English→Moroccan Darija

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Darija, Morocco's Arabic: closer to a language of its own, and the one translation apps almost never get right.

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474 local dialects

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What locals actually say

Everything is fine.

كلشي مزيان.

“Kulshi mezyan” is pure Darija; an MSA speaker would say “kull shay’ jayyid”.

I want to go to the market.

بغيت نمشي للسوق.

“Bghit” (I want) is the Darija signature verb, unintelligible as-is to many Gulf speakers.

How much does this cost?

بشحال هادا؟

بشحال is the Moroccan Darija way to ask a price and signals everyday market speech.

Where is the train station?

فين كاينة محطة القطار؟

فين means where in Darija, while كاينة agrees with the feminine noun محطة in natural Moroccan speech.

I’m hungry, let’s eat.

أنا جيعان، يالاه ناكلو.

يالاه is a common Moroccan Darija cue meaning come on or let’s, and ناكلو uses the spoken first-person plural ending.

Where are your siblings?

فين خوتك؟

خوت means siblings in Moroccan Darija and is especially common in casual local speech.

I’m going to the office now.

غادي للبيرو دابا.

غادي marks an immediate or planned action in Darija, البيرو is the natural French loanword for office, and دابا means now.

It’s very hot today.

السخونية زايدة اليوم.

السخونية means heat in conversational Moroccan Darija, and زايدة signals that it is excessive or really strong.

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How Moroccan Darija differs

Moroccan Darija for conversational registers — labas, bezzaf for a lot, wakha for OK, daba for now; heavy French loanwords are natural. MSA only for formal documents; Darija is what locals actually speak and text.

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