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שش

How to say "how do you say … in Arabic?" in Arabic

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Meaninghow do you say … in Arabic?

Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic

كَيْفَ نَقُولُ … بِالْعَرَبِيَّة؟

kayfa naqūlu … bil-ʿarabiyya?כיף נקול … באל-ערביה?

كيف نقول … بالعربية؟

Hebrew · Modern Hebrew

איך אומרים … בערבית?

eikh omrim … be'aravit?إِيخ أُومْرِيم … بِئَارَاڤِيت؟

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ق-و-ل

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Levantine · Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria

كِيف بِتْقُول … بِالْعَرَبِي؟
kīf bitʾūl … bil-ʿarabi?כיף בתאול … באל-ערבי?

Spoken 'Arabic' is il-ʿarabi; bitʾūl = 'you say'.

Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta

إِزَّاي نِقُول … بِالْعَرَبِي؟
izzāy niʾūl … bil-ʿarabi?אזאי נאול … באל-ערבי?

izzāy is Cairo's 'how'.

Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes

كِيفَاش كَنْقُولُو … بالْعَرْبِيَة؟
kīfāsh kanqūlu … bel-ʿarbiya?כיפאש כנקולו … בל-ערביה?

kīfāsh is Darija's 'how'; ka- marks the present.

In a phrase

كَيْفَ نَقُولُ هَذَا بِالْعَرَبِيَّة؟
kayfa naqūlu hādhā bil-ʿarabiyya?כיף נקול הד'א באל-ערביה?

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