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

Upon receiving something new

Levantine Arabic Dialects

English translation:

Congratulations! Response: May Allah bless you! (F.S.)
Congratulations! Response: May Allah bless you! (M.S.)

North African Arabic Dialects

English translation:

Congratulations! Response: May Allah bless you! (M.S.)
Congratulations! Response: May Allah bless you! (F.S.)
Congratulations! Response: May Allah bless you! (M.P.)
Congratulations! Response: May Allah bless you! (F.P.)

English translation:

May God give you tranquility. Response: Same to you. (M.S.)
May God give you tranquility. Response: Same to you. (F.S.)
May God give you tranquility. Response: Same to you. (M.P.)
May God give you tranquility. Response: Same to you. (F.P.)

English translation:

Congratulations! Response: God Bless you! (M.S.)
Congratulations! Response: God Bless you! (F.S.)
Congratulations! Response: God Bless you! (P.)

English translation:

May God bless it for you! (M.S.) Response: Thank you!
May God bless it for you! (M.P.) Response: Thank you!
May God bless it for you! (F.S.) Response: Thank you!
May God bless it for you! (F.P.) Response: Thank you!

English translation:

Congratulations! Response: Thank you! (M.S.)
Congratulations! Response: Thank you! (F.S.)
Congratulations! Response: Thank you! (P.)

English translation:

May you live long to use it. (M.S.)
May you live long to use it.(F.S.)
May you live long to use it. (P.)

English translation:

May you enjoy it. (M.S.)
May you enjoy it. (F.S.)
May you enjoy it. (P.)

Other Dialects

English translation:

May it serve you well. (M.S.) Response: God willing.
May it serve you well. (F.S.) Response: God willing.
May it serve you well. (P.) Response: God willing.