Learn five Moroccan cities
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| [سلام (salam)] This is Chaima again. Welcome to Arabic weekly words and let’s find out this week’s topic. It’s Moroccan cities [المدن المغربية (al mudun al maghribuya] first city |
| 1. |
| [الدار البيضا ء] Casablanca. |
| In Darija, we’d say [ddar lbîDa]. |
| The Fusa word and the Darija word are always close for the names of the cities. |
| كازا بلانكا مدينة زوينة و لكن فيها الرطوبة |
| kazablânka mdîna zwîna walakin fîha rruTûba. |
| Casablanca is a beautiful city but it’s humid. |
| The word [الدار (addār)] means house and [البيضا ء(al bayḍa’] means white. So it literally means Whitehouse. |
| Our next city, |
| 2. |
| [الربا ط] Rabat. |
| In Darija, we say [rrbâT] or |
| الرباط هي عاصمة المغرب |
| rribâT hiya ʻâSimat lmaghrib. |
| Rabat is the capital of Morocco. |
| Next city, |
| 3. |
| [مراك ش] Marrakech. |
| In Darija, we say [mrrâksh]. |
| بالنسبة لي ، مراكش هي أجمل مدينة ف |
| المغرب |
| binnisba liyya, marrâksh hiya ajmal madîna flmaghrib. |
| For me, Marrakech is the most beautiful city in Morocco. |
| Next city |
| 4. |
| فاس Fes and |
| we call it the same thing in Darija [fâs] |
| فاس مدينة قديمة بزاف و غنية ثقافيا |
| fâs mdîna qdîma bzzâf w ghaniyya thaqafiyyân. |
| Fes is an old city, it is a very old city and its rich culturally. |
| Next city |
| 5. |
| شفشاو ن |
| Chefchaouen, [shafshâwn] some people in Darija especially people from the Northern Morocco call it [شاون (shawen)] as like [short form] of [شفشاو ن(chefchaouen)] |
| الناس كايڭولو لشفشاون المدينة الزرقاء |
| nnâs kaygûlû lshfshâwin almadîna zzarqâ’. |
| people call Chefchaouen the Blue City. |
| It’s a beautiful place, yeah. Everyone should try that. |
| That was it from the Moroccan cities. I will see you next week and thank you for joining us, bye. |
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