The reflexive pronoun

As salamu 3alaikoum . Kolchi labbas?


The subject of today is  the reflexive particle "ras"  which is too the sustantive "head",
But in moroccan arabic this pronoun has the form ras + possesion sufix , 
You will see it  clearly in the following sentences.


She looked in the mirror - Katchouf rasha fi lmraya.
He washed with cold water - Kighazl raso bi lma bard.
He told himself - Qal m3a raso
Take care of yourself - Thalla fi rasik

Some of the verbs we use with  this particle are:

Qal - To speak
Dbar - To hurt
3awen - To help
Dar -To do
Thalla - To look after
Ghsel - To wash


In shaa Allah, soon I shall begin to publish the verbal  forms of the verbs most used in Moroccan Arabic.

I'll be a bit absent this summer, since my kids are at home and soon we will travel to Morocco in Shaa Allah.  During this time you can leave me your questions, or tell me in a comment in my  social networks about which topic you would like that I  speak.

Ramadan Moubarak 3ala jami3 lmuslimin.

Bslama 3alaikoum.

Moroccan Craft : Zellij (vocabulary)

As Salamu 3laikoum,

As you can see, today is a double publication,
I found this picture on the Internet, and I would like to show with it something about what  I speak  a few days ago, referring to learning vocabulary. and the importance of focusing on the root of   the words.

  

Zellij - Mosaic

Zellija -  A Mosaic

Zlayj- Mosaics

Zellej - decorate with mosaics (Verb)

Mzellej - decorated with mosaics (adjective)

Mzellja - decorated with mosaics feminine

Zlayji - Artisan who create the  mosaics

And if you want to know more about this beautiful craft work, here is the  link.
zellijgallery.com


Allah Ybarek fikoum

Adverbs of place (II) and their corresponding demonstrative pronouns

As salamu 3laikoum, w sba7 al khair.

In Arabic, we divide the demonstrative pronouns, in nearby and distant.  (Qrib w b3id)
There are very easy.
But there is an important point where we must pay attention. We can find:

Hadi ssbitar - This hospital                  Hadi  sbitar-  This is a hospital

That is, when the pronoun is followed by a noun with article, makes the function of Demonstrative Pronoun . While if the pronoun is followed by a noun without article makes the function of  demostrative + to be. 


I remind you that you can comment about your doubts and I will try  in shaa Allah, to solve them as quickly as possible.


Bslama 3laikoum

The words in moroccan arabic ( syllables)

As Salamu 3laikoum

Today's post is about how the words are formed in Moroccan Arabic, for this, we need to know that Arabic is a Semitic language which means that  the word consists of a root , a verb (usually of three letters)  that by adding prefixes or suffixes, that meaning varies but always in connection. So it is very important  when  memorizing vocabulary to learn the roots of the words.
For those who are arabic speaking, It is important to know that the rules in the pronunciation of the syllables in darija is different from the standard Arabic.

Syllables in Moroccan Arabic can be open or closed,

OPEN SYLLABLES :

• Cv ( Consonant and short vowel)
• CCv ( Consonant, Consonat and short vowel)

CLOSE SYLLABLES: 

• CvC (Consonant, short vowel, Consonant)
• CCvC (Consonant, Consonant, short vowel, Consonant)
• CvCC (Consonant, short vowel, Consonant, Consonant)
• CV (consonant, long vowel)

When forming a word by adding suffixes or prefixes, we create an open syllable , we must follow some rules, depending on where this syllable is found, ie we will convert the new open syllable in closed syllabe.

Remember  that the short vowel is pronounced as is done in other languages, and the long vowel we lengthened its pronunciation .

In moments of madness

As salamu 3laikoum  w sbah al khair .

I think one way to discover the richness of our language is to look back and observe our sayings, in Morocco if you spent some time with your older, you have the opportunity to enrich you with popular sayings and small poems they memorized as a child, I will try in shaa Allah to share them on the blog for those lovers of the Moroccan culture.


Ntmana likoum nhar mumtaz (  I wish you a wonderful day)

Adverbs of Place (I)

As Salamu a3laikoum , msah lkhair.

To indicate where something is located, we use the proverbs of place.
In Moroccan Arabic we ask where something is with the interrogative particle Fin Kayn or Fin Kayna with a femenine noun or Fin kaynin in plural.

Fin kayn lmesh? - Where is the cat?

Some of the proverbs we can use are:

Fi - In, Inside: Lmesh fi lsanduq - The cat is in the box
Qdam - In front : Lmesh qdam lsanduq - The cat is in front of the box
Mora - Behind: Lmesh mora lsanduq - The cat is behind the box
Teht min - Under : Lmesh teht min lsanduq - The cat is under the box
3la lisar dyal- To the left of: Lmesh 3la lisar dyal sandoq- The cat is to the left of the box
3la limin dyal- To the right of : Lmesh 3la limin dyal sandoq - The cat is to the right of the box
Bin- Between : Lmesh bin lsnadaq- The cat is between the boxes.


Now try to memorize and start using these adverbs and in shaa Allah , in few days I will post more.


Thala fi rassek (Take care)

Quizlet study sets of Learn Darija with Maryam

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Something I like about the new technologies is the possibility of obtaining education wherever you are.
A few days ago one of my students told me about how he used Quizlet to learn English . Well, researching I found it a very interesting tool for the educational purpose.
So I make a profile , in which I will be creating sets of study of what I'm publishing in the blog. You can log in in the website or download the app.

In this tool you can memorize with the flashcards , and test your knowledge with the Test or games .

For the moment I leave the link to my profile here , that you may start practicing.

Bslama a3laikoum