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Where are you from?

Levantine Arabic Dialects

English translation:

I am from Jordan.

English translation:

Where are you from? (F.S.)
Where are you from? (M.S.)
Where are you from? (P.)

English translation:

I am from Lebanon.

English translation:

Where are you from? (F.S.)
Where are you from? (M.S.)
Where are you from? (P.)

English translation:

Where are you from? (F.S.)
Where are you from? (M.S.)

English translation:

I am from Palestine.

English translation:

Where are you from? (M.S.)
Where are you from? (F.S.)
Where are you from? (P.)

English translation:

I am from Syria.

Egyptian Arabic Dialects

English translation:

Where are you from? (M.S.)
Where are you from? (F.S.)
Where are you from? (P.)

English translation:

I am from Cairo.
We are from Cairo.

North African Arabic Dialects

English translation:

I am from Oran.
We are from Oran.

English translation:

Where are you from? (M.S.)
Where are you from? (F.S.)
Where are you from? (P.)

English translation:

Where are you from? (M.S.)
Where are you from? (F.S.)
Where are you from? (M.P.)
Where are you from? (F.P.)

English translation:

I am from Libya.
I am Libyan. (M.S.)
I am Libyan. (F.S.)
We are from Libya.
We are Libyans. (M.P.)
We are Libyans. (F.P.)

English translation:

Where are you from? (M.S.)
Where are you from? (F.S.)
Where are you from? (P.)

English translation:

I am from Morocco.
I am Moroccan. (M.S.)
I am Moroccan. (F.S.)

We are from Morocco.
We are Moroccans. (M.P.).
We are Moroccans. (F.P.).

English translation:

Where are you from? (S.)
Where are you from? (P.)

English translation:

I am from Tunis. (S.)
We are from Tunis. (P.)

English translation:

I am Tunisian. (M.S.)
I am Tunisian. (F.S.)
We are Tunisians. (P.)

English translation:

Where are you from? (M.S.)
Where are you from? (F.S.)
Where are you from? (M.P.)
Where are you from? (F.P.)

English translation:

I am a Saharawi (M.S.)
I am a Saharawi (F.S.)
We are Saharawis (M.P.)
We are Saharawis (F.P.)

English translation:

I am originally from Western Sahara. (M.S.)
I am originally from Western Sahara. (F.S.)
We are originally from Western Sahara. (M.P.)
We are originally from Western Sahara (F.P.)

English translation:

I am from Western Sahara. (M/F.S)
We are from Western Sahara. (M.P.)
We are from Western Sahara. (F.P.)

English translation:

Where are you from? (M.S.)
Where are you from? (F.S.)
Where are you from? (M.P.)
Where are you from? (F.P.)

English translation:

Where are you from? (M.S.)
Where are you from? (F.S.)
Where are you from? (M.P.)
Where are you from? (F.P.)

English translation:

Where are you from? (M.S.)
Where are you from? (F.S.)
Where are you from? (M.P.)
Where are you from? (F.P.)

Other Dialects

English translation:

Where are you from? (M.S.)
Where are you from? (F.S.)
Where are you from? (P.)

English translation:

I am from Manama.
We are from Manama.

English translation:

Where are you from? (M.S.)
Where are you from? (F.S.)
Where are you from? (P.)

English translation:

I am from Baghdad.
We are from Baghdad.

English translation:

Where are you from? (M.S.)
Where are you from? (F.S.)
Where are you from? (P.)

English translation:

Where are you from? (M.S.)
Where are you from? (F.S.)
Where are you from? (P.)

English translation:

Where are you from? (M.S.)
Where are you from? (F.S.)
Where are you from? (P.)

English translation:

Where are you from? (M.S.)
Where are you from? (F.S.)
Where are you from? (P.)

English translation:

Where are you from? (M.S.)
Where are you from? (F.S.)
Where are you from? (P.)

English translation:

I am from Aden. (M.S.)
I am from Aden. (F.S.)
We are from Aden. (P.)

English translation:

I am from Yemen. (M.S.)
I am from Yemen. (F.S.)
We are from Yemen. (P.)

English translation:

Originally I'm from Taiz. (M.S.)
Originally I'm from Taiz. (F.S.)
Originally I'm from Taiz. (P.)

English translation:

I am from Sana'a. (M.S.)
I am from Sana'a. (F.S.)
We are from Sana'a. (P.)