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Arabic Dialect Sample Comparisons: Important Occasions

Get well wishes

Levantine Dialects	Listen	English Meaning
Jordanian	listen	Get well soon. (M.S.) Response: May God protect you. (M.S.) Get well soon. (F.S.) Response: May God protect you. (F.S.) Get well soon. (P.) Response: May God protect you. (P.)
Palestinian	listen	God willing you will be well soon. (M.S.) Response: May God protect you. (F.S.) God willing you will be well soon. (F.S.) Response: May God protect you. (M.S.)
Palestinian	listen	Get well soon. (M.S.) Response: May God protect you. (F.S.) Get well soon. (F.S.) Response: May God protect you. (M.S.)

Egyptian Dialect	Listen	English Meaning
Egyptian	listen	Get well soon! (M.S.) Response: And May God give you health! (M.S.) Get well soon! (F.S.) Response: And May God give you health! (F.S.)

North African Dialects	Listen	English Meaning
Algerian	listen	May Allah cure you. (M.S.) Response: May Allah give you health. May Allah cure you. (F.S.) Response: May Allah give you health.
Libyan	listen	May you recover. (M.S.) Response: May Allah keep you well. (M.S.) May you recover. (F.S.) Response: May Allah keep you well. (F.S.) May you recover. (M.P.) Response: May Allah keep you well. (M.P.) May you recover. (F.P.) Response: May Allah keep you well. (F.P.)
Libyan	listen	May you recover. God willing. (M.S.) Response: May Allah keep you well. (M.S.) May you recover. God willing. (F.S.) Response: May Allah keep you well. (F.S.) May you recover. God willing. (M.P.) Response: May Allah keep you well. (M.P.) May you recover. God willing. (F.P.) Response: May Allah keep you well. (F.P.)
Moroccan	listen	May you recover. (M.S.) Response: May Allah keep you well. (M.S.) May you recover. (F.S.) Response: May Allah keep you well. (F.S.) May you recover. (P.) Response: May Allah keep you well. (P.)
Moroccan	listen	May you recover. (M.S.) Response: May Allah keep you well. (M.S.) May you recover. (F.S.) Response: May Allah keep you well. (F.S.) May you recover. (P.) Response: May Allah keep you well. (P.)
Tunisian	listen	May God heal you soon. (S.) Response: Thank you! May God heal you soon. (P.) Response: Thank you!
Western Saharan & Mauritanian	listen	May Allah cure you. (M.S.) May Allah cure you. (F.S.) May Allah cure you. (P.)
Western Saharan & Mauritanian	listen	Get well soon. (M.S.) Get well soon. (F.S.) Get well soon. (P.)

Other Major Dialects	Listen	English Meaning
Iraqi	listen	May you recover. (M.S.) Response: May Allah keep you well. (M.S.) May you recover. (F.S.) Response: May Allah keep you well. (F.S.)
Bahraini	listen	May you be well, praise be to God. (M.S.) Response: And you. (M.S.) May you be well, praise be to God. (F.S.) Response: And you. (F.S.)
Bahraini	listen	May you recover. (M.S.) Response: May you stay well. (M.S.) May you recover. (F.S.) Response: May you stay well. (F.S.)
Yemeni	listen	Allah willing you will get well [soon].
Yemeni	listen	Get well soon Allah willing. (M.S.) Get well soon Allah willing. (F.S.) Get well soon Allah willing. (P.)

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