Lesson 11 · Beginner · 4 min
Noud! Waking up
Getting up, getting ready and having breakfast at home.
- Unreviewed: this lesson’s Darija and translations have not yet been checked by a native speaker.
In this lesson
- Understand and use wake-up words
- Say you’re sleepy or that you’re coming
- Ask where something is
Morning in a Moroccan family: everyone gets up, hurries, and there’s always bread and tea on the table.
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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
- HibaNoud, noud! Sba7 lkhir.Get up, get up! Good morning.
- AnasSba7 nnour… ba9i n3ass.Morning… I’m still sleepy.
- HibaRa sb3a w nss! Ghadi tt3ettel.It’s half past seven! You’ll be late.
- AnasWakha, wakha. Fin lmanchfa?Okay, okay. Where’s the towel?
- HibaF bit lma. Ghsel wjhek w aji tfter.In the bathroom. Wash your face and come and have breakfast.
- AnasChno kayn f lftour?What’s for breakfast?
- HibaKayn lkhobz, zzit w atay. Yallah, zreb!There’s bread, olive oil and tea. Come on, hurry up!
- AnasAna jay, ana jay!I’m coming, I’m coming!
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
- noudنوض
- get up
- n3ass / n3assaناعس / ناعسة
- sleepy (m. / f.)
- ghadi tt3ettelغادي تعطل
- you’re going to be late
- lmanchfaالمنشفة
- the towel
- bit lmaبيت الما
- the bathroom, the toilet
- ghsel wjhekغسل وجهك
- wash your face
- tfter / lftourتفطر / الفطور
- to have breakfast / breakfast
- kaynكاين
- there is, there are
- zrebزرب
- hurry up
- ana jay / ana jayaأنا جاي / أنا جاية
- I’m coming (man / woman)
Repeat after me
Read each phrase out loud, then cover it and say it from memory.
Sba7 nnour… ba9i n3ass.
صباح النور… باقي ناعس.
Morning… I’m still sleepy.
Wakha, wakha. Fin lmanchfa?
واخا، واخا. فين المنشفة؟
Okay, okay. Where’s the towel?
Chno kayn f lftour?
شنو كاين فالفطور؟
What’s for breakfast?
Ana jay, ana jay!
أنا جاي، أنا جاي!
I’m coming, I’m coming!
Quiz
Your turn
Describe your morning in three short sentences: you get up, wash your face, have breakfast.
Show an example answer
Kannoud, kanghsel wjhi, w kanfter.
كنوض، كنغسل وجهي، وكنفطر.
I get up, wash my face and have breakfast.
Summary
“Noud!”, “ba9i n3ass”, “zreb!”, “ana jay”. And at breakfast: “kayn lkhobz w atay”.
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