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Module 4 · Shopping and money

Lesson 40 · Elementary · 4 min

At the supermarket checkout

Paying by card, dealing with a declined payment, taking the receipt.

  • Unreviewed: this lesson’s Darija and translations have not yet been checked by a native speaker.

In this lesson

  • Answer the cashier’s questions
  • Pay by card and ask to try again
  • Thank someone who’s working

At the supermarket everything moves fast. A few phrases cover the bag, the payment and the receipt.

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This lesson hasn’t been recorded yet, and we won’t fake it with a made-up voice. Read the dialogue out loud with the help of the transliteration key.

Dialogue

  1. NajatSalam. Bghiti mika?Hello. Would you like a bag?
  2. LéoLa, 3ndi l9effa dyali.No, I have my own basket.
  3. NajatMzyan. Kaml: mitayn w 3echrin dirham.Good. That’s two hundred and twenty dirhams altogether.
  4. LéoNkhelles b lkarta.I’ll pay by card.
  5. NajatDekhel lcode dyalek.Enter your PIN.
  6. LéoLkarta ma daztch. 3awdi, 3afak.The card didn’t go through. Try again, please.
  7. NajatDaba dazt. Hak lwasl.Now it went through. Here’s the receipt.
  8. LéoChokran, lah y3awnek!Thanks, have a good shift!
How to read the transliteration

Darija is written here in Latin letters, the way many Moroccans text. A few symbols stand for sounds English, French and Swedish don't have:

3
a tight sound from the throat (Arabic ع)
7
a breathy h, stronger than English h (ح)
9
a k made deep in the throat (ق)
gh
like a French r (غ)
kh
like the ch in Scottish loch or German Bach (خ)
ch
like English sh (ش)

Vocabulary

bghiti mika?بغيتي ميكا؟
would you like a bag?
l9effaالقفة
the shopping basket
kamlكامل
in total
nkhelles b lkartaنخلص بالكارطة
I pay by card
dekhelدخل
enter, put in
lcodeالكود
the PIN, code
dazt / ma daztchدازت / ما دازتش
it went through / it didn’t
3awed / 3awdiعاود / عاودي
try again (to a man / to a woman)
lwaslالوصل
the receipt
mitayn w 3echrinميتين وعشرين
two hundred and twenty

Repeat after me

Read each phrase out loud, then cover it and say it from memory.

  • La, 3ndi l9effa dyali.

    لا، عندي القفة ديالي.

    No, I have my own basket.

  • Nkhelles b lkarta.

    نخلص بالكارطة.

    I’ll pay by card.

  • Lkarta ma daztch. 3awdi, 3afak.

    الكارطة ما دازتش. عاودي، عافاك.

    The card didn’t go through. Try again, please.

  • Chokran, lah y3awnek!

    شكرا، الله يعاونك!

    Thanks, have a good shift!

Quiz

  1. Question 1 of 7What goes wrong at the checkout?
  2. Question 2 of 7Fill in the blankNkhelles b .I’ll pay by card.
  3. Question 3 of 7What’s a kind thing to say to someone at work?
  4. Question 4 of 7Match each expression with its meaning.
  5. Question 5 of 7What does “kaml” mean?
  6. Question 6 of 7How do you say “the shopping basket” in Darija?
  7. Question 7 of 7 · Review from lesson 29Review (lesson 29): what does “sserf” mean?

Your turn

At the checkout: decline the bag, pay by card and thank the cashier.

Show an example answer

La, chokran, 3ndi l9effa. Nkhelles b lkarta. … Lah y3awnek!

لا، شكرا، عندي القفة. نخلص بالكارطة. … الله يعاونك!

No thanks, I have a basket. I’ll pay by card. … Have a good shift!

Summary

“Bghiti mika?”, “nkhelles b lkarta”, “dekhel lcode”, “ma daztch, 3awed”, “lwasl” and “lah y3awnek”.

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