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How to say “Hungry” in Arabic dialects
“Hungry” changes from one Arabic dialect to the next: ga3an in Egypt, jo3an in Lebanon, joo3an in Saudi Arabia, yoo3an in the United Arab Emirates.
| Dialect | Say it | Arabic |
|---|---|---|
| 🇩🇿 Algerian Arabic | ji3an | جيعان |
| 🇹🇳 Tunisian Arabic | ji3an | جيعان |
| 🇱🇾 Libyan Arabic | ji3an | جيعان |
| 🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic | ga3an | جعان |
| 🇱🇧 Lebanese Arabic | jo3an | جوعان |
| 🇯🇴 Jordanian Arabic | jo3an | جوعان |
| 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabic | joo3an | جوعان |
| 🇦🇪 Emirati Arabic | yoo3an | يوعن |
| 🇮🇶 Iraqi Arabic | jo3an | جوعان |
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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