Colloquial Arabic: Sample Comparisons of Dialects - Getting Acquainted
What is your name?
Levantine Arabic Dialects
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Jordanian ArabicEnglish Translation:
Hi, my name is Wafaa.
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Jordanian ArabicEnglish Translation:What is your name? (M.S.)
What is your name? (F.S.)
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Lebanese ArabicEnglish Translation:What is your name? (M.S.)
What is your name? (F.S.)
What are your names? (P.)
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Lebanese ArabicEnglish Translation:
Hello, my name is Zeina.
Hello, my name is Zeina. -
Palestinian ArabicEnglish Translation:What is your name? (F.S.)
What is your name? (M.S.)
What are your names? (P.) -
Palestinian ArabicEnglish Translation:My name is Naheel.
My name is Ahmad. -
Syrian ArabicEnglish Translation:What is your name? (M.S.)
What is your name? (F.S.) -
Syrian ArabicEnglish Translation:
Hi, my name is Linda.
Egyptian Arabic Dialects
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Egyptian ArabicEnglish Translation:What is your name? (M.S.)
What is your name? (F.S.)
What is your name? (P.)
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Egyptian ArabicEnglish Translation:My name is Ahmed.
My name is Maryam.
North African Arabic Dialects
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Algerian ArabicEnglish Translation:What is your name? (M.S.)
What is your name? (F.S.)
What is your name? (P.) -
Algerian ArabicEnglish Translation:My name is Ahmed.
My name is Maryam. -
Libyan ArabicEnglish Translation:Hi my name is Elabed.
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Moroccan ArabicEnglish Translation:Hi my name is Boushra.
Hi my name is Boushra.
I'm Boushra. -
Tunisian ArabicEnglish Translation:What is your name? (S.)
What are your names? (P.) -
Tunisian ArabicEnglish Translation:My name is Sondes. (S.)
Our names are Senia, Sondes and Anne-Laure. (P.)
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Western Saharan and MauritanianEnglish Translation:What is your name? (M.S.)
What is your name? (F.S.)
What is your name? (P.)
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Western Saharan and MauritanianEnglish Translation:What is your name? (M.S.)
What is your name? (F.S.)
What is your name? (P.)
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Western Saharan and MauritanianEnglish Translation:What is your name? (M.S.)
What is your name? (F.S.)
What is your name?(P.)
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Western Saharan and MauritanianEnglish Translation:My name is Khadijatou.
My name is Khadijatou.
My name is Khadijatou.
Other Dialects
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Bahraini ArabicEnglish Translation:What is your name? (M.S.)
What is your name? (F.S.)
What is your name? (P.) -
Bahraini ArabicEnglish Translation:My name is Ahmed.
My name is Maryam. -
Iraqi ArabicEnglish Translation:What is your name? (M.S.)
What is your name? (F.S.)
What is your name? (P.) -
Iraqi ArabicEnglish Translation:My name is Ahmed.
My name is Maryam. -
Yemeni ArabicEnglish Translation:What is your name? (M.S.)
What is your name? (F.S.)
What is your name? (P.)
What is your name? (M.S.)
What is your name? (F.S.)
What is your name? (P.) -
Yemeni ArabicEnglish Translation:May I know [your name]?
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Yemeni ArabicEnglish Translation:May I know your name? (formal) What is your name? (formal)
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Yemeni ArabicEnglish Translation:I'm Mahoud.
I'm Fatima.
My name is Mahmoud.
My name is Fatima