Darija Puns

After 12 years of discussion Wikipedia approved the domain ary.Wikipedia.org

Now people have to show if this will be used by people who speak Moroccan Darija and all the drama involved with a non-Standardized language.

I think this is great news as the language you think in is the building block of your knowledge and should be grown and expanded. As recent research shows.

What do you guys think?

here's the link: https://ary.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D9%81%D8%AD%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%91%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7

The translation was kinda hard and I used my own dialect from the Central Atlas (near Fez) to translate this from English to Darija, I tried my best so I hope you enjoy, I accept constructive criticism.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NpiX9g_VTP_Zv8ROgy1GbJn0Mg1jVev7HCaUEpBnPLw/edit?usp=sharing

Hello guys! My name is Gabriela and I'm a graduating high school senior. I'm embarking on a challenge to learn Darija for 18 days.

Why? I just think it's a cool language. 😎

My goals: Learn the Arabic alphabet, immersion in Moroccan culture (although learning from home), and be able to say a few phrases in Darija.

What I expect: Honestly, Darija is a difficult dialect and it probably takes many years to be fluent. 3 weeks is practically nothing. Nonetheless, during these 3 weeks, I'll be giving Darija all of my heart.☺

The results: After the 18 days, I will be publishing a Youtube video to report on the results and give you an honest look at my Darija level. I will share the video through this Facebook account.

I'm going public with this challenge because public accountability works wonders for me. Otherwise I wouldn't be able to get things done.

In conclusion... If anyone is willing to speak Darija with me, I would immensely appreciate it. I think I will be able to start having conversations a few days from now, but if you have some free time I'd love for you to shoot me a PM.

I'm a pretty open person and willing to speak with anyone as long as they speak Darija :D. I'm also excited to potentially make new friends through this learning process.

Thank you for reading! Have a nice day. 🤠

Edit 5/12/21 Day 3: WOW. Thank you guys so much for your kind responses and everyone who offered to help so far, I really appreciate it! If for some reason I forget to respond to your PM, just PM me again that day or even wait until the challenge is over because I'll still love to talk in Darija with you! I'm sorry I can't get back to everyone right now haha.

Hi, I am looking for people like myself who actively edit and create new pages in the new Darija wikipedia, and so I was thinking if there were editors in this sub who would help me or unite to Translate various articles into Darija. If so, please comment about it and I'll PM you the details

Salam alaikoum, could somebody maybe translate the following conditional sentences into Darija for me (using kun... kun/كن ...كن ) ? I know this is random, I’m just trying to learn how to express conditional phrases better. Shokran!

1. If I won the lottery, I would buy a big house
2. If he hadn’t yelled at me, we would have gone to the beach together
3. If I had listened to you, I would not be in this mess right now
4. If I knew how to cook, I would have invited them to dinner

Hello guys!! I hope you are all having a good day.

I just wanted to say, I finally finished the 18-day challenge. Chokran bzaf for all of your guy's help and I couldn't have done the challenge without it.

Here is the link to the final video on my Facebook account! https://www.facebook.com/gabriela.learnsdarija/posts/119189070336111

Finally, I plan to keep learning Darija this summer because it is such an awesome language :D

Salam aleikum brothers and sisters,

I am currently learning Darija from a book, but I would also like to hear Darija/Tamazight speaking individuals with subtitles, because I heard that's a good way to learn a language.

Any tips where I can find these? If so, any recommendations?

I just wanna know what "ma 3lina" translates to in English. thank you

Hello if you are interested to learn Arabic Fusha or Moroccan darija text me. Price negotiable.

Have you heard the term before in that context? is it Darija or not?

What would you think about posting in this sub in Darija, a part from English, Arabic (with the arabic alphabet) and French?

PD: Ana 3andi lah'ja shamaliya (jebliya 🤣) ya3ni yemkin mad feh'munishi. Walakin mash n'7awel n'tela3 l'7ajat be darija.

Salamu alaykum and Ramadan mubarak! I am a Moroccan Muslim from The Netherlands. I speak Dutch, but I don’t speak Darija. I am currently trying to learn it and I’ve been trying to look for people who speak Darija in servers and whatnot, but I couldn’t really find anyone. Would anyone be willing to help me learn? In return I could teach you Dutch or the basics of Russian, Hungarian, Swedish, German or Danish.

Pm me if you’re interested! From Holland :)

I am contemplating creating a simple language app for Darija. We have a language center in Tangier for English and being a lover of language I want to create a bridge between the two cultures. (English and Darija). So first things first. Is there something already out there?

The goals I have for this project are for 2 groups of people, one group being Non Darija speakers (English, French, Spanish, etc) to produce simple phrases to manage simple market transactions, yes/no, thank you, enjoy, numbers, I would like a ..., etc. And Darija speakers to produce simple phases in reverse.

The major functionality.

• Produce an audio phrase from a local native speaker and audio phrase in users language.
• Product an audio phrase in users language and provide multiple selection of native speakers

I am really avoiding written text, letters etc because I am not trying to be more than just allowing use to be familiar with sounds and very basic communication. Our language school can help to go beyond that.

So questions to you.

Is there something that already fills this and I should look at that first?

Second are there other functions you see as valuable I should consider adding?

Thank you for all of your inputs.

Personal pronouns are used to replace a noun, like "I" "You" etc.

Heres a list of personal pronouns in darija and their equivalent in tamazight:

Ana/Nec (I)

Enta & entiya/Cek & Cem (You, singular, masculine and feminine)

Huwa & hiya/Netta & Nettat (He and She)

Hna/Neccin (We)

Ntuma/Kenniw & Kennint (You, plural, masculine and feminine)

Huma/Nitni & Nitenti (They, masculine and feminine)

I want to learn Moroccan Arabic. Does anyone have any experience with books / online courses? I couldn't find any courses at any language institutes, but if you know of any that would be helpful as well.

I can speak Dutch/French/English so the course can be in any of these languages.

I watched a videos about Darija from Langfocus and according to him lots of other Arabic speakers can't understand Darija. Are there comedy videos, where Moroccans fool Arabic speakers in Darija, while the Arabic speakers don't understand a thing? I would like to show those videos to my Moroccan friend, because due to the pandemic his father died and I would like to cheer him up.

Also, can you communicate just fine with Algerians and Tunisians?

A year and a half ago, I travelled around Morocco for two weeks, and I found it to be such a beautiful country. I would love to return in the future and also learn some Arabic to connect more with the culture.

I've recently started learning the Arabic alphabet, and most course material I can find free online is in MSA. For anyone who has learned both MSA and Darija or is a native Moroccan, is MSA worth it? I've heard that Moroccan Arabic is much more different to MSA than other dialects are, so I don't know how much help MSA would be in learning. I know that if I ever wanted to travel to another Arabic country, MSA would be helpful since Moroccan Arabic and other dialects are not really mutually intelligible.

Any advice or pros/cons lists you made for yourself would be super helpful :)

Edit: to clarify, my ultimate goal is to learn Moroccan Arabic, and I am wondering if MSA is useful/helpful to reach that goal or not, due to the differences.

Hi! Do you all know of any kids books in Darija (not MSA or French but colloquial Darija)? Would love links or places to buy them in Rabat.

Hello everyone, I am curious to know what are some websites that post content in Darija, whether it is written in Arabic letters or Latin ones. So far I only know goud.ma that does that.

do you guys know any other websites that do that? would really appreciate any help that I can get.

Number: In tamazight the number is marked by the prefix "I-" and the suffix "-N", basically being the equivalent of the "Le-" prefix in darija.

Exemple:

Darija -> Tamazight

(Le)qbayel -> (I)qbayel(n)

Possesive pronouns explain that somthing is yours. Example:

Esm-i/Isem-iw(my name)

So heres a list of tamazight possesive pronouns and their equivalent in darija:

-iw/-i(w) (my)

-ik/ik (your singular)

-is/ou (his/her)

-neɣ/na(our)

-nekk/kum(your plural)

-nsen/hum(their)

Demonstrative pronouns replace a specific noun, which has been mentioned or is obvious from context, in order to avoid repeating it.

Heres a list of tamazight demonstrative pronouns and their equivalent in darija:

Wagi & Tagi/haduwa & hadiya (This close one, masculine and feminine)

Wigini & Tigini/haduma (These close ones, masculine and feminine)

Wihenna & Tihenna/hadaka & hadika (this far one, masculine and feminine)

Wigadinna & Tigadinna/hadukum (These far ones, masculine and feminine)

Winna & Tinna/huwa & hiya (He(who) and she(who))

Wid & Tid/huma (He plural(who) and she plural(who))

Hey guys does anyone know of any podcasts by Moroccan women but in Darija? Im learning Darija and found several podcasts on youtube to practice listening but I am having a hard time finding podcasts by Moroccan woman in Darija. So far, Ive found "In line with Tima" but look forward to your suggestions.

As far as podcast topics, I like self help, relationships, travel, history, sociology, interviews etc

Hello,

So I am interested in knowing what the translation for the following words: resistance, strength, freedom and hidden; would be in different tamazight languages, as well as, in darija. Could someone please let me know what these words would be in tamazight or darija please?

Thank you in advance.

The masculine in tamazight is the same as the neutral, so it isnt important. What's important though is the feminine, most of the time marked by surrounding the word with "t"s. Its basically the equivalent of the "-a" suffix in darija

Example: (Darija -> "tamazight")

Ɛarbi(a) -> (t)aεrab(t)

Note: when feminine and plural meet, the prefix "t" is used

Ex:

Ɛarbiyat -> Tiεrabin

I recently started to wonder about this. Personally i use french names. And all my life i've either heard people use the french names or numbers from 1 to 12. Do people use the arabic names in their day to day life? And is there darija names for the months of the year?

I wamt to move to morocco where my family is from and i cant speak the language. When i hear moroccans talk it sounds very different to when i hear the arabs from middle east talk. Is darija a different language in itself? Sorry for dumb question.

Hello!

I want to start learning Darija. I was wondering if any of you found a good tutor online that does lessons via videocalls? Even better if this tutor also speaks French.

Thank you in advance :))

I'm an Hispanic convert from Spain and I can teach you any of the languages I'm fluent in, in exchange for some Arabic lessons since I want to better understand the Quran, and I want to better communicate with my wife and her family who are from Morocco. Jazakallah Khair.

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