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#1 2008-07-24 21:01:36
Exercise 23: Understanding Moroccan Arabic
The is the same exercise as "What does it mean?", and this time it's solely in English (the French version is over here).
I'll be posting a sentence in Moroccan Arabic - Darija - , and you'll be asked to say what it means in English.
Understanding Moroccan Arabic(Sentence 1)
Hâd ddâr zwîna bzzâf.
هاد الدار زوينة بزاف
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#2 2008-07-24 23:32:03
- kounouz
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Re: Exercise 23: Understanding Moroccan Arabic
I start with this preposition:
this house is very pretty.
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#3 2008-07-24 23:34:26
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Re: Exercise 23: Understanding Moroccan Arabic
This house is very nice
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#4 2008-07-24 23:38:01
Re: Exercise 23: Understanding Moroccan Arabic
For both of you. Zwîna = nice, pretty, beautiful, good...
Understanding Moroccan Arabic: (Sentence 2)
Ddî Omar y7ssn râh sh3rô Twâl.
دي عمر يحسن، راه شعرو طوال.
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#5 2008-07-24 23:43:44
- djoliba
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Re: Exercise 23: Understanding Moroccan Arabic
Sorry,I was on late.
I didn't see your answer kounouz
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#6 2008-07-24 23:53:00
Re: Exercise 23: Understanding Moroccan Arabic
That's good, we then have two answers without cheating 
, that's like making two persons do the exercise at once, which is very fine.
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#7 2008-07-25 00:09:19
- kounouz
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Re: Exercise 23: Understanding Moroccan Arabic
SimplyMoroccan wrote:
Understanding Moroccan Arabic:
Ddî Omar y7ssn râh sh3rô Twâl.
دي عمر يحسن، راه شعرو طوال.
take along omar in the hairdresser because its hair is too long 
i thing it is better than the other sentence! 
:
bring Omar to cut his hair, it is too long.
(thanks djoliba, I sought this verb!)
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#8 2008-07-25 01:35:06
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Re: Exercise 23: Understanding Moroccan Arabic
I think a lot about,I try:
Bring Omar to cut his long hairs.
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#9 2008-07-27 17:11:29
Re: Exercise 23: Understanding Moroccan Arabic
Aha!
Let's see:
Jîb (m)/ Jîbî (f) = Bring.
Ddî (m/f) = Take.
7ssn = To shave. For guys/boys, it's also to go to the hairdresser to get their hair cut. You then tell them "bSS77a tt7sîna".
For girls, cutting their hair at a hairdresser's isn't called "t7sîna", it's called "kwîppa", from the French word "coupe".
So the sentence is:
Take Omar to get his hair cut, it's too long.
Well done, Kounouz and Djoliba 
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#10 2008-07-27 17:13:10
Re: Exercise 23: Understanding Moroccan Arabic
Understanding Moroccan Arabic: (Sentence 3)
Tsllfînî lqamîja dyâlk?
تسلفيني لقميجة ديالك؟
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