Colloquial Arabic: Sample Comparisons of Dialects - Important Occasions

Birthday greetings

Levantine Arabic Dialects

  • Jordanian Arabic
    English Translation:

    May you be well each year! (M.S.) Response: And to you! (M.S.)
    May you be well each year! (F.S.) Response: And to you! (F.S.)
    May you be well each year! (P.) Response: And to you! (P.)

  • Palestinian Arabic
    English Translation:
    Happy Birthday!
  • Palestinian Arabic
    English Translation:


    May you be well each year! (M.S.) Response: And to you! (F.S.)
    May you be well each year! (F.S.) Response: And to you! (M.S.)

Egyptian Arabic Dialects

  • Egyptian Arabic
    English Translation:

    May you be well each year! (F.S.) Response: And to you! (F.S.)
    May you be well each year! (F.S.) Response: And to you! (M.S.)
    May you be well each year! (M.S.) Response: And to you! (F.S.)
    May you be well each year! (M.S.) Response: And to you (M.S.)

North African Arabic Dialects

  • Algerian Arabic
    English Translation:

    Happy Birthday! Response: May you be well each year! (M.S.)
    Happy Birthday! Response: May you be well each year! (F.S.)

  • Libyan Arabic
    English Translation:
    Happy Birthday! (M.S.) Response: May you be even happier. (M.S.)
    Happy Birthday! (F.S.) Response: May you be even happier. (F.S.)
    Happy Birthday! (M.P.) Response: May you be even happier. (M.P.)
    Happy Birthday! (F.P.) Response: May you be even happier. (F.P.)
  • Moroccan Arabic
    English Translation:
    Happy Birthday! Response: God Bless You (M.S.)
    Happy Birthday! Response: God Bless You (F.S.)
    Happy Birthday! Response: God Bless You (P.)
  • Tunisian Arabic
    English Translation:

    May you be well each year and you live for 100 years to come. (M.S.)
    Response: Thank you!

    May you be well each year and you live for 100 years to come. (F.S.)
    Response: Thank you!
     

  • Western Saharan and Mauritanian
    English Translation:
    Happy Birthday!
  • Western Saharan and Mauritanian
    English Translation:
    Happy Birthday to you. Response: Thank you! (M.S.)
    Happy Birthday to you. Response: Thank you! (F.S.)
    Happy Birthday to you. Response: Thank you! (P.)

Other Dialects

  • Bahraini Arabic
    English Translation:

    May you be well each year! (F.S.) Response: And to you! (F.S.)
    May you be well each year! (F.S.) Response: And to you! (M.S.)
    May you be well each year! (M.S.) Response: And to you! (F.S.)
    May you be well each year! (M.S.) Response: And to you! (M.S.)

  • Iraqi Arabic
    English Translation:

    May you be well each year! (F.S.) Response: And to you! (F.S.)
    May you be well each year! (F.S.) Response: And to you! (M.S.)
    May you be well each year! (M.S.) Response: And to you! (F.S.)
    May you be well each year! (M.S.) Response: And to you (M.S.)

  • Iraqi Arabic
    English Translation:
    Happy Birthday!
    Response: May you be even happier. (M.S.)
    Response: May you be even happier. (F.S.)
    Response: May you be even happier. (P.)
  • Yemeni Arabic
    English Translation:
    Happy Birthday to you. (M.S.) Response: Thank you! (M.S.)
    Happy Birthday to you. (F.S.) Response: Thank you! (F.S.)
    Happy Birthday to you. (P.) Response: Thank you! (P.)
  • Yemeni Arabic
    English Translation:
    Happy Birthday to you. (M.S.) Response: Thank you! (M.S.)
    Happy Birthday to you. (F.S.) Response: Thank you! (F.S.)
    Happy Birthday to you. (P.) Response: Thank you! (P.)
  • Yemeni Arabic
    English Translation:
    May you live long!