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How to say “Food” in Arabic dialects
“Food” changes from one Arabic dialect to the next: makla in Morocco, akl in Egypt, ta3am in Saudi Arabia.
| Dialect | Say it | Arabic |
|---|---|---|
| 🇲🇦 Moroccan Arabic | makla | ماكلة |
| 🇩🇿 Algerian Arabic | makla | ماكلة |
| 🇱🇾 Libyan Arabic | akl | أكل |
| 🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic | akl | أكل |
| 🇱🇧 Lebanese Arabic | akl | أكل |
| 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabic | ta3am | طعام |
| 🇦🇪 Emirati Arabic | akl | أكل |
| 🇮🇶 Iraqi Arabic | akl | أكل |
Arabic often changes with who you are talking to. These are the forms taught in each Lahja course. In the spelling, 3 is the letter ayn, 7 is a breathy h, 2 is a glottal stop, 5 is kh and 9 is qaf.
There is no single Arabic word for most everyday things. Modern Standard Arabic has its own formal version, but in conversation people use their local dialect. Lahja teaches each dialect as its own course, so you learn the version people around you really say.
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