Moroccan Arabic textbook 2011
Moroccan Arabic textbook 2011
Moroccan Arabic textbook 2011
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Peace Corps / Morocco • 63<br />
Some examples:<br />
Hassan sells (is selling)<br />
vegetables in the souq.<br />
I don‟t wake up early on<br />
Sundays.<br />
What do you do on Saturdays<br />
Hassan عkay-bi l-xodṛa f<br />
s-suq.<br />
ma-kan-fiq-š bkri nhar<br />
l-нdd.<br />
šnu kat-dir nhar s-sbt<br />
Exercise: Describe in the present tense the following activities.<br />
šnu kay-dir / kat-dir / kay-diru<br />
3 rd Category: Long “a” Remains Long “a”<br />
In this category, the long vowel a ( ) remains the same, without any changes, with the same prefixes<br />
and suffixes as regular verbs in the present tense.<br />
“to spend the night”<br />
I spend the night<br />
you spend the night<br />
(masc. sing.)<br />
you spend the night<br />
(fem. sing.)<br />
he spends the night<br />
she spends the night<br />
we spend the night<br />
you spend the night<br />
(plur.)<br />
they spend the night<br />
bat<br />
kan-bat<br />
kat-bat<br />
kat-bati<br />
kay-bat<br />
kat-bat<br />
kan-batu<br />
kat-batu<br />
kay-batu<br />
Verbs like “bat”<br />
to appear ban to owe sal<br />
to look like ban bнal to be scared xaf
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