Dialect Bridge

Learn the meaning once. See how real Arabic changes across varieties.

Public examples show reviewed expressions for: Modern Standard Arabic, Saudi Arabic, Omani Arabic, Kuwaiti Arabic, Qatari Arabic, Lebanese Arabic, Jordanian Arabic, Egyptian Arabic, Iraqi Arabic, Moroccan Arabic, Algerian Arabic, Tunisian Arabic, Emirati Arabic, Bahraini Arabic, Palestinian Arabic, Syrian Arabic. Each card is a real published form — we only list varieties with ready content for that meaning.

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Hello / hey / welcome

Modern Standard Arabic

مرحباً

marḥaban

Hello

Saudi Arabic

هلا

hala

Hey / welcome

Omani Arabic

حياك

ḥayāk

God give you life (welcome)

Kuwaiti Arabic

هلا

hala

Hey / Hi

Qatari Arabic

هلا

hala

Hey / Hi

Lebanese Arabic

مرحبا

marḥaba

Hi / Hello

Jordanian Arabic

مرحبا

marḥaba

Hi / Hello

Egyptian Arabic

أهلاً

ahlan

Hi / Hello

Iraqi Arabic

هلا

hala

Hey / Hi

Moroccan Arabic

لاباس

lābās

Hi / All good?

Algerian Arabic

صحيت

ṣḥīt

Hi / Hey

Tunisian Arabic

أهلا

ahla

Hi / Hello

How are you?

Modern Standard Arabic

كيف حالك؟

kayfa ḥāluk?

How are you?

Saudi Arabic

هلا والله، كيف حالك؟

halā wallāh, kayf ḥālak?

Hey, welcome! How are you?

Emirati Arabic

شحالك؟ شخبارك؟

shḥālak? shakhbārak?

How are you? How's everything?

Bahraini Arabic

شخبارك

shakhbarak

What's news? / How are you?

Kuwaiti Arabic

شلونك؟

shlōnak?

How are you?

Qatari Arabic

شحالك؟

shḥālak?

How are you?

Palestinian Arabic

كيفك

kīfak

How are you?

Lebanese Arabic

كيفك؟

kīfak?

How are you?

Jordanian Arabic

كيفك؟

kīfak?

How are you?

Egyptian Arabic

إزيك؟

izzayyak?

How are you?

Iraqi Arabic

شلونك؟

shlōnak?

How are you?

Moroccan Arabic

لاباس عليك؟

lābās ʿlīk?

How are you? / You good?

Algerian Arabic

واش راك؟

wāsh rāk?

How are you?

Tunisian Arabic

شنيّة أحوالك؟

shniyya aḥwālak?

How are you?

Thank you

Modern Standard Arabic

شكراً لك

shukran lak

Thank you

Kuwaiti Arabic

مشكور

mashkūr

Thank you

Qatari Arabic

مشكور

mashkūr

Thank you

Syrian Arabic

يسلمو

yislamo

Thank you

Lebanese Arabic

يسلمو

yislamo

Thank you

Jordanian Arabic

يسلمو

yislamo

Thank you

Egyptian Arabic

شكراً

shukran

Thanks

Iraqi Arabic

ممنون

mamnūn

Thank you

Moroccan Arabic

الله يخلّيك

allāh ikhallik

Thank you (God keep you)

Algerian Arabic

صحّيت

ṣaḥḥīt

Thanks

Tunisian Arabic

يعيشك

yaʿīshek

Thank you (long life to you)

Please (polite softener)

Modern Standard Arabic

من فضلك

min faḍlak

Please

Saudi Arabic

لو سمحت

law samaḥt

Please

Egyptian Arabic

لو سمحت

law samaḥt

Please