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Arabic Dialect Sample Comparisons: Greetings & Partings

How are you?

Levantine Dialects	Listen	English Meaning
Jordanian	listen	How are you? (M.S.) How are you? (F.S.) How are you? (P.)
Jordanian	listen	What’s new? How are you? How are you?
Lebanese	listen	How are you? (M.S.) How are you? (F.S.) How are you? (P.)
Lebanese	listen	What’s new?
Palestinian	listen	How are you? (M.S.) Response: Fine, praise God How are you? (M.S.) Response: Fine, praise God. How are you? (M.S.) Response: Good, praise God. How are you? (M.S.) Response: Okay, praise God.
Palestinian	listen	How are you? (F.S.) Response: Fine, praise God How are you? (F.S.) Response: Fine, praise God. How are you? (F.S.) Response: Good, praise God. How are you? (F.S.) Response: Okay, praise God.
Palestinian	listen	How are you? (P.) Response: [We are] Fine, praise God How are you? (P.) Response: [We are] Fine, praise God. How are you? (P.) Response: [We are] Good, praise God. How are you? (P.) Response: [We are] Okay, praise God.
Syrian	listen	How are you? (M.S.) How are you? (F.S.) How are you? (P.)
Syrian	listen	What’s new?

Egyptian Dialect	Listen	English Meaning
Egyptian	listen	How are you? Response: Thanks be to God, I am fine. (M.S.) How are you? Response: Thanks be to God, I am fine. (F.S.) How are you? Response: Thanks be to God, we are fine. (P )
Egyptian	listen	How are you? Response: Thanks be to God, everything is well, I am fine. (M.S.) How are you? Response: Thanks be to God, everything is well, I am fine. (F.S.) How are you? Response: Thanks be to God, everything is well, we are fine. (P. )
Egyptian	listen	How are you? Response: Thanks be to God, everything is well, I am fine. (M.S.) How are you? Response: Thanks be to God, everything is well, I am fine. (F.S.) How are you? Response: Thanks be to God, everything is well, we are fine. (P. )

North African Dialects	Listen	English Meaning
Algerian	listen	How are you? (M.S.) Response: Praise be to God, fine. How are you? (F.S.) Response: Fine, praise be to God. How are you? (P.) Response: Praise be to God, fine.
Algerian	listen	How are you? (M.S.) Response: Praise God everything is fine. How are you? (F.S.) Response: Praise God everything is fine. How are you? (P.) Response: Praise God everything is fine.
Algerian	listen	[Are you] Doing fine? Response: Praise God, everything is fine.
Algerian	listen	How are you? (M.S.) Response: Praise God, I doing well. (M.S.) How are you? (F.S.) Response: Praise God, I am doing well. (F.S.) How are you? (P.) Response: Praise God, I am doing well. (P.)
Libyan	listen	How are you? (M.S.) Response: Good. Praise be to Allah. How are you? (F.S.) Response: Good. Praise be to Allah. How are you? (M.P.) Response: Good. Praise be to Allah. How are you? (F.P.) Response: Good. Praise be to Allah.
Libyan	listen	How are you? (M.S.) Response: Fine. [lit: Praise be to Allah.] How are you? (F.S.) Response: Fine. [lit: Praise be to Allah.] How are you? (M.P.) Response: Fine. [lit: Praise be to Allah.] How are you? (F.P.) Response: Fine. [lit: Praise be to Allah.]
Libyan	listen	How are you? (M.S.) Response: Fine. How are you? (F.S.) Response: Fine. How are you? (M.P.) Response: Fine. How are you? (F.P.)Response: Fine.
Libyan	listen	How are you? (M.S.) Response: Alright. Praise be to Allah. How are you? (F.S.) Response: Alright. Praise be to Allah. How are you? (M.P.) Response: Alright. Praise be to Allah. How are you? (F.P.) Response: Alright. Praise be to Allah.
Libyan	listen	How are you? (M.S.) Response: Good. How are you? (F.S.) Response: Good. How are you? (M.P.) Response: Good. How are you? (F.P.) Response: Good.
Moroccan	listen	How are you? (M.S.) Response: No problems. How are you? (F.S.) Response: No problems. How are you? (P.) Response: No problems.
Moroccan	listen	How are you? (M.S.) Response: [Fine] Praise God. How are you? (F.S.) Response: [Fine] Praise God. How are you? (P.) Response: [Fine] Praise God.
Moroccan	listen	How are you? (M.S.) Response: No problems. Praise God. How are you? (F.S.) Response: No problems. Praise God. How are you? (P.) Response: No problems. Praise God.
Moroccan	listen	How are you? (M.S.) Response: Good. How are you? (F.S.) Response: Good. How are you? (P.) Response: Good.
Moroccan	listen	How are you, good? (M.S.) Response: Good. Praise God. How are you, good? (F.S.) Response: Good. Praise God. How are you, good? (P.) Response: Good. Praise God.
Tunisian	listen	How are you? (S.) Response: I am fine, thank you! How are you? (P.) Response: We are fine, thank you!
Western Saharan & Mauritanian	listen	How are you? (M.S.) Response: I am fine. How are you? (F.S.) Response: I am fine. How are you? (P.) Response: I am fine.
Western Saharan & Mauritanian	listen	How are you? (M.S.) Response: Fine, thanks to Allah. How are you? (F.S.) Response: Fine, thanks to Allah. How are you? (P.) Response: Fine, thanks to Allah.
Western Saharan & Mauritanian	listen	How are you? (M.S.) Response: Fine, thanks to Allah. How are you? (F.S.) Response: Fine, thanks to Allah. How are you? (P.) Response: Fine, thanks to Allah.
Western Saharan & Mauritanian	listen	Are you fine? (M.S.) Response: I am fine. Are you fine? (F.S.) Response: I am fine. Are you fine? (P.) Response: We are fine.
Western Saharan & Mauritanian	listen	Are you fine? (M.S.) Response: I am fine. Are you fine? (F.S.) Response: I am fine. Are you fine? (P.) Response: We are fine.

Other Major Dialects	Listen	English Meaning
Iraqi	listen	How are you? (M.S.) Response: Thank God, I am well. (M.S.) How are you? (F.S.) Response: Thank God, I am well. (F.S.) How are you? (M.S.) Response: Thank God, I am well. (P.)
Iraqi	listen	How are you? (M.S.) Response: Thank God, everything is fine. I’m good. (M.S.) How are you? (F.S.) Response: Thank God, everything is fine. I’m good. (F.S.) How are you? (M.S.) Response: Thank God, everything is fine. I’m good. (P.)
Iraqi	listen	How are you? Response: Good.
Bahraini	listen	How are you? (M.S.) Response: Thanks be to God, I am fine. (M.S.) How are you? (F.S.) Response: Thanks be to God, I am fine. (F.S.) How are you? (P.) Response: Thanks be to God, we are fine. (P. )
Bahraini	listen	How are you? Response: Thanks be to God, everything is well, I am fine. (M.S.) How are you? Response: Thanks be to God, everything is well, I am fine. (F.S.) How are you? Response: Thanks be to God, everything is well, we are fine. (P. )
Bahraini	listen	How are you doing? (M.S.) Response: Thanks be to God, everything is well. How are you doing? (F.S.) Response: Thanks be to God, everything is well. How are you doing? (P.) Response: Thanks be to God, everything is well.
Yemeni	listen	How are you? (M.S.) Response: Fine praise God. How are you? (F.S.) Response: Fine praise God. How are you? (P.) Response: Fine praise God.
Yemeni	listen	How are you? (M.S.) Response: Good, praise be to God. How are you? (F.S.) Response: Good, praise be to God. How are you? (P.) Response: Good, praise be to God.
Yemeni	listen	How are you? (M.S.) Response: Fine, praise be to God. How are you? (F.S.) Response: Fine, praise be to God. How are you? (P.) Response: Fine, praise be to God.
Yemeni	listen	How are you? (M.S.) Response: Fine, praise be to God. How are you? (F.S.) Response: Fine, praise be to God. How are you? (P.) Response: Fine, praise be to God.

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