Dialects | Colloquial Arabic: Sample Comparisons of Dialects | Greetings & Partings

How are you?

Levantine Arabic Dialects

English translation:

What's new?
How are you?
How are you?

English translation:

How are you? (M.S.)
How are you? (F.S.)
How are you? (P.)

English translation:

How are you? (M.S.)
How are you? (F.S.)
How are you? (P.)

English translation:

What's new?

English translation:

How are you? (M.S.) Response: Fine, praise God
How are you? (M.S.) Response: Fine, praise God.
How are you? (M.S.) Response: Good, praise God.
How are you? (M.S.) Response: Okay, praise God.

English translation:

How are you? (F.S.) Response: Fine, praise God
How are you? (F.S.) Response: Fine, praise God.
How are you? (F.S.) Response: Good, praise God.
How are you? (F.S.) Response: Okay, praise God.

English translation:

How are you? (P.) Response: [We are] Fine, praise God
How are you? (P.) Response: [We are] Fine, praise God.
How are you? (P.) Response: [We are] Good, praise God.
How are you? (P.) Response: [We are] Okay, praise God.

English translation:

How are you? (M.S.)
How are you? (F.S.)
How are you? (P.)

English translation:

What's new?

Egyptian Arabic Dialects

English translation:

How are you? Response: Thanks be to God, I am fine. (M.S.)
How are you? Response: Thanks be to God, I am fine. (F.S.)
How are you? Response: Thanks be to God, we are fine. (P )

English translation:

How are you? Response: Thanks be to God, everything is well, I am fine. (M.S.)
How are you? Response: Thanks be to God, everything is well, I am fine. (F.S.)
How are you? Response: Thanks be to God, everything is well, we are fine. (P. )

English translation:

North African Arabic Dialects

English translation:

How are you? (M.S.) Response: Praise be to God, fine.
How are you? (F.S.) Response: Fine, praise be to God.
How are you? (P.) Response: Praise be to God, fine.

English translation:

How are you? (M.S.) Response: Praise God, I doing well. (M.S.)
How are you? (F.S.) Response: Praise God, I am doing well. (F.S.)
How are you? (P.) Response: Praise God, I am doing well. (P.)

English translation:

[Are you] Doing fine? Response: Praise God, everything is fine.

English translation:

How are you? (M.S.) Response: Praise God everything is fine.
How are you? (F.S.) Response: Praise God everything is fine.
How are you? (P.) Response: Praise God everything is fine.

English translation:

How are you? (M.S.) Response: Good. Praise be to Allah.
How are you? (F.S.) Response: Good. Praise be to Allah.
How are you? (M.P.) Response: Good. Praise be to Allah.
How are you? (F.P.) Response: Good. Praise be to Allah.

English translation:

How are you? (M.S.) Response: Fine. [lit: Praise be to Allah.]
How are you? (F.S.) Response: Fine. [lit: Praise be to Allah.]
How are you? (M.P.) Response: Fine. [lit: Praise be to Allah.]
How are you? (F.P.) Response: Fine. [lit: Praise be to Allah.]

English translation:

How are you? (M.S.) Response: Fine.
How are you? (F.S.) Response: Fine.
How are you? (M.P.) Response: Fine.
How are you? (F.P.)Response: Fine.

English translation:

How are you? (M.S.) Response: Alright. Praise be to Allah.
How are you? (F.S.) Response: Alright. Praise be to Allah.
How are you? (M.P.) Response: Alright. Praise be to Allah.
How are you? (F.P.) Response: Alright. Praise be to Allah.

English translation:

How are you? (M.S.) Response: Good.
How are you? (F.S.) Response: Good.
How are you? (M.P.) Response: Good.
How are you? (F.P.) Response: Good.

English translation:

How are you? (M.S.) Response: No problems.
How are you? (F.S.) Response: No problems.
How are you? (P.) Response: No problems.

English translation:

How are you, good? (M.S.) Response: Good. Praise God.
How are you, good? (F.S.) Response: Good. Praise God.
How are you, good? (P.) Response: Good. Praise God.

English translation:

How are you? (M.S.) Response: Good.
How are you? (F.S.) Response: Good.
How are you? (P.) Response: Good.

English translation:

How are you? (M.S.) Response: [Fine] Praise God.
How are you? (F.S.) Response: [Fine] Praise God.
How are you? (P.) Response: [Fine] Praise God.

English translation:

How are you? (M.S.) Response: No problems. Praise God.
How are you? (F.S.) Response: No problems. Praise God.
How are you? (P.) Response: No problems. Praise God.

English translation:

How are you? (S.) Response: I am fine, thank you!
How are you? (P.) Response: We are fine, thank you!

English translation:

How are you? (M.S.) Response: I am fine.
How are you? (F.S.) Response: I am fine.
How are you? (P.) Response: I am fine.

English translation:

How are you? (M.S.) Response: Fine, thanks to Allah.
How are you? (F.S.) Response: Fine, thanks to Allah.
How are you? (P.) Response: Fine, thanks to Allah.

English translation:

How are you? (M.S.) Response: Fine, thanks to Allah.
How are you? (F.S.) Response: Fine, thanks to Allah.
How are you? (P.) Response: Fine, thanks to Allah.

English translation:

Are you fine? (M.S.) Response: I am fine.
Are you fine? (F.S.) Response: I am fine.
Are you fine? (P.) Response: We are fine.

English translation:

Are you fine? (M.S.) Response: I am fine.
Are you fine? (F.S.) Response: I am fine.
Are you fine? (P.) Response: We are fine.

Other Dialects

English translation:

How are you doing? (M.S.) Response: Thanks be to God, everything is well.
How are you doing? (F.S.) Response: Thanks be to God, everything is well.
How are you doing? (P.) Response: Thanks be to God, everything is well.

English translation:

How are you? (M.S.) Response: Thanks be to God, I am fine. (M.S.)
How are you? (F.S.) Response: Thanks be to God, I am fine. (F.S.)
How are you? (P.) Response: Thanks be to God, we are fine. (P. )

English translation:

How are you? (M.S.) Response: Thank God, everything is fine. I'm good. (M.S.)
How are you? (F.S.) Response: Thank God, everything is fine. I'm good. (F.S.)
How are you? (M.S.) Response: Thank God, everything is fine. I'm good. (P.)

English translation:

How are you? Response: Good.

English translation:

How are you? (M.S.) Response: Thank God, I am well. (M.S.)
How are you? (F.S.) Response: Thank God, I am well. (F.S.)
How are you? (M.S.) Response: Thank God, I am well. (P.)

English translation:

How are you? (M.S.) Response: Fine praise God.
How are you? (F.S.) Response: Fine praise God.
How are you? (P.) Response: Fine praise God.

English translation:

How are you? (M.S.) Response: Good, praise be to God.
How are you? (F.S.) Response: Good, praise be to God.
How are you? (P.) Response: Good, praise be to God.

English translation:

How are you? (M.S.) Response: Fine, praise be to God.
How are you? (F.S.) Response: Fine, praise be to God.
How are you? (P.) Response: Fine, praise be to God.

English translation:

How are you? (M.S.) Response: Fine, praise be to God.
How are you? (F.S.) Response: Fine, praise be to God.
How are you? (P.) Response: Fine, praise be to God.