptease.

Older women know what Kegel exercises are.

Older women are dignified. They are beyond having a screaming match with you in the middle of the night in a public park.

Older women are experienced. They understand that sometimes, after 12 beers, a guy just can't get it up. A younger woman may need some time to grasp this fact.

An older woman will introduce you to all of her girlfriends. A younger woman will avoid her girlfriends when she's with you, in case you get any ideas...

An older woman has lots of girlfriends ... and most of them will want to screw you too.

An older woman will always meet the minimum height requirement to go on an amusement ride.

An older woman will never accuse you of stealing the best years of her youth because chances are someone else has stolen them first.

An older woman will never accuse you of using her. She's using you.


"Folk Lore"
(unattributed)




This collection of apocryphal popular "wisdom" does not necessarily bear any connection to real persons or real life. Age can bring experience and the insight that comes with it... but don't count on it. Older women can be just as capricious, foolish, even as cruel as many of their younger sisters. And yet...
And just what's wrong with younger women? Women in the 18 - 25 age group represent the sexy and romantic ideal, the pinnacle of life. Don't they? Don't they?

As it happens, most women don't really emotionally mature until they are well into their 30's. (The same holds true for most men too, of course.) The typical young woman, for all her pseudo-sophistication, is only a few years removed from the playing-with-Barbie-dolls and giggling-with-friends stage. And her behavior in a relationship will reflect this.


With relationships, as in your career, you run into the vicious experience trap. In order to get experience you need experience. Here, though, there is a convenient escape. An older woman makes a good "entry-level" girlfriend. She will teach you what you need to know, patient and aware that your freshness and enthusiasm outweigh lack of skill. Cherish her, for if she is the right one, you will fit together well, your lives will interlock so intimately that age difference will matter little. It may turn out to be the relationship of a lifetime, your lifetime.



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Note added at 1 hr 33 mins (2005-11-22 18:19:10 GMT)
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Marwa, I think this expresson is the best:

المرأة الناضجة، الرجل الناضج،المرأة الشابة

وفي تعبير اسمه "غرََّّّة" بتشديد الراء ويعني "عديمة الخبرة، لك أن تستخدميه كبديل "الشابة""

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Note added at 1 hr 43 mins (2005-11-22 18:29:15 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

Sorry,
younger woman= الفتاة
not المرأة الشابة

Abdelmonem Samir
Local time: 14:22
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thanks Abdelmonem

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agree  Stephen Franke
8 mins
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agree  Waleed Mohamed
23 mins
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agree  ahmadwadan.com
11 hrs
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agree  Mona Ragaei
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agree  Samah Soliman: المرأة الناضجة والشابة
16 hrs
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +1
older woman
المسنـّات


Explanation:
المسنات on it's own is sufficient but you can use either of the following:

النساء المسنات
أو
السيدات المسنات


Mona Helal
Local time: 22:22
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

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agree  A Nabil Bouitieh
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14 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
older woman
سيدة مسنـّة


Explanation:
I just realised that my suggestion above relates to the plural form.
Here is the singular format:

سيدة مسنة
أو
أمرأة مسنة



Mona Helal
Local time: 22:22
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
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