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Arabic Dialect Sample Comparisons: Special Occasions

Greetings upon arrival

Levantine Dialects	Listen	English Meaning
Jordanian	listen	Thank God for your safety. (M.S.) Response: May God keep you safe. (M.S.) Response: May God keep you safe. (F.S.) Response: May God keep you safe. (P.)
Palestinian	listen	Welcome! Response: Thank you. (M.S.) Welcome! Response: Thank you. (F.S.)
Palestinian	listen	Welcome! Response: Thank you!

Egyptian Dialect	Listen	English Meaning
Egyptian	listen	Thank God for your safety. (M.S.) Response: May God keep you safe. (M.S.) Thank God for your safety. (F.S.) Response: May God keep you safe. (F.S.)

North African Dialects	Listen	English Meaning
Algerian	listen	Thank God for your safety. Response: May God keep you safe. (M.S.) Thank God for your safety. Response: May God keep you safe. (F.S.)
Libyan	listen	Thank God for your safety. Response: May God keep you safe. (M.S.) Thank God for your safety. Response: May God keep you safe. (F.S.) Thank God for your safety. Response: May God keep you safe. (M.P.) Thank God for your safety. Response: May God keep you safe. (F.P.)
Libyan	listen	[Thank God] for your safety. (M.S.) Response: May God keep you safe. (M.S.) [Thank God] for your safety. (F.S.) Response: May God keep you safe. (F.S.) [Thank God] for your safety. (M.P.) Response: May God keep you safe. (M.P.) [Thank God] for your safety. (F.P.) Response: May God keep you safe. (F.P.)
Libyan	listen	Good that you arrived safely. Response: May God keep you safe. (M.S.) Good that you arrived safely. Response: May God keep you safe. (F.S.) Good that you arrived safely. Response: May God keep you safe. (M.P.) Good that you arrived safely. Response: May God keep you safe. (F.P.)
Moroccan	listen	For your peace and safety. Response: May God grant you peace. (M.S.) For your peace and safety. Response: May God grant you peace. (F.S.) For your peace and safety. Response: May God grant you peace. (P.)
Moroccan	listen	Thank God for your safety. Response: God bless you. (M.S.) Thank God for your safety. Response: God bless you. (F.S.) Thank God for your safety. Response: God bless you. (P.)
Tunisian	listen	Thank God for your safety. Response: Thank you, may God keep you safe! (S.) Thank God for your safety. Response: Thank you, may God keep you safe! (P.)
Western Saharan & Mauritanian	listen	You are welcomed. (M.S.) You are welcomed. (F.S.) You are welcomed. (P.)
Western Saharan & Mauritanian	listen	Thanks to Allah for your arrival. (M.S.) Thanks to Allah for your arrival. (F.S.) Thanks to Allah for your arrival. (P.)

Other Major Dialects	Listen	English Meaning
Iraqi	listen	Thank God for your safety. (M.S.) Response: May God keep you safe. (M.S.) Thank God for your safety. (F.S.) Response: May God keep you safe. (F.S.)
Bahraini	listen	Thank God for your safety. (M.S.) Response: May God keep you safe. (M.S.) Thank God for your safety. (F.S.) Response: May God keep you safe. (F.S.)
Yemeni	listen	Thank God for your safety. (M.S.) Response: May God keep you safe. (M.S.) Thank God for your safety. (F.S.) Response: May God keep you safe. (F.S.) Thank God for your safety. (P.) Response: May God keep you safe. (P.)
Yemeni	listen	We are happy to see you! (M.S.) We are happy to see you! (F.S.) We are happy to see you! (P.)
Yemeni	listen	We are so happy to see you! (M.S.) We are so happy to see you! (F.S.) We are so happy to see you! (P.)

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