حماة = I don't know it in english, but in french is : belle mère. it's the mother of your wife. * this sentence in an egytian sentence. Not the standard Arabic. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ the pronunciation ; [bahib hamatee li-anaha khalafat hayaatee] " kh= like the sound of "j" in spanish" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- the meaning : I love my "belle mère" because she was born "to me" my life " my life refers to my wife in meaning "

I love my mother-in- law , because she gave a birth to (my life ) and (my life) refers to the wife