Moroccan Arabic textbook 2011

Peace Corps / Morocco • 65
Some examples:
Hassan sings (is singing) in the
shower.
I don‟t smoke hash.
Do you run every morning
Hassan kay-ġnni f d-duš.
ma-kan-kmi-š l-нšiš.
weš kat-jri kul sḅaн
Exercise: Describe in the present tense the following activities.
šnu kay-dir / kat-dir / kay-diru
2 nd Category: Long “a” Remains Long “a”
In this category, the long vowel a ( ) remains the same, without any changes, with the same prefixes
and suffixes as regular verbs in the present tense.
“to read / study”
I read
you read (masc. sing.)
you read (fem. sing.)
he reads
she reads
we read
you read (plur.)
they read
qra
kan-qra
kat-qra
kat-qray
kay-qra
kat-qra
kan-qrau
kat-qrau
kay-qrau