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Arabic Dialect Sample Comparisons: Greetings & Partings

Good evening

Levantine Dialects	Listen	English Meaning
Jordanian	listen	Good evening Response: Good evening.
Lebanese	listen	Good evening.
Palestinian	listen	Good evening.
Syrian	listen	Good evening.

Egyptian Dialect	Listen	English Meaning
Egyptian	listen	Good evening. Response: Good evening.

North African Dialects	Listen	English Meaning
Algerian	listen	Good evening. Response: Welcome. Good evening. (used when meeting someone)
Algerian	listen	A blessed night. Response: Have a blessed evening. (used when parting with someone)
Libyan	listen	Good Evening. Response: Good Evening. (also used as “good afternoon”)
Libyan	listen	How are you this evening? Response: We are fine this evening. (also used in the afternoon)
Libyan	listen	Good Evening. Response: Good Evening. (also used as “good afternoon”)
Moroccan	listen	Good Evening. Response: Good Evening. (also used as “good afternoon”)
Western Saharan & Mauritanian	listen	Good evening. Response: Good evening.
Western Saharan & Mauritanian	listen	Good evening to you. (M.S.) Response: Good evening to you too. Good evening to you. (F.S.) Response: Good evening to you too. Good evening to you. (P.) Response: Good evening to you too.
Western Saharan & Mauritanian	listen	Good evening to you. (M.S.) Response: Good evening to you too. Good evening to you. (F.S.) Response: Good evening to you too. Good evening to you. (P.) Response: Good evening to you too.

Other Major Dialects	Listen	English Meaning
Iraqi	listen	Good evening. Response: Good evening.
Bahraini	listen	Good evening. Response: Good evening.
Yemeni	listen	Good evening. Response: Good evening.

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