Arabic dialects / How to say
How to say “What's your name” in Arabic dialects
“What's your name” changes from one Arabic dialect to the next: shno smitk in Morocco, ismak eh in Egypt, shu ismak in Lebanon, esh ismak in Saudi Arabia.
| Dialect | Say it | Arabic |
|---|---|---|
| 🇲🇦 Moroccan Arabic | shno smitk | شنو سميتك؟ |
| 🇩🇿 Algerian Arabic | wash ismak | واش اسمك |
| 🇹🇳 Tunisian Arabic | chneya ismk | شنية إسمك |
| 🇱🇾 Libyan Arabic | shin smak | شن سماك؟ |
| 🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic | ismak eh | اسمك ايه؟ |
| 🇱🇧 Lebanese Arabic | shu ismak | شو اسمك؟ |
| 🇯🇴 Jordanian Arabic | shu ismak | شو اسمك؟ |
| 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabic | esh ismak | إش اسمك؟ |
| 🇦🇪 Emirati Arabic | shū ismak | شو اسمك؟ |
| 🇮🇶 Iraqi Arabic | shismak | شسمك |
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.