Colloquial Arabic: Sample Comparisons of Dialects - Greetings & Partings
How are you?
Levantine Arabic Dialects
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Jordanian ArabicEnglish Translation:What's new?
How are you?
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Jordanian ArabicEnglish Translation:How are you? (M.S.)
How are you? (F.S.)
How are you? (P.) -
Lebanese ArabicEnglish Translation:How are you? (M.S.)
How are you? (F.S.)
How are you? (P.) -
Lebanese ArabicEnglish Translation:What's new?
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Palestinian ArabicEnglish Translation:How are you? (M.S.) Response: Fine, praise God
How are you? (M.S.) Response: Fine, praise God.
How are you? (M.S.) Response: Good, praise God.
How are you? (M.S.) Response: Okay, praise God. -
Palestinian ArabicEnglish Translation:How are you? (F.S.) Response: Fine, praise God
How are you? (F.S.) Response: Fine, praise God.
How are you? (F.S.) Response: Good, praise God.
How are you? (F.S.) Response: Okay, praise God. -
Palestinian ArabicEnglish Translation:How are you? (P.) Response: [We are] Fine, praise God
How are you? (P.) Response: [We are] Fine, praise God.
How are you? (P.) Response: [We are] Good, praise God.
How are you? (P.) Response: [We are] Okay, praise God. -
Syrian ArabicEnglish Translation:How are you? (M.S.)
How are you? (F.S.)
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Syrian ArabicEnglish Translation:What's new?
Egyptian Arabic Dialects
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Egyptian ArabicEnglish Translation:How are you? Response: Thanks be to God, I am fine. (M.S.)
How are you? Response: Thanks be to God, I am fine. (F.S.)
How are you? Response: Thanks be to God, we are fine. (P ) -
Egyptian ArabicEnglish Translation:How are you? Response: Thanks be to God, everything is well, I am fine. (M.S.)
How are you? Response: Thanks be to God, everything is well, I am fine. (F.S.)
How are you? Response: Thanks be to God, everything is well, we are fine. (P. ) -
Egyptian ArabicEnglish Translation:How are you? Response: Thanks be to God, everything is well, I am fine. (M.S.)
How are you? Response: Thanks be to God, everything is well, I am fine. (F.S.)
How are you? Response: Thanks be to God, everything is well, we are fine. (P. )
North African Arabic Dialects
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Algerian ArabicEnglish Translation:How are you? (M.S.) Response: Praise be to God, fine.
How are you? (F.S.) Response: Fine, praise be to God.
How are you? (P.) Response: Praise be to God, fine. -
Algerian ArabicEnglish Translation:How are you? (M.S.) Response: Praise God, I doing well. (M.S.)
How are you? (F.S.) Response: Praise God, I am doing well. (F.S.)
How are you? (P.) Response: Praise God, I am doing well. (P.) -
Algerian ArabicEnglish Translation:[Are you] Doing fine? Response: Praise God, everything is fine.
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Algerian ArabicEnglish Translation:How are you? (M.S.) Response: Praise God everything is fine.
How are you? (F.S.) Response: Praise God everything is fine.
How are you? (P.) Response: Praise God everything is fine. -
Libyan ArabicEnglish Translation:How are you? (M.S.) Response: Good. Praise be to Allah.
How are you? (F.S.) Response: Good. Praise be to Allah.
How are you? (M.P.) Response: Good. Praise be to Allah.
How are you? (F.P.) Response: Good. Praise be to Allah. -
Libyan ArabicEnglish Translation:How are you? (M.S.) Response: Fine. [lit: Praise be to Allah.]
How are you? (F.S.) Response: Fine. [lit: Praise be to Allah.]
How are you? (M.P.) Response: Fine. [lit: Praise be to Allah.]
How are you? (F.P.) Response: Fine. [lit: Praise be to Allah.] -
Libyan ArabicEnglish Translation:How are you? (M.S.) Response: Fine.
How are you? (F.S.) Response: Fine.
How are you? (M.P.) Response: Fine.
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Libyan ArabicEnglish Translation:How are you? (M.S.) Response: Alright. Praise be to Allah.
How are you? (F.S.) Response: Alright. Praise be to Allah.
How are you? (M.P.) Response: Alright. Praise be to Allah.
How are you? (F.P.) Response: Alright. Praise be to Allah. -
Libyan ArabicEnglish Translation:How are you? (M.S.) Response: Good.
How are you? (F.S.) Response: Good.
How are you? (M.P.) Response: Good.
How are you? (F.P.) Response: Good. -
Moroccan ArabicEnglish Translation:How are you? (M.S.) Response: No problems.
How are you? (F.S.) Response: No problems.
How are you? (P.) Response: No problems. -
Moroccan ArabicEnglish Translation:How are you, good? (M.S.) Response: Good. Praise God.
How are you, good? (F.S.) Response: Good. Praise God.
How are you, good? (P.) Response: Good. Praise God. -
Moroccan ArabicEnglish Translation:How are you? (M.S.) Response: Good.
How are you? (F.S.) Response: Good.
How are you? (P.) Response: Good. -
Moroccan ArabicEnglish Translation:How are you? (M.S.) Response: [Fine] Praise God.
How are you? (F.S.) Response: [Fine] Praise God.
How are you? (P.) Response: [Fine] Praise God. -
Moroccan ArabicEnglish Translation:How are you? (M.S.) Response: No problems. Praise God.
How are you? (F.S.) Response: No problems. Praise God.
How are you? (P.) Response: No problems. Praise God. -
Tunisian ArabicEnglish Translation:How are you? (S.) Response: I am fine, thank you!
How are you? (P.) Response: We are fine, thank you! -
Western Saharan and MauritanianEnglish Translation:How are you? (M.S.) Response: I am fine.
How are you? (F.S.) Response: I am fine.
How are you? (P.) Response: I am fine. -
Western Saharan and MauritanianEnglish Translation:How are you? (M.S.) Response: Fine, thanks to Allah.
How are you? (F.S.) Response: Fine, thanks to Allah.
How are you? (P.) Response: Fine, thanks to Allah. -
Western Saharan and MauritanianEnglish Translation:How are you? (M.S.) Response: Fine, thanks to Allah.
How are you? (F.S.) Response: Fine, thanks to Allah.
How are you? (P.) Response: Fine, thanks to Allah. -
Western Saharan and MauritanianEnglish Translation:Are you fine? (M.S.) Response: I am fine.
Are you fine? (F.S.) Response: I am fine.
Are you fine? (P.) Response: We are fine. -
Western Saharan and MauritanianEnglish Translation:Are you fine? (M.S.) Response: I am fine.
Are you fine? (F.S.) Response: I am fine.
Are you fine? (P.) Response: We are fine.
Other Dialects
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Bahraini ArabicEnglish Translation:How are you doing? (M.S.) Response: Thanks be to God, everything is well.
How are you doing? (F.S.) Response: Thanks be to God, everything is well.
How are you doing? (P.) Response: Thanks be to God, everything is well. -
Bahraini ArabicEnglish Translation:How are you? Response: Thanks be to God, everything is well, I am fine. (M.S.)
How are you? Response: Thanks be to God, everything is well, I am fine. (F.S.)
How are you? Response: Thanks be to God, everything is well, we are fine. (P. ) -
Bahraini ArabicEnglish Translation:How are you? (M.S.) Response: Thanks be to God, I am fine. (M.S.)
How are you? (F.S.) Response: Thanks be to God, I am fine. (F.S.)
How are you? (P.) Response: Thanks be to God, we are fine. (P. ) -
Iraqi ArabicEnglish Translation:How are you? (M.S.) Response: Thank God, everything is fine. I'm good. (M.S.)
How are you? (F.S.) Response: Thank God, everything is fine. I'm good. (F.S.)
How are you? (M.S.) Response: Thank God, everything is fine. I'm good. (P.) -
Iraqi ArabicEnglish Translation:How are you? Response: Good.
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Iraqi ArabicEnglish Translation:How are you? (M.S.) Response: Thank God, I am well. (M.S.)
How are you? (F.S.) Response: Thank God, I am well. (F.S.)
How are you? (M.S.) Response: Thank God, I am well. (P.) -
Yemeni ArabicEnglish Translation:How are you? (M.S.) Response: Fine praise God.
How are you? (F.S.) Response: Fine praise God.
How are you? (P.) Response: Fine praise God. -
Yemeni ArabicEnglish Translation:How are you? (M.S.) Response: Good, praise be to God.
How are you? (F.S.) Response: Good, praise be to God.
How are you? (P.) Response: Good, praise be to God. -
Yemeni ArabicEnglish Translation:How are you? (M.S.) Response: Fine, praise be to God.
How are you? (F.S.) Response: Fine, praise be to God.
How are you? (P.) Response: Fine, praise be to God. -
Yemeni ArabicEnglish Translation:How are you? (M.S.) Response: Fine, praise be to God.
How are you? (F.S.) Response: Fine, praise be to God.
How are you? (P.) Response: Fine, praise be to God.