Arabic dialects / How to say
How to say “My friend” in Arabic dialects
“My friend” changes from one Arabic dialect to the next: sa7bi in Morocco, rfi2i in Lebanon, saahbi in Saudi Arabia, sadiqi in Iraq.
| Dialect | Say it | Arabic |
|---|---|---|
| 🇲🇦 Moroccan Arabic | sa7bi | صاحبي |
| 🇩🇿 Algerian Arabic | sahbi | صاحبي |
| 🇹🇳 Tunisian Arabic | sa7bi | صاحبي |
| 🇱🇾 Libyan Arabic | saahbi | صاحبي |
| 🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic | sa7bi | صاحبي |
| 🇱🇧 Lebanese Arabic | rfi2i | رفيقي |
| 🇯🇴 Jordanian Arabic | sahbi | صاحبي |
| 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabic | saahbi | صاحبي |
| 🇦🇪 Emirati Arabic | rbi3i | ربيعي |
| 🇮🇶 Iraqi Arabic | sadiqi | صديقي |
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.