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Module 5 · Transport and directions

Lesson 48 · Elementary · 4 min

Buying a coach ticket

At the ticket counter: single or return, times, passport and luggage.

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

In this lesson

  • Ask for a ticket to a town
  • Choose a single or a return
  • Choose a departure time

Coach companies sell tickets at the counter or online. You’ll often be asked for ID.

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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. RyanBghit wa7d lbiyyi l Agadir, 3afak.I’d like a ticket to Agadir, please.
  2. ImaneMchi w rjou3 wla ghir mchi?Return or single?
  3. RyanMchi w rjou3. Lmchi ghedda f sba7.Return. Going tomorrow morning.
  4. ImaneKayn kar m3a tmnya w kar m3a l7dach.There’s a coach at eight and one at eleven.
  5. RyanM3a tmnya. W rjou3 nhar ssebt.The eight o’clock. And coming back on Saturday.
  6. Imane3tini lpaspor dyalek, 3afak.Your passport, please.
  7. RyanTfdli. Bchhal?Here you are. How much?
  8. ImaneMitayn w settin dirham, b lbagaj.Two hundred and sixty dirhams, luggage included.
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

lbiyyiالبيي
the ticket
mchi w rjou3مشي ورجوع
return (round trip)
ghir mchiغير مشي
single (one way)
lmchi / rjou3المشي / الرجوع
the outward trip / the return
f sba7فالصباح
in the morning
lkarالكار
the coach
m3a tmnyaمع التمنية
at eight o’clock
lpasporالپاسپور
the passport
settinستين
sixty
lbagajالباگاج
luggage
lgichiالگيشي
the ticket counter

Repeat after me

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

  • Bghit wa7d lbiyyi l Agadir, 3afak.

    بغيت واحد البيي لأكادير، عافاك.

    I’d like a ticket to Agadir, please.

  • Mchi w rjou3 wla ghir mchi?

    مشي ورجوع ولا غير مشي؟

    Return or single?

  • Mchi w rjou3. Lmchi ghedda f sba7.

    مشي ورجوع. المشي غدا فالصباح.

    Return. Going tomorrow morning.

  • M3a tmnya. W rjou3 nhar ssebt.

    مع التمنية. والرجوع نهار السبت.

    The eight o’clock. And coming back on Saturday.

Quiz

  1. Question 1 of 7When does Ryan leave?
  2. Question 2 of 7Fill in the blankMchi w wla ghir mchi?Return or single?
  3. Question 3 of 7What does the clerk ask for before issuing the ticket?
  4. Question 4 of 7Match each expression with its meaning.
  5. Question 5 of 7What does “lbiyyi” mean?
  6. Question 6 of 7How do you say “the outward trip / the return” in Darija?
  7. Question 7 of 7 · Review from lesson 15Review (lesson 15): what does “lyoum” mean?

Your turn

Buy a single ticket to Fez for tomorrow afternoon.

Show an example answer

Bghit ghir mchi l Fas, ghedda f l3chiya. Fou9ach kayn lkar?

بغيت غير مشي لفاس، غدا فالعشية. فوقاش كاين الكار؟

I’d like a single to Fez, tomorrow afternoon. When is the coach?

Summary

“Bghit wa7d lbiyyi l…”, “mchi w rjou3 / ghir mchi”, “m3a …” for the time, and your passport.

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