Days, months, and years in Moroccan Arabic

In this lesson, you will learn to talk about days, months, and years in Moroccan Arabic (with audio), and you will learn how to count them as well.

Days, Months, and Years in Moroccan Arabic

Week Days In Moroccan Arabic

English	Transcribed Moroccan Arabic	Using Arabic Alphabet
Monday	Ttnin	التّنِين
Tuesday	Ttlat	التّلات
Wednesday	Larbe3	لاربْع
Thursday	Lkhmis	لْخميس
Friday	Ejjem3a	الجّمْعة
Saturday	Essebt	السّبْت
Sunday	Lhed/L7ed	لحد

Note: in Darija the days are used with the definite article, in written form, you may also write: tnin, tlat, larbe3, lkhmis, jem3a, sebt, lhed/l7ed (colored ones can not be used without the definite article)

If you’re familiar with Standard Arabic, you may notice that the weekdays aren’t very different from the Darija ones.

Months In Moroccan Arabic

English	Transcribed Moroccan Arabic	Using Arabic Alphabet
January	Yanayer	يناير
February	Febrayer	فبراير
March	Mars	مارس
April	Abril	أبريل
May	May	ماي
June	Yonyo	يونيو
July	Yolyoz	يوليوز
August	Ghosht	غشت
September	Shutanbir	سبتمبر
October	October	أكتوبر
November	Nowanber	نونبر
December	Dojanber	دجنبر

In Morocco, you will hear people also say numbers instead of months, for example: shhar wahed (January, literally month one), shhar joj (February, literally month two), so it’s a good thing to keep in mind.

Lunar Calendar (Hijri)

It’s also useful to learn the Hijri calendar, just notice that in this case, we don’t use numbers to talk about them:

English	Transcribed Moroccan Arabic	Using Arabic Alphabet
Muharram	Muharram	محرم
Safar	Safar	صفر
Rabi’ al-awwal	Rabi3 el2awwal	ربيع الأول
Rabi’ al-thani	Rabi3 ettani	ربيع التاني
Jumada al-awwal	Jomada l ula	جمادى الأولى
Jumada al-thani	Jomada ttanya	جمادى التانية
Rajab	Rajab	رجب
Sha’ban	She3ban	شعبان
Ramadan	Remdan	رمضان
Shawwal	Shewwal	شوال
Dhu al-qi’dah	Du lqi3da	دو القعدة
Dhu al-Hijjah	Du lhijja	دو الحجة

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Counting Days, Months, And Years In Darija

Counting Days In Darija

English	Transcribed Moroccan Arabic	Using Arabic Alphabet
1 day	Nhar/yom	نهار/يوم
2 days	Yomin	يومين
3 days	Tlt yam	تلتيام
4 days	Rb3 yam	ربعيام
5 days	Khmsiyam	خمسيام
6 days	Settiyam	ستيام
7 days	Seb3iyam	سبعيام
8 days	Temniyam	تمنيام
9 days	Tes3iyam	تسعيام
10 days	3eshriyam	عشريام
11 days	Hdasher yom	حضاشر يوم
12 days	Tnasher yom	تناشر يوم
13 days	Tlettasher yom	تلطاشر يوم
14 days	Rbe3tasher yom	ربعطاشر يوم
15 days	Khmestasher yom	خمسطاشر يوم
20 days	3eshrin yom	عشرين يوم
21 days	Wahed w3eshrin yom	واحد و عشرين يوم

From 21 on, you will use numbers normally and add yom

Note: you may hear people also hear people say L instead of R (Tnashel yom instead of tnasher yom, for example)

Counting Months In Darija

English	Transcribed Moroccan Arabic	Using Arabic Alphabet
1 month	Shher	شهر
2 months	Shehrin	شهرين
3 months	Tlt shhor	تلت شهور
4 months	Rb3 shhor	ربع شهور
5 months	Khms shhor	خمس شهور
6 months	Sett shhor	ست شهور
7 months	Seb3 shhor	سبع شهور
8 months	Temn shhor	تمن شهور
9 months	Tes3 shhor	تسع شهور
10 months	3eshr shhor	عشر شهور
11 months	Hdasher shher	حضاشر شهر
12 months	Tnasher shher	تناشر شهر

Counting Years In Darija

English	Transcribed Moroccan Arabic	Using Arabic Alphabet
1 year	3am	عام
2 years	3amin	عامين
3 years	Tlt snin	تلت سنين
4 years	Rb3 snin	ربع سنين
5 years	Khms snin	خمس سنين
6 years	Sett snin	ست سنين
7 years	Seb3 snin	سبع سنين
8 years	Temn snin	تمن سنين
9 years	Tes3 snin	تسع سنين
10 years	3eshr snin	عشر سنين
11 years	Hdasher 3am	حضاشر عام
12 years	Tnasher 3am	تناشر عام
13 years	Tlettasher 3am	تلطاشر عام
14 years	Rbe3tasher 3am	ربعطاشر عام
15 years	Khmestasher 3am	خمسطاشر عام
20 years	3eshrin 3am	عشرين عام
21 years	Wahed w3eshrin 3am	واحد و عشرين عام

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