Dialects | Colloquial Arabic: Sample Comparisons of Dialects | Important Occasions

Birthday greetings

Levantine Arabic Dialects


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.)


English translation:
Happy Birthday!

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


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


English translation:

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


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.)

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.)

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!
 


English translation:
Happy Birthday!

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


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.)


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.)


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.)

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.)

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.)

English translation:
May you live long!