(Gah! so sorry about the slow response time, but this house search is breaking my back!)

"Right, right!" He nodded vehemently, pointing in the direction he came from, then quickly realized that he had no idea how he got into the neighborhood in the first place, so the avenue he used to get to this residential part of the city might not have been the proper way to get back to where he needed to go. 
"Not market." He shook his head, then added:
"American building." He attempted to simulate the waving of a flag by placing his arms together and wriggling them, then laughed at the stupidity that he was exuding. 
"I hope I'm not being condescending..." Kyle mumbled as he rubbed the back of his neck, looking into the woman's kind gaze a moment later. She was gorgeous to be sure, one of those women that one saw on the covers of magazines that claimed that they were the only authority on the "finer things in life". She didn't seem pretentious, although the manor behind her would indicate that her family could have been a part of the snobbish wealthy in town. Curiosity got the better of him and he asked in broken Arabic:
"You live there? Big house? Looks nice." He said with a smile, hoping to at least pay her a compliment for dealing with this strange American that could barely speak her language.