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How to say “In a bit” in Arabic dialects
“In a bit” changes from one Arabic dialect to the next: wahed shwiya in Morocco, ba3d shwaya in Egypt, ba3d shway in Lebanon, ba3d kalil in Saudi Arabia.
| Dialect | Say it | Arabic |
|---|---|---|
| 🇲🇦 Moroccan Arabic | wahed shwiya | واحد شوية |
| 🇩🇿 Algerian Arabic | ba3d shwiya | بعد شوية |
| 🇱🇾 Libyan Arabic | ba3d shway | بعد شوي |
| 🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic | ba3d shwaya | بعد شوية |
| 🇱🇧 Lebanese Arabic | ba3d shway | بعد شوي |
| 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabic | ba3d kalil | بعد قليل |
| 🇦🇪 Emirati Arabic | dgaieg | دقايق |
| 🇮🇶 Iraqi Arabic | ba3d shway | بعد شوي |
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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