Levantine Arabic→English

Translate Levantine Arabic to English the way locals mean it.

In Levantine Arabic, softeners, particles, and familiar phrases can make a message warmer, sharper, or less committed than a textbook reading suggests.

Going the other way? English to Levantine Arabic

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What locals actually say

يعطيك العافية، بس إذا فيك تبعتلي الملف اليوم

Thanks, and if you can, send me the file today.

يعطيك العافية is a common thanks or acknowledgment, not usually a literal wish for health, while بس and إذا فيك soften the request without making it optional in practice.

شو بدّك بهالحكي؟

What are you getting at?

شو بدّك literally asks what you want, but with بهالحكي it usually challenges the point or motive behind what was said, often with an irritated tone.

ماشي، متل ما بدّك

Fine, whatever you want.

ماشي can mean okay, but paired with متل ما بدّك it often signals reluctant agreement or resignation rather than enthusiastic approval.

قدّيش الحساب؟ فيك تحاسبني عالكرت؟

How much is it? Can I pay by card?

قدّيش means “how much” in Levantine Arabic, while فيك frames a polite request using the local second-person form.

لو سمحت، وين أقرب صرّاف؟

Excuse me, where’s the nearest ATM?

وين is the Levantine word for “where,” and صرّاف is the everyday Lebanese term for an ATM.

بدّي شاورما بلا مخلّل، إذا بتريد.

I’d like a shawarma without pickles, please.

بدّي means “I want” in Levantine Arabic, and بلا means “without” in casual Lebanese speech.

إمّك كيفا؟ سلّملي عليها.

How’s your mom? Give her my regards.

كيفا is a colloquial Lebanese feminine form meaning “how is she,” and سلّملي عليها is the local construction for sending greetings through someone.

الدنيي عم تشتي، خد معك شمسيّة.

It’s raining, take an umbrella with you.

الدنيي literally means “the world” but commonly signals the weather in Lebanese, while عم تشتي uses the Levantine progressive marker عم.

Notes like these come with every AIRTranslate translation, so you learn why locals phrase it that way as you go.

How Levantine Arabic differs

Lebanese Arabic for conversational registers (kifak, ktir, ma3le, comfortable French/English mixing — merci kteer, hi kifak); MSA for formal documents.

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