amistades (amistades) wrote in linguaphiles,
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A few days ago I made a post in here asking for help translating the phrase "I'm only human" into Arabic. Someone was kind enough to do so and gave me "أنا إنسان فقط". After asking here, I asked a native speaker and while he told me that that translation was correct, he said it would translate better into Arabic as "انا مجرد إنسان". So what I'm asking is, would the first one make any sense at all to a native speaker?

Yes, this is for a tattoo. Yes, this is a song lyric. And yes, I have thought about getting it done in English. But considering the circumstances for why I want the tattoo, I would prefer to get it in Arabic if possible.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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