Moroccan Nouns

Welcome to the third Moroccan lesson about nouns. This time we will first learn about fruits and vegetables, followed by grammar rules, then food items, finally a conversation in Moroccan to help you practice your daily phrases. To hear the pronunciation, just click on the sound icon.

potatoes بطاطا [btata]

tomatoes ماطيشا [matesha]

onions بصل [bsel]

carrots خيزو [khizzu]

fruits فاواكه [fawakeh]

apples تفاح [teffaĥ]

bananas بانان [banan]

oranges ليمون [limon]

Nouns Grammar Rules

In general nouns refer to a person, an object, or abstract ideas. For example: a fast runner the noun is [runner] because it refers to a person. The examples below use nouns in different ways and places to demonstrate how they behave in a sentence.

Grammar + Rules - Moroccan + Pronunciation
do you have milk? [verb + noun] عندك لحليب؟ [Ʒandek leĥleeb?]
I have milk and coffee [preposition + noun] عندي حليب و قهوا [Ʒandy hleeb we qahwa]
he has three apples [number + plural noun] عندو تلاتا ديال التفاحات [Ʒandu tlata dyal teffahat]
she only has one apple [number + singular noun] عندها غير تفاحا وحدة [Ʒandha gheer teffaha wehda]
we live in a small house [adjective + noun] عايشين فدار صغيرا [Ʒaysheen fe dar sgheera]
I like our breakfast [pronoun + noun] كايعجبني فتورنا [kayeƷjebni fturna]

The following are nouns of food items that you might be interested in learning and memorizing.

bread خبز [khubz]

milk حليب [ĥleeb]

butter زبدا [zebda]

cheese فرماج [fermaj]

coffee قهوا [qahwa]

sandwich ساندويش [sandwish]

meat لحم [lĥem]

chicken دجاج [djaj]

fish حوت [ĥoot]

breakfast فطور [ftur]

lunch غدا [ghda]

dinner عشا [Ʒsha]

Conversation in Moroccan

Now we finally reach the fun part, the practice of the daily conversations. These phrases are used to get to know new people, and break the ice.

English - Moroccan - Pronunciation
Do you speak (English/ Moroccan)? واش كاتهدر (نگليزيا/ داريجا)؟ [wash katehder (neglizia/ darija)?]
Just a little شويا [shwia]
I like Moroccan كاتعجبني داريجا [kateƷjebni edarija]
Can I practice with you? مومكن نتمررن معاك؟ [mumken netmerren mƷak?]
How old are you? شحال عندك من عام؟ [shĥal Ʒendek men Ʒam?]
I'm thirty three years old عندي تلاتا و تلاتين عام [Ʒandy tlata we tlateen Ʒam]
It was nice talking to you شوكران علا هاد لحوار [shukran Ʒla had el ĥewar]

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