Thursday, March 17, 2011

Salam everybody,
Again I apologize for not posting new darija lessons...Actually I have moved out to the United State and I'm still adjusting to my new life here.
I don't know when I will get the chance to make new lessons but in the meantime please feel free to ask questions about... whatever! I'll make sure to respond all your questions inshallah.
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Friday, October 01, 2010

Present Tense (3rd Group)

The 3rd conjugation group consists of all verbs ending with an A.
In conjugation, the vowel a is transformed to an i... The majority of verbs in this category follow this pattern.
NB We keep the same prefixes used for the first and second conjugation groups.






shra شرا - To buy
Pronouns Verb English
ananshri

نشري
I buy
nta tshri

تشري
You buy (m)
nti tshri

تشري
You buy (f)
huwayshri

يشري
He buys
hiyatshri

تشري
She buys
7nanshriw

نشريو
We buy
ntumatshriw

تشريو
You buy
humayshriw

يشريو
They buy


similar verbs :

3Ta ( to give)msha ( to go)bgha (to want/to love)
hda (to give a gift)ja ( to come)bka (to cry)
bna (to build,construct)kra ( to rent)dwa (to talk/speak)
9la (to fry)shwa ( to roast)

Sella ( to pray)gheTTa ( to cover)ghenna ( to sing)
jerra ( to run)khella (to leave)



Very few verbs keep the vowel a. Here's what happens:







qra قرا - To read/To study
Pronouns Verb English
ana nqra

نقرا
I read

I study
nta tqra

تقرا
You read (m)

You study (m)
ntitqray

تقراي
You read (f)

You study (f)
huwayqra

يقرا
He reads

He studies
hiya tqra

تقرا
She reads

She studies
7na nqraw

نقراو
We read

We study
ntuma tqraw


تقراو
You read

You study
humayqraw

يقراو
They read

They study



similar verbs :
bda ( to start/begin)bqa ( to stay/remain)nsa (to forget)










Thursday, August 12, 2010

RAMADAN KAREEM


Salam to all those who are passing by my blog and those who kept visting it.

Ramadan Kareem to all of you.

I'm sorry for this long absence but I was so much busy. nchallah I will make up for you.
Have great time

Monday, March 22, 2010

Present Tense (2nd Group)

The second conugation group consists of all verbs composed from 3 letters (two consonants separated by the vowel A)
We still keep the same prefixes and suffixes used for the first conjugation group but what makes this group different to the first one is the changes occuring in the level of the vowel A. This latter is transformed into "OU" or " I" depending on the verb. (must be learned by heart)



a -----> ou
shaf شاف - To see
Pronouns Singular Plural
ana

7na
nshouf

نشوف

I see
nshoufu

نشوفو

We see
nta

ntuma
tshouf

تشوف

You see (m)
tshoufu

تشوفو

You see
nti

ntuma
tshoufi

تشوفي

You see (f)
huwa

huma
yshouf

يشوف

He sees

yshoufu

يشوفو

They see
hiya

huma
tshouf

تشوف

She sees
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similar verbs :
mat ( to die)gal (to say)kan ( to be)
3am ( to swim)Dar (to turn)zar ( to visit)
lam (to blame)dakh ( to get dizzy)la7 (to throw)
fat ( to depass)Sag ( to drive)





a ----> i
dar دار - To do
Pronouns Singular Plural
ana

7na
ndir

ندير

I do
ndiru

نديرو

We do
nta

ntuma
tdir

تدير

You do (m)

tdiru

تديرو

You do
nti

ntuma
tdiri

تديري

You do (f)
huwa
huma
ydir

يدير

He does

ydiru

يديرو

They do
hiya

huma
tdir

تدير

She does



similar verbs

ba3 ( to sell)fa9 ( to wake up)
Tar ( to fly) mal ( to tend/incline)
jab ( to bring) zad ( to add/increase)


* There are few verbs which do not obey this rule

Saturday, March 13, 2010

Possession 1 - Possessive Adjectives

To express possession, you only need to add the appropriate endings to the word:


Possessive
Adjectives
Endings Example
"ktab"
Translation
My i ktabi My book
Your k ktabk Your book
His o ktabo His book
Her ha ktabha Her book
Our na ktabna Our book
Your kom ktabkom Your book
Their hom ktabhom Their book


For words ending with (a) -generally feminine words- you take away the (a), replace it with (t) and apply the same endings.


Possessive
Adjectives
Endings Example
"mdina"
Translation
My i mdinti My city
Your k mdintk Your city
His o mdinto His city
Her ha mdint-ha Her city
Our na mdintna Our city
Your kom mdintkom Your city
Their hom mdint-hom Their city

*Reminder: The dash (-) is used not to mix up the letters t and h that must be pronounced separately, and not such as a th.

Exceptions

The endings of (my) and (his) can be slightly changed when the word ends with another vowel, other than the (a) of feminine words. These endings become (ya) and (h) instead of (i) and (o). For expample : My brother = khoya خويا ; His brother = khoh خوه.

Fortunately, there are very few exceptions.