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Module 7 · Family and relationships

Lesson 65 · Lower intermediate · 4 min

Visiting someone at home

Arriving at someone’s home, offering a gift, taking off your shoes and complimenting the house.

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

In this lesson

  • Come in and greet your hosts
  • Offer a gift modestly
  • Compliment the home with “tbarkallah”

You present your gift as “a little something”; the host protests for form’s sake. And when you hear “dar dyalek hadi”, make yourself at home!

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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. PaulSalam 3likom!Hello!
  2. Lalla FatimaW 3likom salam! Mr7ba, mr7ba! Dkhol.Hello! Welcome, welcome! Come in.
  3. PaulChokran. Hadi chi 7aja sghira likom.Thank you. Here’s a little something for you.
  4. Lalla Fatima3lach tkellefti rassek!You shouldn’t have gone to the trouble!
  5. PaulWach n7iyyed sebbat?Shall I take off my shoes?
  6. Lalla FatimaIla bghiti. Gles, gles, tfeddel.If you like. Sit down, please.
  7. PaulDarkom zwina bzzaf, tbarkallah.Your home is beautiful, God bless it.
  8. Lalla FatimaLah ykhallik. Dar dyalek hadi!Thank you. Make yourself at home!
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

dkhol / dkhliدخل / دخلي
come in (to a man / to a woman)
chi 7aja sghiraشي حاجة صغيرة
a little something
likomليكم
for you (plural)
3lach tkellefti rassekعلاش تكلفتي راسك
you shouldn’t have
n7iyyedنحيد
I take off
sebbatصباط
shoes
glesگلس
sit down
tfeddel / tfeddliتفضل / تفضلي
please, go ahead (man / woman)
darkomداركم
your home (plural)
tbarkallahتبارك الله
God bless it (compliment)
dar dyalek hadiدار ديالك هادي
make yourself at home

Repeat after me

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

  • W 3likom salam! Mr7ba, mr7ba! Dkhol.

    وعليكم السلام! مرحبا، مرحبا! دخل.

    Hello! Welcome, welcome! Come in.

  • Chokran. Hadi chi 7aja sghira likom.

    شكرا. هادي شي حاجة صغيرة ليكم.

    Thank you. Here’s a little something for you.

  • Wach n7iyyed sebbat?

    واش نحيد الصباط؟

    Shall I take off my shoes?

  • Darkom zwina bzzaf, tbarkallah.

    داركم زوينة بزاف، تبارك الله.

    Your home is beautiful, God bless it.

Quiz

  1. Question 1 of 7What does Paul give when he arrives?
  2. Question 2 of 7Fill in the blankWach n7iyyed ?Shall I take off my shoes?
  3. Question 3 of 7What does “dar dyalek hadi” mean?
  4. Question 4 of 7Match each expression with its meaning.
  5. Question 5 of 7What does “likom” mean?
  6. Question 6 of 7How do you say “make yourself at home” in Darija?
  7. Question 7 of 7 · Review from lesson 1Review (lesson 1): what does “salam 3likom” mean?

Your turn

You arrive at friends’ home: greet them, give your gift and compliment the house.

Show an example answer

Salam 3likom! Hadi chi 7aja sghira likom. Darkom zwina, tbarkallah!

السلام عليكم! هادي شي حاجة صغيرة ليكم. داركم زوينة، تبارك الله!

Hello! Here’s a little something for you. Your home is lovely, God bless it!

Summary

“Hadi chi 7aja sghira likom”, “wach n7iyyed sebbat?”, “darkom zwina, tbarkallah” and “dar dyalek hadi”.

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