My personal journey into the Darija language and culture
Here we go again. We are going to look at 5 Common expressions in Darija. These phrases span through various topics. As with all my phrases, nouns, and verbs, they can be found in the members section in an easy to use searchable screen. We are going to do some analysis into each of the …
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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 …
I wanted to share some of the articles that are posted in the members section. For this article I will be posting from the Music Series. In case you are wondering, the music series is where I take a popular Moroccan song and translate the lyrics. The idea is by listening to popular Moroccan songs, …
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Last week I interviewed a Moroccan living in America. Shortly after the interview, a friend of the man I was interviewing arrived. Just like his friend, he was also a Moroccan living in America. The difference was that he was an older man. I wouldn’t call him an elderly man but you could tell he …
Last week I posted an article about an interview with a Moroccan man. Through a series of questions we were able to see that the man was a scammer. He was basically looking for women to either help him to leave the country or provide him with money. His intentions were clear. I was fortunate …
Over the past few weeks, I have been speaking with a few Moroccans who let me conduct interviews with them. The original idea was to get tips on how to speak Darija but the interview quickly moved towards life and relationships. Over the next few weeks, I will share these interviews. With each interview with …
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 …
In arabic the way you denote “the” in sentences is by prefixing the al in front of the word. In arabic text this would using the letters ال in front of the word. For example if you wanted to say the book you would say al kitab (الكتاب). This was actually the first lesson …
Darija is a language that uses a lot of phrases. In my journey I’ve found that just learning vocabulary and sentence structure isn’t enough. Learning the Moroccan proverbs are just as important. Without learning the phrases some sentences just wont make sense. For example the phrase ‘3la ras w l3yn’ means ‘my pleasure’ but if …
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 …
