Sample Comparisons of Dialects
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Arabic Dialect Sample Comparisons: Important Occasions
Graduation
| Levantine Dialects | Listen | English Meaning |
| Jordanian | listen | Congratulations on your graduation! Response: God Bless You. (M.S.) Response: God Bless You. (F.S.) Response: God Bless You. (P.) |
| Palestinian | listen | Congratulations on your graduation! Response: God Bless You. (M.S.) Congratulations on your graduation! Response: God Bless You. (F.S.) Congratulations on your graduation!! Response: God Bless You. (P.) |
| North African Dialects | Listen | English Meaning |
| Libyan | listen | Congratulations on your success! Response: May Allah keep you happy. (M.S.) Congratulations on your success! Response: May Allah keep you happy. (F.S.) Congratulations on your success! Response: May Allah keep you happy. (M.P.) Congratulations on your success. Response: May Allah keep you happy. (F.P.) |
| Libyan | listen | Congratulations on your success! Response: May Allah bless you. (M.S.) Congratulations on your success! Response: May Allah bless you. (F.S.) Congratulations on your success! Response: May Allah bless you. (M.P.) Congratulations on your success! Response: May Allah bless you. (F.P.) |
| Libyan | listen | Wishing you more success! Response: You and us! (M.S.) Wishing you more success! Response: You and us! (F.S.) Wishing you more success! Response: You and us! (M.P.) Wishing you more success! Response: You and us! (F.P.) |
| Moroccan | listen | Congratulation on your success! Response: God Bless You. (M.S.) Congratulation on your success! Response: God Bless You. (F.S.) Congratulation on your success! Response: God Bless You. (P.) |
| Tunisian | listen | Congratulations for passing, let’s hope for [something] even better. |
| Western Saharan & Mauritanian | listen | Congratulations for passing! Response: Thank you. (M.S.) Congratulations for passing! Response: Thank you. (F.S.) Congratulations for passing! Response: Thank you. (P.) |
| Western Saharan & Mauritanian | listen | Congratulations to you for graduation! Response: Thank you. (M.S.) Congratulations to you for graduation! Response: Thank you. (F.S.) Congratulations to you for graduation! Response: Thank you. (P.) |
| Other Major Dialects | Listen | English Meaning |
| Yemeni | listen | Congratulations on your graduation! |