Esalaam, Hello and Salut...
Well I did not have chance to make seperate area for this soooo...here goes... I will start...
Please indicate when posting what dialect (if it is one) the words you are posting....enchallah! Regular or classical arabe in the other thread ...Thanks __________________
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Maghrebin Arabe aka Dardja:

Salut - Frenchy Hello
Esalam - peace (aka hello)
çava? - frenchy way of saying informally how are you? can also reply with the same
Lebass? - same meaning...literally are you ok? And can also reply with the same
wech rak? (wech raki? for feminine) - what is up? in Kabyle
N'habek - I love you
wech bik? - what is wrong with you?
éooooooooo - say when getting someone's attention in the street...used also in Kabyle
coucou- again used to get someone's attention when talking to them directly or on the phone
wech raki diri? what you doing?
waenn kunti ? - where have you been (female form take off the i to make male)
waenn t'roh(i)? where you going?
t'habi ta'am - do you like couscous
rak(i) ta gimberi biya? you winding me up?
makesh menhar no way!! (common answered menhar ie yes way!)

Now you!

No dardjaria here? Where are all the MA<DZ and TUN women at?

Hello Dear learners!!

First is understanding Moroccan Arabic or 'Darija'

Darija or derija is the term used by speakers of Maghreb Arabic
to name the varieties they speak. Darija is characterized by many borrowings from the languages of the colonizers of the Maghreb, including French and Spanish and from the native language Berber.


Starting with the basics as usual.


Numbers :


Numbers Lesson 1


0 - Zero = Zero

1 - One = Wahed/ wa7ed

2- Two = Jouj/ Zouj

3- Three = T'lata/ Telata

4- Four = Arb3a/ Arb'a

5- Five = Khamsa

6- Six = Seta

7- Seven = Seb3a/ Seb'a

8- Eight = Teminya/ T'menya

9- Nine = Tes3ood/ Tes'oud

10- Ten = 3ashra/ 'Ashra

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11- Eleven = 7dash/ Hedash

12- Twelve = Etnash/ Tenash

13- Thirteen = Teltash

14- Fourteen = Rbe3tash/ Rbe'tash

15- Fifteen = Khmestash

16- Sixteen = Setash

17- Seventeen = Sbe3tash/ Sbe'tash

18- Eighteen = Tmentash

19- Nineteen = Te3tash/ Te'tash

20- Twenty = 3oshreen/ Oshreen

i don't know the correct spelling. i'm just sounding things out here because i know how to speak them correctly, but never tried to write most before. but random some words i can think of:

hoobs: bread
shokoon?: who's there?
schoon: hot
birddt: cold
schwiya: little
bazaf: a lot
zit: oil
zitoon: olives
coco: peanuts
hobi al waheed: my only love
ohibouka/ohibouki: i love you
coule/couley: eat!
choukran: thanks
la choukran ala wagib: you're welcome
mmshisha: cat
zwina/zwine: beautiful/handsome but also used for "this food is zwine, that dress is zwina, etc"
hamdulilah: praise god
incha allah: god willing


oh so much more but i just woke up. i'll post again when i'm more clear headed
you rock, henia!

You rock too Abdoujen....
Here is some more...
Why - 3lash/ elash
e.g 3lash nta mashi?- why are you going?

Who - Shkon
e.g shkon nta? -Who are you?

When - Fo9ash/ Foqash
e.g Foqash nta Maji? - When are you coming?

How - Kifash/ B7alash- B'halash
e.g Kifash Jiti?- How did you come?

What- Sheno
e.g Sheno Ismek? - What is your name?

Where - Feen- Fin/ Fayen
e.g Fayen nta ?- where are you?

Which - Ina ( for questions)/ Li
e.g: Ina Medina kat-skoon ? ...Which city you live in?
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afek: please
wallah: reaaaaaaaaaaaaaally

walou: nothing

safi: stop, okay, sure, etc
wakha: okay

l'a - no
aji - come here

BTW, Henia, how ru doing over there? I'll be pretty close to you pretty soon and will have a chance to practice my pitiful 20 words. Hope to learn more!

sidif halek!!: get outta here!

and how could i get my most used phrase... hchouma alik!!!!!!!!: shame on you

Esalaam I have missed you...worte you an email while back , not sure if you got it!

my husband not here - zawji/rajuli(my man and most common!) makeshu
please come back later - wulli omba'ada
please call him on his mobile - ayitlu fi portabu
I would like to buy - 'nhab 'nishree ........

ghulsee - sit down

hta ana - me too (or "and me")

boussnee - kiss me

tata for now.... that's me saying bye!

how could i forget boussne/boussini? yummy!!!

wahashteni : i miss youuuuuuuuu

I understand that "I miss you" is *Twashtek* or *Twahashtek*
to say "I miss you so much" is *Twahashtek buzzef*

Ana farhana - I'm happy

Ana majnoona bik - I'm crazy for you

there's a very important one I can't think of now.... back later when I remember it!

ana ajnabia wa ana ma fehem walou ----> I am a foreigner and I understand nothing!

arra shicola give me chocolate!!! --->that's quite useful!!!

Shweeya - little bit
Benina - delicious
Saha - thanks (if you only learn this word you can get by!)
Roh! - Go away!
Schot! - Shut up!
Sufedge - naughty
Digidigig! - I will break you into pieces!
Kabeer - big
Smeena - fat
Jamais - never
Hena - here
Ween - where
Schon - who
Shuffi - look
Ana belish - I don't know
D'raham or flous- money
Asma - oi listen (I wondered for ages who Asma was!)
Fudha - home
Malesh - nevermind
C'est bonne - it's cool
Normale - it's cool
Atinee - pass me...
Bleirghah - flip flops
Yacho - mate

"Esalaam I have missed you...worte you an email while back , not sure if you got it"

NO, Henia, I didn't get anything from you.I didn't even know you went there.

matisha - tomato
doosh - shower
waheshni - miss you (i don't know how there's so many different words for that?)

that's a few out of my 20 words

OK I am going to try again to email youuuuuuuu...enchallah this time you get!!! Thinking about you!