Sample Comparisons of Dialects
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Arabic Dialect Sample Comparisons: Important Occasions
General well wishes
| Egyptian Dialect | Listen | English Meaning |
| Egyptian | listen | Maybe you be well each year! (M.S.) Response: And to you! (M.S.) Maybe you be well each year! (F.S.) Response: And to you! (F.S.) Maybe you be well each year! Response: And to you! (in the plural) |
| North African Dialects | Listen | English Meaning |
| Algerian | listen | Maybe you be well each year! (M.S.) Response: May you also be well! (M.S.) Maybe you be well each year! (F.S.) Response: May you also be well! (F.S.) Maybe you be well each year! (P.) Response: May you also be well! (M.S.) Response: May you also be well! (F.S.) Response: May you also be well! (P.) |
| Other Major Dialects | Listen | English Meaning |
| Iraqi | listen | Maybe you be well each year! (M.S.) Response: And to you! (M.S.) Maybe you be well each year! (F.S.) Response: And to you! (F.S.) Maybe you be well each year! (P.) Response: And to you! (M.S.) Response: And to you! (F.S.) Response: And to you! (P.) |
| Bahraini | listen | Maybe you be well each year! (M.S.) Response: And to you! (M.S.) Maybe you be well each year! (F.S.) Response: And to you! (F.S.) Maybe you be well each year! (P.) Response: And to you! (M.S.) Response: And to you! (F.S.) Response: And to you! (P.) |
| Yemeni | listen | Maybe you be well each year! (M.S.)b Response: And to you! (M.S.) Maybe you be well each year! (F.S.) Response: And to you! (F.S.) Maybe you be well each year! (P.) Response: And to you! (P.) |
| Yemeni | listen | Congratulations! Response: May Allah bless you! |