Sample Comparisons of Dialects
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Arabic Dialect Sample Comparisons: Important Occasions
Marriage congratulations
| Levantine Dialects | Listen | English Meaning |
| Jordanian | listen | Congratulations on [your] marriage! Response: May God bless you! (M.S.) Response: May God bless you! (F.S.) Response: May God bless you! (P.) |
| Jordanian | listen | Wishing you comfort and good children! Response: (to single people) Wishing the same for you! (M.S.) Wishing the same for you! (F.S.) Wishing the same for you! (P.) |
| Palestinian | listen | A thousand congratulations! |
| Palestinian | listen | Wishing you comfort and good children! Response I: Thank you. (F.S.) Response II: Thank you. (M.S.) |
| Egyptian Dialect | Listen | English Meaning |
| Egyptian | listen | A thousand congratulations! Response: May God bless you! (M.S.) A thousand congratulations! Response: May God bless you! (F.S.) |
| North African Dialects | Listen | English Meaning |
| Algerian | listen | A thousand congratulations! Response: May God bless you! (M.S.) A thousand congratulations! Response: May God bless you! (F.S.) |
| Libyan | listen | Wishing you comfort, goodness and upright children! Response: The same to you. (M.S.) Wishing you comfort, goodness and upright children! Response: The same to you. (F.S.) Wishing you comfort, goodness and upright children! Response: The same to you. (M.P.) Wishing you comfort, goodness and upright children! Response: The same to you. (F.P.) |
| Moroccan | listen | Congratulations on the marriage! Response: God bless you! (M.S.) Congratulations on the marriage! Response: God bless you! (F.S.) Congratulations on the marriage! Response: God bless you! (P.) |
| Moroccan | listen | Congratulations! Response: I hope you will be next! (M.S.) Congratulations! Response: I hope you will be next! (F.S.) Congratulations! Response: I hope you will be next! (P.) |
| Tunisian | listen | Congratulations, may God give you happiness! May God complete your happiness with good things! May God keep you happy! |
| Western Saharan & Mauritanian | listen | Congratulations! Response: Thank you! (M.S.) Congratulations! Response: Thank you! (F.S.) Congratulations! Response: Thank you! (P.) |
| Other Major Dialects | Listen | English Meaning |
| Iraqi | listen | A thousand congratulations! Response: May God bless you! (M.S.) A thousand congratulations! Response: May God bless you! (F.S.) |
| Bahraini | listen | A thousand congratulations! Response: May God bless you! (M.S.) A thousand congratulations! Response: May God bless you! (F.S.) |
| Yemeni | listen | Congratulations! Response: May Allah bless you! A Thousand congratulations! Response: May Allah bless you! |