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Arabic Dialect Sample Comparisons: Shopping

How much?

Levantine Dialects	Listen	English Meaning
Jordanian	listen	How much is this? (M.S.) How much is this? (F.S.) How much are these? (P.)
Jordanian	listen	How much do you want [for this]? (M.S.) How much do you want [for this]? (F.S.)
Lebanese	listen	What is the price? What is the price? How much?
Lebanese	listen	How much do you want [for this]? (M.S.) How much do you want [for this]? (F.S.) How much do you want [for this]? (P.)
Lebanese	listen	How expensive is this?
Palestinian	listen	Version I: What is the price for this? (M.S.) What is the price for this? (F.S.) Version II: What is the price for this? (M.S.) What is the price for this? (F.S.) Version III: What is the price for this? (M.S.) What is the price for this? (F.S.)
Palestinian	listen	Version I: How much is this? (M.S.) How much is this? (F.S.) Version II: How much is this? (M.S.) How much is this? (F.S.) Version III: How much is this? (M.S.) How much is this? (F.S.)
Palestinian	listen	Version I: How much do you want [for this]? (M.S.) How much do you want [for this]? (F.S.) Version II: How much do you want [for this]? (M.S.) How much do you want [for this]? (F.S.) Version III: How much do you want [for this]? (M.S.) How much do you want [for this]? (F.S.) Version IV: How much do you want [for this]? (M.S.) How much do you want [for this]? (F.S.)
Syrian	listen	How much is this? (M.S.) How much is this? (F.S.) How much are these? (P.)
Syrian	listen	How much do you want [for this]? (M.S.) How much do you want [for this]? (F.S.) How much do you want [for this]? (P.)

Egyptian Dialect	Listen	English Meaning
Egyptian	listen	How much is this? (M.S.) Response: This is 3 pounds. How much is this? (F.S.) Response: This is 3 pounds. How much are those? (P.) Response: Those are 3 pounds.
Egyptian	listen	What is the price of this? (M.S.) Response: This is 30 pounds. What is the price of this? (F.S.) Response: This is 30 pounds. What is the price of these? (P.) Response: Those are 30 pounds.

North African Dialects	Listen	English Meaning
Algerian	listen	How much is this? (M.S.) Response: This is 3 dorou. How much is this? (F.S.) Response: This is 3 dorou. How much are those? (P.) Response: Those are 3 dorou.
Algerian	listen	What is the price of this? (M.S.) Response: This is 30 dorou. What is the price of this? (F.S.) Response: This is 30 dorou. What is the price of these? (P.) Response: Those are 30 dorou.
Libyan	listen	How much is this? (M.S.) How much is this? (F.S.) How much are these? (P.)
Libyan	listen	How much is this? (M.S.) How much is this? (F.S.) How much are these? (P.)
Libyan	listen	What is the price of this? (M.S.) What is the price of this? (F.S.) What is the price of these? (P.)
Libyan	listen	What does this cost? (M.S.) What does this cost (F.S.)? What do these cost (P.)?
Moroccan	listen	How much is this? (M.S.) How much is this? (F.S.) How much are these? (P.)
Moroccan	listen	What is the price of this? (M.S.) What is the price of this? (F.S.) What is the price of these? (P.)
Moroccan	listen	What does this cost? (M.S.) What does this cost (F.S.)? What do these cost (P.)?
Tunisian	listen	How much is this? (M.S.) How much is this? (F.S.) How much are these? (P.)
Western Saharan & Mauritanian	listen	How much is this? (M.S.) How much is this? (F.S.) How much are these? (P.)
Western Saharan & Mauritanian	listen	What is the price of this? (M.S.) What is the price of this? (F.S.) What is the price of these? (P.)
Western Saharan & Mauritanian	listen	What is the price of this? (M.S.) What is the price of this? (F.S.) What is the price of these? (P.)
Western Saharan & Mauritanian	listen	What is the price of this? (M.S.) What is the price of this? (F.S.) What is the price of these? (P.)

Other Major Dialects	Listen	English Meaning
Iraqi	listen	How much is this? (M.S.) How much is this? (F.S.) How much are these? (P.)
Iraqi	listen	What is the price of this? (M.S.) What is the price of this? (F.S.) What is the price of this? (P.)
Bahraini	listen	How much is this? (M.S.) Response: This is 3 dinar. How much is this? (F.S.) Response: This is 3 dinar. How much are those? (P.) Response: Those are 3 dinar.
Bahraini	listen	What is the price of this? (M.S.) Response: This is 30 dinar. What is the price of this? (F.S.) Response: This is 30 dinar. What is the price of these? (P.) Response: Those are 30 dinar.
Yemeni	listen	How much [is it]? How much [is it]?
Yemeni	listen	How much is this?
Yemeni	listen	How much for this?

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