Arabic dialects / How to say
How to say “No problem” in Arabic dialects
“No problem” changes from one Arabic dialect to the next: mashi mushkil in Morocco, mish mushkila in Egypt, ma fi mushkila in Saudi Arabia, mob moshkila in the United Arab Emirates.
| Dialect | Say it | Arabic |
|---|---|---|
| 🇲🇦 Moroccan Arabic | mashi mushkil | ماشي مشكل |
| 🇩🇿 Algerian Arabic | makaynsh mushkil | ماكاينش مشكل |
| 🇱🇾 Libyan Arabic | ma fi mushkila | ما في مشكلة |
| 🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic | mish mushkila | مش مشكلة |
| 🇱🇧 Lebanese Arabic | mish mushkila | مش مشكلة |
| 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabic | ma fi mushkila | ما في مشكلة |
| 🇦🇪 Emirati Arabic | mob moshkila | مب مشكلة |
| 🇮🇶 Iraqi Arabic | ma fi mushkila | ما في مشكلة |
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.