Lesson 57 · Elementary · 4 min
At the beach
Swimming safely, renting a parasol and protecting yourself from the sun.
- Unreviewed: this lesson’s Darija and translations have not yet been checked by a native speaker.
In this lesson
- Ask if swimming is allowed
- Understand safety advice
- Rent something
The Atlantic often has big waves. Listen to the lifeguard and swim between the flags.
No audio for this lesson yet
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
- SophieWach l3oum mesmou7 hna?Is swimming allowed here?
- Maître-nageurIyyeh, walakin ghir bin juj drapoyat.Yes, but only between the two flags.
- SophieW lmouj kbir lyoum?Are the waves big today?
- Maître-nageurChwiya. Ma tb3dich bzzaf.A bit. Don’t go out too far.
- SophieWakha. Fin n9der nkri parasol?Okay. Where can I rent a parasol?
- Maître-nageur3nd dak rrajel, b 3echrin dirham n-nhar.From that man there, twenty dirhams a day.
- SophieChchems skhouna bzzaf lyoum…The sun is really strong today…
- Maître-nageurDiri lkrima, w chrbi lma bzzaf!Put on sunscreen and drink lots of water!
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
- lb7erالبحر
- the sea, the beach
- l3oumالعوم
- swimming
- drapo / drapoyatدرابو / درابوات
- flag / flags
- lmoujالموج
- the waves
- ma tb3dch / ma tb3dichما تبعدش / ما تبعديش
- don’t go far (to a man / to a woman)
- nkriنكري
- I rent
- parasolپاراسول
- parasol, beach umbrella
- rrajelالراجل
- the man
- chchemsالشمس
- the sun
- lkrimaالكريمة
- cream, sunscreen
- chreb / chrbiشرب / شربي
- drink (to a man / to a woman)
- rrmelالرمل
- sand
Repeat after me
Read each phrase out loud, then cover it and say it from memory.
Wach l3oum mesmou7 hna?
واش العوم مسموح هنا؟
Is swimming allowed here?
W lmouj kbir lyoum?
والموج كبير اليوم؟
Are the waves big today?
Wakha. Fin n9der nkri parasol?
واخا. فين نقدر نكري پاراسول؟
Okay. Where can I rent a parasol?
Chchems skhouna bzzaf lyoum…
الشمس سخونة بزاف اليوم…
The sun is really strong today…
Quiz
Your turn
Ask if you can swim, if the waves are big and where to rent a parasol.
Show an example answer
Wach l3oum mesmou7? Wach lmouj kbir? Fin n9der nkri parasol?
واش العوم مسموح؟ واش الموج كبير؟ فين نقدر نكري پاراسول؟
Is swimming allowed? Are the waves big? Where can I rent a parasol?
Summary
“Wach l3oum mesmou7?”, “bin drapoyat”, “lmouj kbir”, “nkri parasol” and “diri lkrima!”.
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