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

Good evening

Levantine Arabic Dialects

English translation:

Good evening Response: Good evening.

English translation:

Good evening.

English translation:

Good evening.

English translation:

Good evening.

Egyptian Arabic Dialects

English translation:

Good evening. Response: Good evening.

North African Arabic Dialects

English translation:

Good evening. Response: Welcome. Good evening. (used when meeting someone)

English translation:

A blessed night. Response: Have a blessed evening. (used when parting with someone)

English translation:

How are you this evening? Response: We are fine this evening. (also used in the afternoon)

English translation:

Good Evening. Response: Good Evening. (also used as "good afternoon")

English translation:

Good Evening. Response: Good Evening. (also used as "good afternoon")

English translation:

Good Evening. Response: Good Evening.
(also used as "good afternoon")

English translation:

Good evening. Response: Good evening.

English translation:

Good evening to you. (M.S.) Response: Good evening to you too.
Good evening to you. (F.S.) Response: Good evening to you too.
Good evening to you. (P.) Response: Good evening to you too.

English translation:

Good evening to you. (M.S.) Response: Good evening to you too.
Good evening to you. (F.S.) Response: Good evening to you too.
Good evening to you. (P.) Response: Good evening to you too.

Other Dialects

English translation:

Good evening. Response: Good evening.

English translation:

Good evening. Response: Good evening.

English translation:

Good evening. Response: Good evening.