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Teacher : Abdelkhalak Student : Punit Subject : Moroccan Arabic ( Darija) Lesson 1 : GREETINGS & Important Expressions used in Morocco ✅ Ahlan | اهال = (Hi, informal ) ✅ Salam Alaikom | سالم عليكم = (also used to great people that you meet for the first time first time it's a formal greeting; means Hi ) ✅ sbah lkhir | صباح لخير = good morning ✅ Masae lkhir | مساء لخير = Good afternoon ✅ Layla sa3ida | ليلة سعيدة = Good evening ✅ Shno smiytk | شنو سميتك = what's your name ✅ Bslama | بسالمة = Goodbye ✅ Thela frask | تهال فراسك = take care ✅ Nshofk mnba3d | نشوفك منبعد = see you later ✅ I don’t understand = ma-fhmt-sh ✅ I don’t know = ma-n-3rf ✅ Slowly please = b shwiya 3afak ✅ Repeat please = 3awd 3afak (to a woman) 3awdi 3afak ✅ What did you say? = shnu glti? ✅ Can I help you? = wesh n-3awnk? ✅ Excuse me = sm7 li (to a woman) Sm7i li ✅ Give me ... please = 3Tini ...3afak.
✅ Would you please help me? = wesh ymkn lik t-3awnni ila jat 3la khaTrk ✅ How are you? Labass ✅ Fine, thank you, and you? Labass hamdoullah wnta? ✅ I understand / I don't understand Fhamt / Ma Fhamtch ✅ Sorry Is Smahli ✅ Goodbye Is Bsslama ✅ Welcome is Marhba ✅ Thank you (very much) Choukran (choukran bezaf) ✅ Excuse me Smahli / Afak ✅ No thank you is La choukran ✅ Yes is Wakha ✅ No is la ✅ You're welcome is La choukran aâla ouajib / marhba
There is no problem = ma-kayn mushkil. ▶️ How to ask for permission to dosomething : Q: Can I / Do you mind if ...? (wash momkin ... ?) A: Sure, go ahead. (taba3an, khod rahtk) A2: No, I’m afraid not. (la maymknsh) Lesson 3
✅ Personal pronouns : Ana : I, me Nta or howa for past : you Nti or hiya for past : she Howa : he Ntoma or hna : we Homa : they EXAMPLE Q: who went out yesterday? (Shkon li khrrj lbarah) A: Me (ana ) ✅ Possessive pronouns : mine : dyali mine : dyali Your : dyalk His : dyalodyalo Her : dyalha Ours : dyalna Yours : dyalkom Their : dylahom Example : English = who's house is this? It's mine
Sara and I live together. This is ____ house. Sara w ana Kay3isho mjmo3in. Hadi dar _____ I think you left ____ umbrella on the bus. Kandon bli nta nsiti mdel _____ ftobus. The cat is playing with ____ toy. L9ita katl3b bl al3aba _________ I love ____ new shoes! They are so comfortable. 3jboni sebat ______ jaw mertahin bzf This is not my phone. ____ phone is overthere. Hada mashi telephone dyali telephone ______ mhtot lhih They live in that house. ____ house is very big. Kay3isho fhad dar. Dar ______ kbira bzf Lesson 5: Numbers
1 Wahd 2 Juj 3 Tlata 4 Rb3a 5 Khmsa 6 Stta 7 Sb3a 8 Tmanya 9 Ts3od 10 3ashra 11 Hda3sh 12 Tna3sh 13 Tltta3sh 14 Rb3ta3sh 15 Khmsta3sh 16 Stta3sh 17 Sb3ta3sh 18 Tmnta3sh 19 Ds3ta3sh 20 3shrin 21 WaHd o 3shrin 22 Tnayn o 3shrin 23 Tlata o 3shrin 24 Rb3a o 3shrin
Tse3alaf 9k 3ashralaf 10k 3ishrin alf 20k Tlatin alf 30k Arb3in alf 40k Khamsin alf 50k Setin alf 60k Seb3in alf 70k Tmanin alf 80k Tes3in alf 90k Myat alf 100k Khamsimiat alf 500k Million 1M Miliar 1B Lesson 6 : Money in Morocco
Money is called lflos The Moroccan dirham is the official monetary currency of Morocco The sign of it : DH used nationally ; MAD is used internationally 1 Moroccan Dirham equals 0.10 United States Dollar THERE ARE 4 PAPERS in Moroccan Dirham A PAPER OF : 200 MAD : 20$ 100 MAD : 10$ 50 MAD : 5$ 20 MAD : 2$ Dirham is the currency of Morocco, but in most parts of the country money is discussed in riyals and franks not dirhams. When converting riyals to Dirham, divide by 20.
▶️ Buying clothes Conversation Sample between seller and buyer A : 3afak shhal hadi/hada... ➡️ please what's the price of this/ that... B : mya dirham / myatayin dirham ➡️ it's 100dh / 200dh A : ghali bzf, momkin t3tini taman mzn ➡️ can you give me a good price B : wakha ➡️ok A : momkin t3tini taya xl n9ayesha ➡️ can you give size xl to try B : Mrhba/ hiya lowla / 3la ras wl3in ➡️ of course / welcome/ok ▶️ Popular Questions at the store
How much is it? ➡️ Bch-hal? It is too expensive! ➡️ ghali / ghalya bezaf? Can you lower the price? ➡️ Momkin tN- 9 ass taman afak? I would like to buy ... this one! ➡️ Brit nchri hada/ hadi! I like it / I don't like it ➡️ Aâjabni / Ma aâjabnich I'm just looking around ➡️ Ghir tan chouf ▶️ Bargaining Expressions It’s too expensive ➡️ghali bzzaf! Lower the price ➡️nqS shwiya. Give a good price ➡️Sawb m3aya f t-taman I’ll add nothing ➡️ma-n-zid walu. It’s too much for me ➡️bzzaf 3liya A good price ➡️shi taman mzyan. A reasonable price ➡️ shi taman monasb What’s the last price? ➡️akhir taman, sh7al? ▶️ Quiz I will say the expression in English and you will give the corresponding expression in Moroccan Darija to test your understanding after doing the lesson in WhatsApp without seeing the lesson for answers. Lesson 8 : Shopping food and vegetables ✅ Speak Moroccan in the market
Lesson 9 : At a Restaurant
🗣️Please bring me ... = 3afak jib liya ... 🗣️ Do you have ...? = wesh 3ndkum ...? 🗣️ What do you have? = shnu 3ndkum? 🗣️ I want a tajine without meat = bghit Tajin bla l7m 🗣️ We want a table for (four people) = bghina wa7d T-Tbla dyal arb3a dnas 🗣️ The bill, please = l-7sab 3afak The price please = l7sab 3afak / shhal 3andi /shhal jatni 🗣️ To your health = b S-S7a 🗣️ To your health (response) = lla y-3Tik S-S7a 🗣️ How do you like the food? = kif jatk l-makla? 🗣️ I have no complaints = Ma 3ndi mangul 🗣️ The food is delicious = l-makla ldida / bnina. 🗣️ Can I take your order, Sir/ Madam? = shno brito tlbo? 🗣️ Could you bring us the menu, please? = momkin tjib lina menu 🗣️ That’s all, thank you = hadshi safi, shokran 🗣️ I would like a Coke = brit wahd lmonada 🗣️ We would like one coffee and one tea = jib lina wahd 9ahwa o wahd attay 🗣️ We’ll have the chicken with vegetables, please = ghadi nakhdo djaj blkhodra, 3afak Lesson 12: Travel Expressions ✅ Taxi expressions :
⭕ When does the bus arrive to ...? =fuqash kay-wSl l-kar l... ⭕ I want a ticket to Marrakech = bghit wa7d l-wrqa l Marrakech? Transportation Expressions I want to go to ... bghit n-mshi l Take me to ... please. ddini l ...3afak. Stop here, please. = wqf hna 3afak
Staying in a hotel vocabulary and
expressions
- How much is a room? = shhal taman dyal chambre
- Do you have a room with one double bed and one single bed? = brit chambre fiha namosia djoj wwhda dwahid
- Is breakfast included? = wash ftor fabor
- Do you have free wi-fi or is there a charge? = wash kayn WiFi w chargeur
- What are your check-in and check- out times? = fo9ash sa3a ddkhol wdlkhroj the hotel = LuTil the reception desk = risipsyun Room = bit / shambr Is there an inexpensive hotel around here = wesh kayn shi oTil rkhiS hna Where is a nice hotel? fin kayn shi oTil mzyan? Please take me to a hotel (to a taxi driver) = wSSlni l shi oTil عafak Which floor? = ashmn Tbqa? Is breakfast included? = wesh l-fTur m7sub m3a l-bit?
Renting House :
Dar | دار = house Partma | بارطما = Apartment
