15 November 2012

Greetings in Egyptian Arabic

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in the morning:

 
from sunrise to noon
 
  • Good morning: صباح الخير (Sabah al-kheir)
  • Response: صباح النور (Sabah an-nūr)

There are more colloquial variants on صباح الخير/النور that you can use, like :
 
  • صباح القشطة (Sabah il-'ish-Taa - lit. morning of cream)
  • your resonse in this case may be: sabah el assal (morning of honey) or you can say sabah el nur .
  •  صباح الفل (Sabah il-full - lit. morning of jasmine),
  •   صباح الورد (sabah il-ward - lit. morning of rose).
  •   They're a little "baladi" (i.e. used more by the rural and lower classes), but you can still use them to add some color to your speech.

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