Lesson 12 · Beginner · 4 min
Nhari: my day
Describing your routine: getting up, going to work, coming home, dinner, sleep.
- Unreviewed: this lesson’s Darija and translations have not yet been checked by a native speaker.
In this lesson
- Describe a routine in the present with “kan-”
- Ask “when?” with “fou9ach”
- Place actions in the day
The prefix “ka-” (kan-, kat-, kay-) marks what you usually do. With it you can describe your whole day.
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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
- SamiChno katdiri f nharek?What does your day look like?
- LeilaKannoud m3a stta, kanfter, w kanmchi l lkhedma f tobis.I get up at six, have breakfast and take the bus to work.
- SamiW fou9ach katrj3i?And when do you get back?
- LeilaKanrje3 m3a l khamsa d l3chiya.I get back around five in the afternoon.
- SamiW men b3d?And then?
- LeilaKantiyyeb l3cha, kantfrrej chwiya f ttilfaza, w kann3es bekri.I cook dinner, watch a bit of TV and go to bed early.
- SamiAna kann3es m3a ttnach d lil.I go to bed at midnight.
- LeilaBzzaf! Khassek tn3es bekri.That’s late! You should go to bed early.
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
- kannoudكنوض
- I get up
- kanfterكنفطر
- I have breakfast
- kanmchi l…كنمشي ل…
- I go to…
- lkhedmaالخدمة
- work, job
- fou9achفوقاش
- when
- kanrje3كنرجع
- I come back
- l3chiyaالعشية
- afternoon, early evening
- kantiyyebكنطيب
- I cook
- l3chaالعشا
- dinner
- kantfrrej fكنتفرج ف
- I watch
- kann3esكنعس
- I sleep, I go to bed
- bekriبكري
- early
Repeat after me
Read each phrase out loud, then cover it and say it from memory.
Kannoud m3a stta, kanfter, w kanmchi l lkhedma f tobis.
كنوض مع الستة، كنفطر، وكنمشي للخدمة فالطوبيس.
I get up at six, have breakfast and take the bus to work.
W fou9ach katrj3i?
وفوقاش كترجعي؟
And when do you get back?
Kanrje3 m3a l khamsa d l3chiya.
كنرجع مع الخمسة دالعشية.
I get back around five in the afternoon.
Kantiyyeb l3cha, kantfrrej chwiya f ttilfaza, w kann3es bekri.
كنطيب العشا، كنتفرج شوية فالتلفزة، وكنعس بكري.
I cook dinner, watch a bit of TV and go to bed early.
Quiz
Your turn
Describe your usual day with four actions and times.
Show an example answer
Kannoud m3a sb3a, kanmchi l lkhedma, kanrje3 m3a stta, w kann3es m3a l7dach.
كنوض مع السبعة، كنمشي للخدمة، كنرجع مع الستة، وكنعس مع الحداش.
I get up at seven, go to work, get back at six and go to bed at eleven.
Summary
With “kan-” + verb (kannoud, kanmchi, kanrje3, kann3es) and “fou9ach?”, you can describe and ask about routines.
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