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Arabic Dialect Sample Comparisons: Getting Acquainted      

Asking about jobs and hobbies

Levantine Dialects Listen English Meaning
Jordanian listen What is your job? (F.S.)
What is your job? (M.S.)
What is your job? (P.)
Lebanese listen What is your job? (M.S.)
What is your job? (F.S.)
What is your job? (P.)
Palestinian listen What do you do? (M.S.)
What do you do? (F.S.)
What do you do? (P.)
Palestinian listen What do you do? (M.S.)
What do you do? (F.S.)
What do you do? (P.)
Palestinian listen What are your hobbies? (M.S.)
What are your hobbies? (F.S.)
What are your hobbies? (P.)

What are your hobbies? (M.S)
What are your hobbies? (F.S.)
What are your hobbies? (P.)
Syrian listen What do you do? (M.S.)
What do you do? (F.S.)

 

Egyptian Dialect Listen English Meaning
Egyptian listen What is your job? (M.S.)
What is your job? (F.S.)
What is your job? (P.)
Egyptian listen What are your hobbies? (M.S.)
What are your hobbies? (F.S.)
What are your hobbies? (P.)

 

North African Dialects Listen English Meaning
Algerian listen What is your job? (M.S.)
What is your job? (F.S.)
What is your job? (P.)
Algerian listen What are your hobbies? (M.S.)
What are your hobbies? (F.S.)
What are your hobbies? (P.)
Libyan listen What do you do? (M.S.)
What do you do? (F.S.)
What do you do? (M.P.)
What do you do? (F.P.)
Libyan listen What do you do? (M.S.)
What do you do? (F.S.)
What do you do? (M.P.)
What do you do? (F.P.)
Libyan listen What are your hobbies? (M.S.)
What are your hobbies? (F.S.)
What are your hobbies? (M.P.)
What are your hobbies? (F.P.)
Moroccan listen What do you do? (M.S.)
What do you do? (F.S.)
What do you do? (P.)
Moroccan listen What do you do? (M.S.)
What do you do? (F.S.)
What do you do? (P.)
Moroccan listen What do you do? (M.S.)
What do you do? (F.S.)
What do you do? (P.)
Moroccan listen What do you do? (M.S.)
What do you do? (F.S.)
What do you do? (P.)
Moroccan listen What are your hobbies? (M.S.)
What are your hobbies? (F.S.)
What are your hobbies? (P.)
Tunisian listen What do you do? (S.)
What do you do? (P.)
Tunisian listen What are your hobbies? (S.)
What are your hobbies? (P.)
Western Saharan & Mauritanian listen What do you do? (M.S.)
What do you do? (F.S.)
What do you do? (P.)
Western Saharan & Mauritanian listen What do you work in? (M.S.)
What do you work in? (F.S.)
What do you work in? (P.)
Western Saharan & Mauritanian listen What is your job? (M.S.)
What is your job? (F.S.)
What is your job? (P.)
Western Saharan & Mauritanian listen What are your hobbies? (M.S.)
What are your hobbies? (F.S.)
What are your hobbies? (P.)

 

Other Major Dialects Listen English Meaning
Iraqi listen What is your job? (M.S.)
What is your job? (F.S.)
What is your job? (P.)
Iraqi listen What are your hobbies? (M.S.)
What are your hobbies? (F.S.)
What are your hobbies? (P.)
Bahraini listen What is your job? (M.S.)
What is your job? (F.S.)
What is your job? (P.)
Bahraini listen What are your hobbies? (M.S.)
What are your hobbies? (F.S.)
What are your hobbies? (P.)
Yemeni listen What do you do? (M.S.)
What do you do? (F.S.)
What do you do? (P.)
Yemeni listen What are your hobbies? (M.S.)
What are your hobbies? (F.S.)
What are your hobbies? (P.)

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