Lesson 16 · Beginner · 4 min · 0:17 of audio
Wakha, safi, inchallah: making plans
Making a plan with the expressions you will hear everywhere.
- Unreviewed: this lesson’s Darija and translations have not yet been checked by a native speaker.
- Placeholder audio: a computer voice, not a native Darija speaker. Real recordings are coming.
Wakha, safi, inchallah: making plans
In this lesson
- Suggest a meeting (day, time, place)
- Suggest a different time
- Use wakha, safi and inchallah
Three little words come up all the time: “wakha” (okay), “safi” (that’s settled) and “inchallah” (God willing).
Dialogue
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
- nchoufekنشوفك
- I’ll see you
- gheddaغدا
- tomorrow
- inchallahإن شاء الله
- God willingUsed for any future plan. It can also be a polite “maybe”.
- mzyanمزيان
- good
- bekriبكري
- early
- l9ahwaالقهوة
- the café (place or drink)
- wakhaواخا
- okay
- safiصافي
- that’s settled, enough
- zwinزوين
- nice, great
- thalla f rasekتهلا فراسك
- take care of yourself
Repeat after me
Play a phrase, then say it out loud during the pause.
Nchoufek ghedda?
See you tomorrow?
Inchallah!
God willing!
L3achra bekri chwiya. F l7dach?
Ten is a bit early. At eleven?
Wakha, safi.
Okay, deal.
Quiz
Your turn
Suggest meeting a friend tomorrow at a café, then accept a different time.
Show an example answer
Nchoufek ghedda f l9ahwa, f ttlata? … Wakha, f rb3a. Safi!
نشوفك غدا فالقهوة، فالتلاتة؟ … واخا، فالربعة. صافي!
See you tomorrow at the café, at three? … Okay, at four. Deal!
Summary
“Nchoufek ghedda?”, a time and a place, then “wakha, safi”. “Inchallah” goes with every plan.
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