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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The importance of a tutor
When I started learning Moroccan Arabic, I was studying everything on my own. All the resources I found were on the internet and I had literally no interaction with anyone. I did get a basic understanding of the language and was able to say simple sentences but if I ever had a chance to speak …
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 …
Frustrations in my journey
When I started this journey, I knew that this would take a lot of work. I knew that I had to put the hours in to be able to learn darija. I told myself last year that I will be studying everyday and should be at least at an immediate level within a year. This …
Rfisa – what the heck am I eating?
Before I was married, I would spend a lot of time speaking to my soon to be wife about her and her culture. Although I knew many things about Morocco I was always interested in learning more. A lot of times we would speak about food. Having travelled many times to Morocco I thought 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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