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لاباس

labas

/la-BAS/

fine / how are you

ça va / comment ça va

interjectionstandard

Cultural note

From French 'la base'. Used both as a question and answer. 'Labas?' = 'Are you OK?' / 'Labas' = 'I'm fine'.

In use

لاباس عليك؟

Labas 3lik?

Are you doing well?

How to say "fine / how are you" in Moroccan Arabic

In Darija (Moroccan Arabic), "fine / how are you" is labas (لاباس), pronounced /la-BAS/. The French equivalent is "ça va / comment ça va." From French 'la base'. Used both as a question and answer. 'Labas?' = 'Are you OK?' / 'Labas' = 'I'm fine'.

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