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Old 5th December 2007, 11:30
Hani86 Hani86 is offline
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Help With Moroccan Phrases

Hello,

I am Syrian and I am making a site on Arabic and I would like to add a page with some Moroccan Arabic phrases to it. I did a little research and I came up with some phrases. I would like to know what you think about the following ones please.

I am specifically using the the dialect of Rabat for now. I will appreciate any suggestions about the right vowels to use or about the missing things.

Thank you!

Vowels

a : short
aa : long
i : short
ee : long
u : short
oo : long


Yes

Na3am نعم

Iyeh ... or eh ?

Ai-wa like in "air" ... or ei-wa like in "Einstein" ?

No

Laa ... or la' ? (with or without hamza?)


O.K.

?

d'accord ?

In formal Arabic it is: حسنا

Please

3afaak عافاك

l-laah ykhalleek

Thank you

Shukran

You're welcome

blaa jmeel

laa shukr 3laa waajib

Excuse me

sma7 lee ... or sma7 liyya ?

I am sorry

?

sma7 lee ?

No problem

maa shee mushkil ?
maa feesh mushkil

Hello

s-salaamu 3alaykum

salam

ahlan ?

marhaba ?

Hello (response)

wa 3alaykum s-salaam


Welcome

ahlan ?

Good morning

sbaa7 l-kheer ... or sbaa7 l-khair ?

Good night

In formal Arabic: تصبح على خير / ليلة هانئة

Tsba7 3laa kheer/khair ?

See you later

Nshoofěk 3laa kheer/khair ?

How are you?

kee daayer ... or keef daayer ?

laa baas 3leek

I'm fine, thanks

laa baas l-7amdu li-l-laah

I am very glad to meet you

mtsharfeen ?

In mashriqi Arabic they might say: فرصة سعيدة

Does anyone here speak English?

Kaayen shee waa7ed hnaa kahyedar l-ingleeziyya ?

I only speak a little Arabic

Anaa kanehdar shwiyya dyal l-3arabiyya

Can you speak more slowly?

Yemken lěk tehdar bishyiyya

I understand perfectly

Kanfehmek blaa mushkil

That's enough

Baraka بركة

How much is this?

Besh7aal haada ?
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