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Module 10 · Moroccan culture and real conversations

Lesson 100 · Lower intermediate · 4 min

Final review: a real conversation

Amine and Sara meet again: greetings, café, souk, an invitation, plans and goodbye.

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

In this lesson

  • Follow a long natural conversation
  • Reuse vocabulary from all ten modules
  • Measure your progress since lesson 1

The characters from lesson 1 meet again. You can now understand almost everything: past, future, invitations, bargaining… Mabrouk!

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

  1. AmineSara! Salam 3likom! Kif dayra?Sara! Hello! How are you doing?
  2. SaraW 3likom salam, Amine! Labas, l7amdoulillah. Hadi modda ma choftek!Hello, Amine! Fine, thank God. Long time no see!
  3. AmineIyyeh! Yallah nchrbou chi nss nss f l9ahwa?Yes! Shall we have a nss nss at the café?
  4. SaraWakha. Walakin ana bghit atay b na3na3, bla sokkar.Okay. But I’d like mint tea, without sugar.
  5. AmineChno derti had ssimana?What did you do this week?
  6. SaraMchit l souq w chrit jellaba. Tmaksert m3a lbayya3 w khellst ghir nss ttaman!I went to the souk and bought a djellaba. I bargained with the seller and only paid half price!
  7. AmineTbarkallah 3lik! Darija dyalek wllat mzyana bzzaf.Well done! Your Darija has got really good.
  8. SaraLah ykhallik. Kanhder kol nhar m3a jjiran.Thank you. I talk with the neighbours every day.
  9. AmineNhar jjem3a, lwalida ghadi tiyyeb lkeskes. Bghiti tji?On Friday my mother is making couscous. Would you like to come?
  10. SaraBla chek! Ghadi njib chi 7lwa.Definitely! I’ll bring some pastries.
  11. AmineW men b3d, chno ghadi tdiri f sseif?And after that, what will you do this summer?
  12. SaraGhadi nsafer l Chefchaouen, w ymken l Merzouga.I’m going to Chefchaouen, and maybe Merzouga.
  13. AmineZwin! Iwa nchoufek nhar jjem3a, inchallah.Great! See you on Friday then, God willing.
  14. SaraInchallah. Bslama, thalla f rasek!God willing. Bye, take care!
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

hadi moddaهادي مدة
it’s been a while
ma choftekما شفتك
I haven’t seen you
nchrbouنشربو
let’s drink, we drink
tmaksertتماكسرت
I bargained
lbayya3البياع
the seller
nss ttamanنص التمن
half price
wllatولات
it has become (f.)
kol nharكل نهار
every day
bla chekبلا شك
definitely
nsaferنسافر
I travel
ymkenيمكن
maybe
thalla f rasekتهلا فراسك
take care of yourself

Repeat after me

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

  • W 3likom salam, Amine! Labas, l7amdoulillah. Hadi modda ma choftek!

    وعليكم السلام، أمين! لاباس، الحمد لله. هادي مدة ما شفتك!

    Hello, Amine! Fine, thank God. Long time no see!

  • Mchit l souq w chrit jellaba. Tmaksert m3a lbayya3 w khellst ghir nss ttaman!

    مشيت للسوق وشريت جلابة. تماكسرت مع البياع وخلصت غير نص التمن!

    I went to the souk and bought a djellaba. I bargained with the seller and only paid half price!

  • Nhar jjem3a, lwalida ghadi tiyyeb lkeskes. Bghiti tji?

    نهار الجمعة، الواليدة غادي تطيب الكسكس. بغيتي تجي؟

    On Friday my mother is making couscous. Would you like to come?

  • Inchallah. Bslama, thalla f rasek!

    إن شاء الله. بسلامة، تهلا فراسك!

    God willing. Bye, take care!

Quiz

  1. Question 1 of 8What did Sara buy at the souk?
  2. Question 2 of 8Fill in the blankLabas, l7amdoulillah. Hadi modda ma !Fine, thank God. Long time no see!
  3. Question 3 of 8What will Sara bring on Friday?
  4. Question 4 of 8In “ghadi nsafer”, which tense is used?
  5. Question 5 of 8Match each expression with its meaning.
  6. Question 6 of 8What does “nsafer” mean?
  7. Question 7 of 8How do you say “half price” in Darija?
  8. Question 8 of 8 · Review from lesson 1Review (lesson 1): what does “bslama” mean?

Your turn

Act out the conversation with both voices, then swap in your own week and plans.

Show an example answer

Had ssimana mchit l lmat7af w klit l7rira. F sseif ghadi nsafer l Agadir.

هاد السيمانة مشيت للمتحف وكليت الحريرة. فالصيف غادي نسافر لأكادير.

This week I went to the museum and had harira. This summer I’ll travel to Agadir.

Summary

You’ve worked through 100 lessons: greetings, daily life, food, shopping, transport, travel, family, work, grammar and culture. Well done — and keep talking every day!

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