Moroccan dialect

Hi! Is there anyone here who can speak the dialect in Morocco?
Need some help with love songs or short love poems!
Thanks!

Originally Posted by cinderella94

Hi! Is there anyone here who can speak the dialect in Morocco?
Need some help with love songs or short love poems!
Thanks!

Hello , with what i can help you ?

Here is a song talking about love , it's hard to find true Moroccan love song !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiSod...eature=related

Oh thank you so much!
What does "ya labass" mean? I don't know anything in Moroccan dialect, but I'm interested in it!
I want a love poem for a boy, it doesn't have to be a long, a short nice one to write it for a boy in latin letters. and also some love words? :P
Thanks in advance!

Hey , you are welcome

" labass " is an Arabic word that means literally : no wrong , in morocco you can hear this word generally in greetings context .

Salam , labess ? = hi , everything is good ?

in this song : "ya labess" is expression of surprise : ya labess! = oh my god !

it's not easy at all to know the right words so here some Moroccan love expression that may help you :

kat ajabni bezzaf = i like you a lot

kan brik bezzaf = i love you so much

anta zwin = You are beautiful

kan brik men kalbi = I love you truly

kalbi kay frah meli kan chouf a'ayneek = when i see your eyes my heart turns joyful

a'ayneek w tibat kalbak sahrouni = your eyes and good-heartedness captivated me

Brit nchoufak = i want to see you

For the poem I'll try to search one for you ...

good luck

Ooh thank you so much for the help! I really appreciate that! I would be very happy if you could find a poem, but if you don't find any it's okay thanks again for the words and expressions! It helped me a lot!
I have a question, you know the arabic dialect in Morocco differs a lot from the other arabic dialects. If someone for example talks the dialect in Iraq, can he or she understand the Moroccan dialect? And can one from Morocco understand the dialect in Iraq?

Hi Cinderella You are welcome , I am glad it helped you

To answer your question , yes it's quite different the dialects of morocco comparing to a country from the Gulf , but the majority of words are the same and we understand each others , so if i went to Iraq for example or a dear Iraqi came to morocco there will be no problem in communication ,however the language used in morocco had been affected by colonization ( French and Spanish ) so you can find many words in French and Spanish in Moroccan dialect as well . but generally the source of words is one : Arabic language

Good luck

Oh wow! Thanks so much! Now I understand more! But that's cool! I thought maybe you didn't understand other arabic dialects. :P
Can you give examples from words in spanish and french that are used in Moroccan dialect? Is it words that are colloquial words, i mean words that are used everyday? Or is it words that you are barely using?
Can all moroccan people speak french?

I do not know about the usage of the words, but I can provide some French/Spanish loanwords in Moroccan (I had prepared an exposé for school, so I have some lists ), and dear Zahich can enlighten us about the proper usage:

batoo - meaning "ship" (< bateau (French))
betrina - "display window" (< vitrine (French))
biyyi - "ticket" (< billet (Fr.))
bon - "voucher/receipt" (< bon (Fr.))
briki - "lighter" (< briquet (Fr.))
*kawkaw - "peanuts" (*< cacahuète (Fr.))
ksidan - "accident" (< accident (Fr.))
kujina - "kitchen" (< cuisine (Fr.), cocina (Spanish))
lado - "ice" (< helado (Sp.))
mayo - "swimsuit" (< maillot (Fr.))
parmi - "driver's license" (< permis de conduire (Fr.))
yplansha - "(to) iron sth." (< planchar algo (Sp.))
sendriyya - "ashtray" (< cendrier (Fr.))

And, there is this preposition in Moroccan « n(i) », meaning "to". I assume, this could also derive from French "en"... But, that is just theory.

Hello Cinderella and Ghaly

You are welcome , the words which i will present to you are colloquial :

marsa = the port
rouayda = the wheel
cuzina = kitchen
ertila = spider
sandala = sandale
blassa = place
fundo = depth of sea
comira = it means eating but in morocco refers to a certain type of bread (long one called parisienne in french)
barco = a ship
semana = week
cabina = means a separate room but in morocco means : toilet
corda = the rope
Tomobila = a car
machina = machine
magana = a watch
carrossa = vagon ( i think this one is portuguese )


now the french words which are numerous :

tricot = kitting, knitwear
message = message
diplome = diploma , degree
costume = suit
casquette = a cap ( baseball cap )
les ecouteurs = headphones
stylo = pen
douche = shower
parapluie = umbrella
plakar = cupboard , closet
sabbat = shoe
fou = crazy
spadria = sport shoe

there are many French words in Moroccan dialect especially in technical domains , Most of educated moroccans speak French , it's the first foreign language in the country so most of people who went to school can communicate with French people , anyway i hope i answered your questions

have a nice day

Originally Posted by Ghaly

I do not know about the usage of the words, but I can provide some French/Spanish loanwords in Moroccan (I had prepared an exposé for school, so I have some lists ), and dear Zahich can enlighten us about the proper usage:

batoo - meaning "ship" (< bateau (French))
betrina - "display window" (< vitrine (French))
biyyi - "ticket" (< billet (Fr.))
bon - "voucher/receipt" (< bon (Fr.))
briki - "lighter" (< briquet (Fr.))
*kawkaw - "peanuts" (*< cacahuète (Fr.))
ksidan - "accident" (< accident (Fr.))
kujina - "kitchen" (< cuisine (Fr.), cocina (Spanish))
lado - "ice" (< helado (Sp.))
mayo - "swimsuit" (< maillot (Fr.))
parmi - "driver's license" (< permis de conduire (Fr.))
yplansha - "(to) iron sth." (< planchar algo (Sp.))
sendriyya - "ashtray" (< cendrier (Fr.))

And, there is this preposition in Moroccan « n(i) », meaning "to". I assume, this could also derive from French "en"... But, that is just theory.

Wow! Thanks Ghaly for these words! It really helped me out! can you speak arabic? thanks again!!

Originally Posted by Zahich

Hello Cinderella and Ghaly

You are welcome , the words which i will present to you are colloquial :

marsa = the port
rouayda = the wheel
cuzina = kitchen
ertila = spider
sandala = sandale
blassa = place
fundo = depth of sea
comira = it means eating but in morocco refers to a certain type of bread (long one called parisienne in french)
barco = a ship
semana = week
cabina = means a separate room but in morocco means : toilet
corda = the rope
Tomobila = a car
machina = machine
magana = a watch
carrossa = vagon ( i think this one is portuguese )


now the french words which are numerous :

tricot = kitting, knitwear
message = message
diplome = diploma , degree
costume = suit
casquette = a cap ( baseball cap )
les ecouteurs = headphones
stylo = pen
douche = shower
parapluie = umbrella
plakar = cupboard , closet
sabbat = shoe
fou = crazy
spadria = sport shoe

there are many French words in Moroccan dialect especially in technical domains , Most of educated moroccans speak French , it's the first foreign language in the country so most of people who went to school can communicate with French people , anyway i hope i answered your questions

have a nice day

The words in bold are the Morrocan dialect right? I mean you guys use these words, right? thanks so much Zahich, for the help!!!
Have a great day you too!

"kanbrik bezaf" means i love you so much, but now I'm confused, what is the difference between "kanbrik" and "kanbghek"? :O anyone please answer

Hi Cinderella , you are welcome my dear

yes , the one in bold are Moroccan dialect we do use them in our daily life .

Well : kanbghek Is more correct than kanbrik , it's all about pronunciation , but the meaning is the same

Note : kanbrik : the r which i meant here is the french prononciation of "R"

So use Kanbghek is more correct and it can relieve the confusion

Aha now I know what you mean! so the way to pronounce "kanbghek" is to read it "kanbrek" with the french pronounciation of R? Wow! Sounds so cool! Haha! thanks Zahich! You've helped me a lot! I'll post everyhting in this thread if there's something I'm wonder! Thanks again!

Exactly you got it now , You are welcome , feel free to ask any question on this thread

Have a nice day

Thanks! I have a question again, in english when you want to call the one you love, you usually say "darling", "baby" etc. How do you say that in Moroccan? Is there any "love" word a girl can call her boyfriend?

Have a nice day you too!

Originally Posted by cinderella94

Thanks! I have a question again, in english when you want to call the one you love, you usually say "darling", "baby" etc. How do you say that in Moroccan? Is there any "love" word a girl can call her boyfriend?

Have a nice day you too!

Hello Cinderella , Nice to see you again and sorry for my late reply i was quite busy these days ...

For your question , to call the beloved one in moroccan dialect we use the following terms :

_ Hbibi
_ Hobbi
_ Jommi or jmayam diali ( this one is kind of funny for Moroccans )
_ Zin diali ( meaning my beauty)
_ Omri ( my life)
_ Ghzali diali
_ kbida diali ( this one is funny too)


Hope these words will work for you

Nice to see you to my friend! it's okay

Thanks Zahich for the words! I'm sure it'll help me!
But now I'm very curious about the funny words... :O what does "jommi" or "jmayam diali" means? and what does "kbida diali" mean? Please translate it for me! I'm so curious! THANKS!

And what does "habib diali" mean? What exactly does the word "diali" stand for?

Originally Posted by cinderella94

Nice to see you to my friend! it's okay

Thanks Zahich for the words! I'm sure it'll help me!
But now I'm very curious about the funny words... :O what does "jommi" or "jmayam diali" means? and what does "kbida diali" mean? Please translate it for me! I'm so curious! THANKS!



And what does "habib diali" mean? What exactly does the word "diali" stand for?

dyale as far as i know in Maroccan dialects means belong to me

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29JFNp2b3Hc