The first phrases are common, but don't mention grace. The second are more a translation of "God willing" (Latin: Deo volente), and one I'm trying to avoid: based on my conversations with a Muslim friend, she also seems to think there is some connection there to an "evil eye", superstitions, etc and so it is as much of a cuss word and/or profanity (AIUI) as a genuinely faithful exclamation. What I'm after may not be as common—I don't know—but I'm still looking for a clear way to mention that something is not just by God's "general plan" (inasmuch as some people think that way), but directly by His *grace*.
So the two quotations. The translation cannot be always (actually, plenty of times), literal. You can say bi-ni3mat Allah that literally means "By God's grace" but it sounds strange, it is not used except maybe some theological essays in given context.
Some even would say that Maltese is an Arabic dialect (a type of Levantine?...) with strong Italian influence
sometimes I watch a bit of Maltese Catholic Church to check how much I understand and what kind of vocabulary is used How do you pronounce numbers?
Well they are used in Arabic Intertnet and text messages "slang", In scientific transctipion (generally as they are various), 2 is ʾ (hamza), 3 is ʿ (ein), 7 is ḥ.
It resembles the Arabic spoken by the Tunisians and Lebanese. But it had influence from Andalusian Arabic and then drifted, so to speak, away from Semitic languages. Very few words are actually from Punic too. As far as I know it's the only Semitic language written in Latin letters.Some even would say that Maltese is an Arabic dialect (a type of Levantine?...) with strong Italian influence
Yes, type of Levantine as I said, and since I use Lebanese dialect daily, so yes.. that's it
To be a dork, the Arabic layer in Maltese is what's called "Pre-Hilalian" Western Arabic. That is, prior to the 11th century, Arabic in North Africa (and so also in Sicily and Malta) was a primarily urban phenomenon, sharing some phonological features with non-Bedouin Eastern Arabic (e.g., qaf articulated as a glottal stop). Then the Bani Hilal swept through, Arabizing the hinterland with a Bedouin dialect, so now pre-Hilalian features on the mainland of Africa are only found in some urban sociolects (for example, the speech of old families in Fès, Morocco stands out because of how sharp the contrast is to adjacent dialects). But you can tell that Maltese is Western Arabic from telltale morphological features like ni- as the first person performative prefix in both the singular and plural of the imperfect and the lack of a distinction between masculine and feminine 2nd person perfective verbs.