Sidi Bouzid Beach – Al Jadida Morocco Here we go again with another bunch of phrases. Today we will be looking at civilities. When I started typing civilities I started thinking, did I just invent a word? I wanted to say some along the lines of being civil. So I looked it up online and …
Author archives: Hamza Ally
Sun and Moon letters
As I continue through my journey, I find that I know a lot more than I originally thought. Don’t get me wrong, I still have a lot of learning to do get to where I would like to be but it’s nice to see things that I already know. As I explained in a previous …
Ramadan TV shows
This year I had the very rare fortune to travel to Morocco during the beginning of Ramadan. Over the years I have met and became friends with quite a few Moroccans and for the past few years they have all told me not to come to Morocco during Ramadan. The reason they say this is …
3ammer – what does it really mean?
Here we go again with another word with several meanings. These are important as the more meanings they can convey the better odds that you will hear this word in conversation. We will be looking at the word 3ammer. In Darija this is a very frequently used word in conversations so it’s important to know …
Update on progress July 2017
So it’s the end of July and I thought I should share my experience so far and give myself a self assessment of my progress. Well it’s been tough to say the least. I underestimated how much time I would be able to give myself after work, not to mention the fact that I get …
update on members section
The members section is up and running. I will be adding articles on specifics of the Darija language as well as other resources like a running word, verb and phrase list. I’ll also be trying to get audio files of Darija conversations uploaded. I really want to build some value to this section so if …
Immersion – sink or swim
When speaking with others about your goals people (sometimes who have no knowledge) seem to always want to give you their “expert” opinion. I was telling my friends about my goals of learning Darija. Instantly they started telling me that the only way to learn Darija is to live in Morocco for a year. The …
Prepositions – the building blocks of sentences
As with other languages prepositions in Darija give information about nouns and pronouns with relation to the rest of the sentence. The following is a list of prepositions in Darija: b with, in mn from been, mn bayn between m3a with bla without qbel before ghoodam in front of teht under dyal belong to, of …
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Where do I find the time to finish everything?
When I started this blog I was so motivated to write articles and give thoughtful analysis on the information I learned each day. I have tried my best but with life nothing is perfect or stays perfect forever. Life has thrown a few hurdles at me. Before anyone starts assuming that this is the end, …
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Ash and Shnoo
In Darija there are two ways to say the what, ash and shnoo. That’s basically it, I can end my article right here. Kidding aside I did find that these words function exactly the same. There are a few differences between the two. So far I have only seen that shnoo is used in its …