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

New baby

Levantine Arabic Dialects

English translation:

May the child be raised in comfort. (M.S.)
May the child be raised in comfort. (F.S.)
May the child be raised in comfort. (P.)

North African Arabic Dialects

English translation:

Congratulations on the new addition [to the family]!
Response: May Allah bless you! (M.S.)
Congratulations on the new addition [to the family]!
Response: May Allah bless you! (F.S.)
Congratulations on the new addition [to the family]!
Response: May Allah bless you! (M.P.)
Congratulations on the new addition [to the family]!
Response: May Allah bless you! (F.P.)

English translation:

Congratulations on the new addition! Response: God bless you! (M.S.)
Congratulations on the new addition! Response: God bless you! (F.S.)
Congratulations on the new addition! Response: God bless you! (P.)

English translation:

Congratulations on the new born! (S.) Response: Thank you!
Congratulations on the new born! (P.) Response: Thank you!

English translation:

Congratulations on the [baby] boy! Response: Thank you!
Congratulations on the [baby] girl! Response: Thank you!