1-Dual and/or Plural Suffixes of both kinds using the Singular word/mudaris/ مدرسfor "Teacher"
Indefinite Dual Masculine Indefinite Dual Feminine Indefinite Plural Masculine Indefinite Plural Feminine
مُدَرِسَان مُدَرِسَتَان مُدَرِسٌون مُدَرِسَات
/mudarisān/ /mudarisatān/ /mudarisun/ /mudarisātin/
Two teachers (M.) Two Teachers (F.) Teachers (M) Teachers (F.)
Definite Dual Masculine Definite Dual Feminine Definite Plural Masculine Definite Plural Feminine
المُدَرِسَان المُدَرِسَتَان المُدَرِسُون المُدَرِسَات
/̛āl-mudarisān/ /̛āl-mudarisatān/ /̛āl-mudarisun/ /̛āl-mudarisāt/
The two teachers (M.) The two Teachers (F.) The teachers (M) The teachers (F.)
Salam - Hey/ Hello.
Labass/ bekher? - How are you doing? (you may answer hamdoulillah - thanks God everything is ok)
Kolshi mziane? - is everything ok? (you may answer "kolshi mziane":) )
B'slama - good bye
B'saha- a very grateful phrase which is said when you buy something new, when you get a gift, when you eat and even when you take a shower. It is pretty hard to find an equivalent in any other language. It means something like "na zdrowie" in Polish, "a votre sante" in French. In English it is something like "enjoy your purchase/ meal/ whatever". The answer to this is Laatek saha. Meaning more or less "the same for you" or "bless you"
Shoukran bzaff- Thanks a lot (bzaff means "a lot")
Shwiya- a little bit
Zouin/zouina- beautiful or nice (male/female). Tourists will hear it a lot:) get used to, brace yourselves! It can be said about anything.. weather, clothes, city...
Wakha- OK/ deal/ I agree
Sir bhalek- go away. When someone pisses you off you may say that with no regrets. For more "advanced" curses.. Hit the button "message" on Facebook and don't hesitate to ask:)
Except all the phrases above you'll often hear "khouya" or "sahbi" which means something like "brother". Moroccans abuse this word (in the positive sense). Whenever you go shopping, eating out etc you will hear it many times per day:)
and the immortal, constantly used "inshallah"- literally "if God wills". We may translate it as "hopefully" or "I hope".
The word “Darija” itself means dialect. Darija is the Moroccan Arabic, and it is a dialect spoken in Arab areas of Morocco, and, spoken both by Arabs and Berbers. In Moroccan non-Arab regions, many people especially older man or women do not know any language but Berber. In general, Berbers know Moroccan darija but Arabs do not know Berber. Moroccan Arabic is grammatically simpler, and, has a much more limited vocabulary compared to the classical Arabic. It has also integrated a lot of words from Berber, French, Spanish and Portuguese. The Moroccan Arabic has a pronunciation that is mostly intelligible and non-understood to other speakers of the Arab area of the Middle East, but it is usually understandable among other North African dialects in Moroccan, Algeria and in some cases in Tunisia. Moroccan Arabic is highly influenced by Berber pronunciation.
A: Peace be upon you= s-salamu عalaykum
B: And peace be upon you (too)= wa عalaykum s-salam
A: Good morning= ṣbaн l-xir
B: Good morning= ṣbaн l-xir
A: Good afternoon / evening= msa l-xir
B: Good afternoon / evening= msa l-xir
What‟s your name? = šnu smitk?
Nice to meet you= mtšrfin
How are you (masc.)?= kif dayr?
Good-bye= bslama
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