HarfMoroccan Darija phrases

Basic questions in Moroccan Darija

12 everyday phrases in Moroccan Arabic (Darija), written the way Moroccans text, with numbers like 3, 7 and 9, and in Arabic script, with their English meaning. Version française

DarijaArabic scriptEnglishCopy
chno hada?شنو هادا؟What is this?
fin kayn ...?فين كاين ...؟Where is ...?
ch7al hada?شحال هادا؟How much is this?
imta?إمتا؟When?
3lach?علاش؟Why?
kifach?كيفاش؟How?
chkoun?شكون؟Who?
ch7al f sa3a?شحال ف الساعة؟What time is it?
wach kayn wifi?واش كاين الويفي؟Is there wifi?
fin kayn twalit?فين كاين الطواليط؟Where is the toilet?
wach mumkin?واش ممكن؟Is it possible?
wach 3ndek ...?واش عندك ...؟Do you have ...?

“...” marks where to add a name or a place. In Darija written with Latin letters, 3 stands for ع (a sound from the throat), 7 for ح (a breathy h) and 9 for ق (a deep k).

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