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Date: 22 Mar 2013
From:hussein hiyassat <hiyassat at gmail.com>
Subject:Dialect Question Words Response

in Jordanian dialects
شوه  ماذا
مين من
وينتى متى
وين أين
كيف ولكن الكاف قريبة من

ch
 كيف
 لويش    لماذا
اياتها أي
قديش كم
قديش كم for uncountable
بقديش بكم


هل is not used

I would appreciate you sharing your data once finished

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Date: 22 Mar 2013
From:Randi <asadi27 at gmail.com>
Subject:Dialect Question Words Response

Here's a few question words for you


شو - what (Iraqi)
شنو - what (Baghdad)
 - شاكوWhat's going on/happening (Iraq
شلون - Why, how (Iraqi/Gulf)
ايش - what (Yemeni/Libyan/Gulf)
ليش  - why (Yemeni/Gulf/Levant)
وين - where (MSA)


Sincerely,

Randi

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Date: 22 Mar 2013
From:Ahmed Hassan Khorshid <khorshid at aucegypt.edu>
Subject:Dialect Question Words Response

Hello,

 هل is used in colloquial Arabic of Cairo in the form هو، هي

أمثلة: هو انت مصري؟ هو انت مصرية؟ هو أنا مجنون؟ هو احنا متأخرين؟

سلام

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Date: 22 Mar 2013
From:Omar Basendwah <o.basendwah at gmail.com>
Subject:Dialect Question Words Response

in south Arabia:
ليش، لِمَهْ limeh = لماذا
وين = أين

Omar Basendwah

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Date: 22 Mar 2013
From:"Hilmi, Sana N." <shilmi at nvcc.edu>
Subject:Dialect Question Words Response

Merhaba,

In Iraqi Dialect, and this is more of Baghdad dialect,

مــاذا  -  ش
ما   -  شـنـُو
مَـن  -   مِـنـو
مـتـى  - شــوَكـِــت
أيــن  -  وَيــن
كـيـف  - شــلون
اشمـعـنى  - اشـمـعـنى   how come?
لِــمـاذا  -  لِــيـش، إلــويـش  Why?
أي (أية)  -  أي، يا هُـوَ، يـا هِـيَ
كــَـم   -   ﭼَــم   countable
كــم   -  شــﮕـــد  how long or uncountable
بــكـَـم   -   بـيــش؟ - إبـيـش
إلـمَـن -   for whom
 مـالــمَـن Whose?
هــل
هل  is not used very much, but  we do use it.


Take care,
Sana

And, we, Northern Virginia Community College- Annandale is offering Iraqi
this summer ☺

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Date: 22 Mar 2013
From:Muhammad Alzaidi <mohd.zaidi2007 at gmail.com>
Subject:Dialect Question Words Response

Hi Rasha!

These are the Hijazi Arabic equivalents (between parenthesis) for the
question words you listed:


 إيه  ماذا
(شنو)
مين من
(من)
إمتى متى
(متى)

فين أين
(وين)


إزاي كيف
(كيف)

إشمعنى or   ليه    لماذا
(ليش /ليه)

أنهي أي
(اي)

كام كم
(كم)


قد ايه كم for uncountable
(بكم)


بكام بكم
(بكم)


>"Also just to say that هل is not used in informal cairene, please let me
> know if it is used in other dialects."

 To be honest, this is a difficult question whether this HAL  is used in
Hijazi Arabic or not. But my answer is that HAL is used in Hijazi Arabic
but not that common and not in every situations. The following is a
question where HAL is used by some Hijazi Arabic speakers

هل ترضاه لأخوك؟؟
Would you accept it (i.e. to be happened) to your brother?

So the question whether HAL is used or not seems to be not desirable..
Instead, the question that seems to be really good is HOW common HAL is
used and in which situational context?

Regards,
Muhammad ALZAIDI
PhD Candidate
University of Essex

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