Learn five words about Ramadan
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| [سلام (salam)] It’s Chaima again. Welcome to Arabic weekly words and let’s find out this week’s topic. It’s Ramadan. Those who don’t know what it is, it’s the holy month for Muslims. It’s when we fast for almost 30 days and Ramadan is the word for in Darija, it’s the same word for Fusa. In English, people also call it Ramadan. So let’s get started. |
| First word is |
| 1. |
| فطور |
| Iftar. Iftar is a meal. [I’d call it] breaking the fast meal. |
| In Darija, we say [fṭūr]. Some people say [fTûr] some other people say Iftar |
| ف المغرب الفطور الناس كايشربو الحريرة و |
| التمر و البيض و كاياكلو بالزاف الحاجا ت |
| أخرين. |
| fi lmagrib lfTûr nnâs kayshrbû lHrîra w ttmar w lbîD w kayâklû bzzâf lHajât ’ukhrîn. |
| In Morocco for breaking the fast meal, people have [حريرة ( ḥarira)] which is a word we’ve seen before, dates, hard boiled eggs and other things yeah. |
| Next word |
| 2. |
| سحور |
| SHûr |
| early morning meal and it’s the meal we have right before the prayer, the first prayer in the morning [In general] this meal is pretty small. |
| A sentence with this word would be, |
| yesterday for the early morning meal, I had cup of tea and a cake. |
| البارح ف الصّحور شربت كاس ديال أتاي و |
| طرف ديال كيكة. |
| lbâraH fi SSHûr shrabt kâs dyâl ’atây w Tarf dyâl kîka. |
| Next word |
| 3. |
| لعيد الصغي |
| Eid-al-Fitr yeah one of my favorite holidays. |
| Eid-al-Fitr it means holiday and Fitr has the same root as [lʻîd SSghîr]. |
| So it’s the holiday when people break their fast. So it’s next day after Ramadan. In Darija, we call it [lʻîd SSghîr] like the small holiday because we also had a big holiday like [لعيد لكبير (lʻīd lkbīr)] is when we slaughter the sheep. A good sentence with this would be |
| ف العيد الصغير الناس كايشريو الحوايج جدا د |
| كايمشيو لمصلّى ف الصباح و كايزور و |
| بعضياتهم. |
| fi lʻîd SSghîr nnâs kayishrîw lHwâyij jdâd kayimshîw lmSallâ fi SSbâH w kayzûrû baʻDiyâthum.. |
| In Eid-al-Fitr, people buy – wear new clothes, go early in the morning to the Mosque and visit [each other]. |
| Next word |
| 4. |
| ثمر |
| dates, same word in Darija, we say [ttmar]. |
| It’s the same thing with [ت] and [ث]. In Darija, it’s a little lazy. So instead of [ث] we say [ت] and instead of [ذ] we say [د]. |
| ف جنوب المغرب كاين التّمر بزاف. |
| f janûb lmaghrib kâyin ttmar bizzâf. |
| In the South of Morocco, there are a lot of dates. |
| And next word |
| 5. |
| لیلة القدر |
| laylat lqadr |
| And literal translation for this word would be the Night of Destiny. |
| This night is really important during Ramadan and it’s one of the last ten nights of Ramadan. Why is it important is because it’s when the Quran, the holy book was transmitted to the prophet peace be upon him (0:02:45) upon him. so [laylat lqadr] I am just going to use this sentence that was used in the quran |
| ليلة القدر خير من ألف شهر. |
| laylatu lqadr khayrun min ’alfi shahr. |
| So the Night of Destiny is 10 times better than 1000 months, sorry [ألف شهر (alf shahr)] a 1000 months, sorry. |
| We are done with this series of words and thank you for joining us and I will see you next week [بسلامة (bslama)] |
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