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Greetings upon arrival

Levantine Arabic Dialects

English translation:

Thank God for your safety. (M.S.)
Response: May God keep you safe. (M.S.)
Response: May God keep you safe. (F.S.)
Response: May God keep you safe. (P.)

English translation:

Welcome! Response: Thank you. (M.S.) Welcome! Response: Thank you. (F.S.)

English translation:

Welcome! Response: Thank you!

Egyptian Arabic Dialects

English translation:

Thank God for your safety. (M.S.) Response: May God keep you safe. (M.S.)
Thank God for your safety. (F.S.) Response: May God keep you safe. (F.S.)

North African Arabic Dialects

English translation:

Thank God for your safety. Response: May God keep you safe. (M.S.)
Thank God for your safety. Response: May God keep you safe. (F.S.)

English translation:

Thank God for your safety. Response: May God keep you safe. (M.S.)
Thank God for your safety. Response: May God keep you safe. (F.S.)
Thank God for your safety. Response: May God keep you safe. (M.P.)
Thank God for your safety. Response: May God keep you safe. (F.P.)

English translation:

[Thank God] for your safety. (M.S.) Response: May God keep you safe. (M.S.)
[Thank God] for your safety. (F.S.) Response: May God keep you safe. (F.S.)
[Thank God] for your safety. (M.P.) Response: May God keep you safe. (M.P.)
[Thank God] for your safety. (F.P.) Response: May God keep you safe. (F.P.)

English translation:

Good that you arrived safely. Response: May God keep you safe. (M.S.)
Good that you arrived safely. Response: May God keep you safe. (F.S.)
Good that you arrived safely. Response: May God keep you safe. (M.P.)
Good that you arrived safely. Response: May God keep you safe. (F.P.)

English translation:

Thank God for your safety. Response: God bless you. (M.S.)
Thank God for your safety. Response: God bless you. (F.S.)
Thank God for your safety. Response: God bless you. (P.)

English translation:

For your peace and safety. Response: May God grant you peace. (M.S.)
For your peace and safety. Response: May God grant you peace. (F.S.)
For your peace and safety. Response: May God grant you peace. (P.)

English translation:

Thank God for your safety. Response: Thank you, may God keep you safe! (S.)
Thank God for your safety. Response: Thank you, may God keep you safe! (P.)

English translation:

You are welcomed. (M.S.)
You are welcomed. (F.S.)
You are welcomed. (P.)

English translation:

Thanks to Allah for your arrival. (M.S.)
Thanks to Allah for your arrival. (F.S.)
Thanks to Allah for your arrival. (P.)

Other Dialects

English translation:

Thank God for your safety. (M.S.) Response: May God keep you safe. (M.S.)
Thank God for your safety. (F.S.) Response: May God keep you safe. (F.S.)

English translation:

Thank God for your safety. (M.S.) Response: May God keep you safe. (M.S.)

Thank God for your safety. (F.S.) Response: May God keep you safe. (F.S.)

English translation:

Thank God for your safety. (M.S.) Response: May God keep you safe. (M.S.)
Thank God for your safety. (F.S.) Response: May God keep you safe. (F.S.)
Thank God for your safety. (P.) Response: May God keep you safe. (P.)

English translation:

We are happy to see you! (M.S.)
We are happy to see you! (F.S.)
We are happy to see you! (P.)

English translation:

We are so happy to see you! (M.S.)
We are so happy to see you! (F.S.)
We are so happy to see you! (P.)