Colloquial Arabic: Sample Comparisons of Dialects - Important Occasions

Graduation

Levantine Arabic Dialects

  • Jordanian Arabic
    English Translation:

    Congratulations on your graduation!
    Response: God Bless You. (M.S.)
    Response: God Bless You. (F.S.)
    Response: God Bless You. (P.)

  • Palestinian Arabic
    English Translation:

    Congratulations on your graduation! Response: God Bless You. (M.S.)
    Congratulations on your graduation! Response: God Bless You. (F.S.)
    Congratulations on your graduation!! Response: God Bless You. (P.)

North African Arabic Dialects

  • Libyan Arabic
    English Translation:
    Congratulations on your success! Response: May Allah keep you happy. (M.S.)
    Congratulations on your success! Response: May Allah keep you happy. (F.S.)
    Congratulations on your success! Response: May Allah keep you happy. (M.P.)
    Congratulations on your success. Response: May Allah keep you happy. (F.P.)
  • Libyan Arabic
    English Translation:
    Congratulations on your success! Response: May Allah bless you. (M.S.)
    Congratulations on your success! Response: May Allah bless you. (F.S.)
    Congratulations on your success! Response: May Allah bless you. (M.P.)
    Congratulations on your success! Response: May Allah bless you. (F.P.)
  • Libyan Arabic
    English Translation:
    Wishing you more success! Response: You and us! (M.S.)
    Wishing you more success! Response: You and us! (F.S.)
    Wishing you more success! Response: You and us! (M.P.)
    Wishing you more success! Response: You and us! (F.P.)
  • Moroccan Arabic
    English Translation:
    Congratulation on your success! Response: God Bless You. (M.S.)
    Congratulation on your success! Response: God Bless You. (F.S.)
    Congratulation on your success! Response: God Bless You. (P.)
  • Tunisian Arabic
    English Translation:
    Congratulations for passing, let's hope for [something] even better.
  • Western Saharan and Mauritanian
    English Translation:
    Congratulations for passing! Response: Thank you. (M.S.)
    Congratulations for passing! Response: Thank you. (F.S.)
    Congratulations for passing! Response: Thank you. (P.)
  • Western Saharan and Mauritanian
    English Translation:
    Congratulations to you for graduation! Response: Thank you. (M.S.)
    Congratulations to you for graduation! Response: Thank you. (F.S.)
    Congratulations to you for graduation! Response: Thank you. (P.)

Other Dialects

  • Yemeni Arabic
    English Translation:
    Congratulations on your graduation!