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Thank you, SimplyMoroccan. Much better than the previous suggestions...

I understand صابون is pronounced Sabon in Morocco whereas in MSA it's pronounced Sabun.

Notice this is quite an international word, as for instance 'savon' in French and 'jabon' in Spanish.

Regretfully I do not speak MSA. But I speak Hebrew, which is close (at least compared to European languages).

Thank you for the help.

It's easy to write Arabic in this internet age: all you need to know is how to copy and paste!

But the truth is I can read the letters, which is really fun, since it's a beautiful alphabet. And many words are similar to Hebrew (صابون in Hebrew is סבון, pronounced Sabon -- but this is a bad example since it's an international word originating, so it seems, from the Gallic word for hair-dye).

Anyway, Darija is part of my heritage. But, alas, I know none.

sabon wrote:

It's easy to write Arabic in this internet age: all you need to know is how to copy and paste!

But the truth is I can read the letters, which is really fun, since it's a beautiful alphabet. And many words are similar to Hebrew (صابون in Hebrew is סבון, pronounced Sabon -- but this is a bad example since it's an international word originating, so it seems, from the Gallic word for hair-dye).

Anyway, Darija is part of my heritage. But, alas, I know none.

Hebrew letters are interesting as well, I wish I could learn.
So you have Moroccan origins? Have you ever been to the country?