“Lebanese Arabic” in Tunisian Arabic

In Tunisian Arabic, “Lebanese Arabic” (as in the dialect of Arabic) is written using the Latin script as:

Lobneni

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

لبناني

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Examples in sentences or statements

 
I speak a bit of Lebanese Arabic.

Na7ki chwaya lobneni.

.نحكي شويّة لبناني

 
My friend speaks Tunisian and Lebanese Arabic.

(m) Sa7bi ya7ki tounsi w lobneni.

(f) Sa7ebti ta7ki tounsi w lobneni.

.صاحبي يحكي تونسي و لبناني (m)

.صاحبتي تحكي تونسي و لبناني (f)

 
How did you learn to speak Lebanese Arabic?

Kifech t3alamt ta7ki lobneni?

كيفاش تعلمت تحكي لبناني؟

 
He speaks Lebanese Arabic and Turkish.

Howa ya7ki lobneni w torki.

.هو يحكي لبناني و تركي

 
Lebanese Arabic is different from Tunisian Arabic but there are similarities too.

El lobneni mouch kif el tounsi ama zeda fama 7ajet kif kif.

.اللبناني موش كيف التونسي أما زادة فمّا حاجات كيف كيف

 

In other Mediterranean languages and dialects

“Lebanese Arabic” in Lebanese Arabic
 

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