Daily Life in Moroccan Darija
49 essential words with English translations and example sentences.
فور
Fur
To get up / To wake up
Get up early to go to work.
نام
Nam
To sleep
I feel like sleeping
كل
Kla
To eat
I eat in the morning
شرب
Shrb
To drink
Drinking water is very important.
مشى
Msha
To go / To leave
Go to the market to do the shopping.
رجع
Reja3
To come back / To return
Come back from work at three thirty.
كتب
Kteb
To write
Write the homework in one's notebook.
قرا
Qra
To read
Reading the book at the library is nice.
خدم
Khddem
To work
I work all day
لعب
L3ab
To play
The child plays with his friends.
تفرج
Tferrej
To watch (TV/video)
Watch the new episode on TV.
سمع
Sma3
To listen
Listen to the news on the radio.
تكلم
Tkellam
To speak
Speak with the teacher to understand.
جاء
Ja
To come
The man came to the house in the morning
رجل
Rajel
Man
The man works at the grocery store
مرا
Mra
Woman
The woman is preparing food at home
ولد
Weld
Son / Boy
The boy is playing with his buddies
بنت
Bent
Girl
The girl goes to school every day
الدار
Ddar
House
My house is beautiful and big
الحانوت
L7anut
Store / Grocery store
The store is fairly close to here
تحيّض
T7iyyed
To shower
I showered before work
طيّب
Tyeb
To cook / To do the cooking
I cooked tajine for them
صلّى
Sella
To pray
He prayed the dawn prayer at the mosque
قاد
Qad
To drive
He drove the car carefully toward home
نضّف
Neddef
To clean
I cleaned the whole house this morning
تصل
Etssal
To call / To contact
I called her to buy some things
تسوّق
Tesawweq
To go shopping
I did the shopping at the market today
رتّب
Rtteb
To tidy up
I tidied the room and left it clean
ضحك
D7ek
To laugh
He laughed at the joke I told
بكى
Bka
To cry
The girl cried while watching the sad movie
الصباح
Ssba7
The morning
In the morning I go to school
المساء
Lmsa
The evening
In the evening I look at the moon
النهار
Nhar
The day
I work all day long
الشهر
Shher
The month
At the end of the month I get my salary
السنة
Sna
The year
Every year I spend my vacation here
الحين
L7in
Now
Now the house is full of people
بكري
Bekri
Early / Formerly
He wakes up early, before dawn
معطاش
M3ttash
Late
We arrive there late
الجيران
Ljiran
The neighbors
Our neighbors are kind people
اتعلّم
T3ellm
To learn
I'm learning English with the class
استحمّ
Ste7emm
To shower / To wash
He took a shower and left the house
جلس
Jles
To sit down
He sat down on his chair
قام
Qam
To get up
He got up early this morning
فتّح
Fette7
To open
He opened the door and saw the neighbors
سدّ
Sedd
To close
He closed his window before going to sleep
فطّر
Fetter
To have breakfast
We had breakfast together at our parents' house
تهلّى
Tehlla
To relax / To enjoy oneself
He relaxed in the park with his friends
دوّز
Dawwez
To spend (time) / To cross
She spent the whole summer at the beach
خرج
Khrej
To go out
He left the house quickly this morning
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