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Saying what you think and feel in Algerian Arabic

Liking, disliking, agreeing, and saying so without offence.

Sentences for having a view and expressing it. Algerians are direct in conversation and disagreement is not treated as rudeness, so you can say what you think more plainly than English politeness would allow.

What matters more than softening the disagreement is the greeting and the blessing around it. Warmth lives at the edges of the conversation rather than in the middle of it.

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على بالي واش راك تقصد.
3labali wesh rak teqṣod.
I know what you mean.
ما علاباليش، والله ما نعرف.
ma 3labalish, wallah ma na3ref.
I have no idea, I honestly don't know.
بالنسبة ليّا، هذا ماشي منطقي.
b-nnisba liya, hada mashi manṭiqi.
As far as I'm concerned, that isn't logical.
فرونشمو، ما عجبنيش الكلام تاعو.
franchement, ma 3ajebnish lklam ta3u.
Frankly, I didn't like what he said.

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