Colloquial Arabic: Sample Comparisons of Dialects - Important Occasions
Hajj
Levantine Arabic Dialects
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Jordanian ArabicEnglish Translation:
May [your] Hajj be accepted!
Response: May you be next! (M.S.)
Response: May you be next! (F.S.)
Response: May you be next! (P.) -
Palestinian ArabicEnglish Translation:
Congratulations on your Hajj! Response: May you be next! (F.S.)
Congratulations on your Hajj! Response: God willing you will be next! (M.S.)
North African Arabic Dialects
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Libyan ArabicEnglish Translation:May your Hajj be accepted and sins forgiven.
Response: And the same to you. (M.S.)
May your Hajj be accepted and sins forgiven.
Response: And the same to you. (F.S.)
May your Hajj be accepted and sins forgiven.
Response: And the same to you. (M.P.)
May your Hajj be accepted and sins forgiven.
Response: And the same to you. (F.P.) -
Moroccan ArabicEnglish Translation:Congratulations on the safe [return] of the haj (the one returning from Hajj). (M.S.)
Response: May God grant you peace (M.S.)
Congratulations on the safe [return] of the haja (the one returning from Hajj). (F.S.)
Response: May God grant you peace (F.S.)
Congratulations on the safe [return] of the hujaj (the ones returning from Hajj). (P.)
Response: May God grant you peace (P.) -
Tunisian ArabicEnglish Translation:Blessed Hajj. Response: Thank you, may you be next. (S.)
Blessed Hajj. Response: Thank you, may you be next. (P.) -
Western Saharan and MauritanianEnglish Translation:May your Hajj be accepted.
Response: From us from you. (M.S.)
May your Hajj be accepted.
Response: From us from you. (F.S.)
May your Hajj be accepted.
Response: From us from you. (P.)
Other Dialects
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Yemeni ArabicEnglish Translation:May your Hajj be accepted!
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Yemeni ArabicEnglish Translation:May Allah accept [the Hajj] from you!
