Arabic dialects / How to say
How to say “I love you” in Arabic dialects
“I love you” changes from one Arabic dialect to the next: kanbghik in Morocco, ba7ebbak in Egypt, bahebak in Lebanon, ahubbak in Saudi Arabia.
| Dialect | Say it | Arabic |
|---|---|---|
| 🇲🇦 Moroccan Arabic | kanbghik | كنبغيك |
| 🇩🇿 Algerian Arabic | nhabek | نحبك |
| 🇹🇳 Tunisian Arabic | n7bk | نحبك |
| 🇱🇾 Libyan Arabic | n7ebbek | انحبك |
| 🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic | ba7ebbak | بحبّك |
| 🇱🇧 Lebanese Arabic | bahebak | بحبك |
| 🇯🇴 Jordanian Arabic | bahebak | بحبك |
| 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabic | ahubbak | أحبك |
| 🇦🇪 Emirati Arabic | aḥibbak | أحبك |
| 🇮🇶 Iraqi Arabic | ahebbak | احبك |
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.