Today we will have a look at one of the most commonly used words in Darija. Whether you are in Morocco or you hear a conversation between Moroccans in your own country. Chances are you will here this word. The word I’m referring to is dar. For some of you who are starting your journey …
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Moroccan phrase – sh7al hadi
A lot of times there are phrases that have 2 meanings. The first being the actual meaning of the phrase and the second having nothing to do with the literal meaning. In English the first phrase that comes to mind is “Bob’s your uncle“. The first meaning is pretty self explanatory, the person named Bob …
My experience so far with iTalki
So if you have been following my journey, I have been trying to focus more on listening. I seem to be ok with reading, I have learnt a lot of vocabulary, and I can make simple sentences. However my listening skills are very poor. I’ve been trying to watch some TV, listen to the moroccan …
3nd – what does it really mean?
Today’s topic started with me trying to find the definition of to have. The word I ended up finding to meet my needs was 3nd. This word worked perfectly as a straight translation for the verb to have, helping me to describe things that I possess. There is another word in darija that can be …
Conjugating with Rasu
I wanted to write a very short post with conjugation of a word. I hope that this serves as a reference to those wishing to conjugate words. Conjugation is similar to Arabic where the pronoun is attached to the end of the noun. With enough practice, this becomes very easy to understand and implement. The …
Wella – what does it really mean?
Here we go again with another darija word. Today we will look at the word “wella”. To be honest, I don’t recall hearing this word in conversation but this could be that my listening needs to improve (which I am trying to do). The reason why I am writing about this word is because I …
Update 2018
Well it’s been awhile since I last posted here. I set this goal last year to have a 5 min conversation and I would like to give you an update on this and other things. First I would like to explain why I have been away for so long. The first thing was that …
Darija word ras – what does it really mean
Of all the words I have seen in darija, the darija word ras is one that I have seen used in more expressions than any other word. The word means head so coming from an English-speaking background, it makes sense that the word would have so many expressions. I’m sure we all of heard some …
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G vs Gh
In arabic there is not an equivalent for the letter G. The closest letter that resembles G is more of a sound that comes from your throat, which is symbolized (Gh). I didn’t think there was a G vs Gh discussion that would need to be made. For the longest time, In my journey, I …
Translations of 7ta what does it really mean
When I started learning Darija one of the first phrases I learned was me too. When I think back this seems to be a strange a thing to learn at first. I think that the reason I learned this first was because I wanted to know how to agree with someone. Just to let you …
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