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Learning Darijaالدارجة

Darija B2

Twenty lessons. From here on the texts are real and unadapted, glossed in the margin: Standard Arabic beside Darija, fables, proverbs, regional speech.

  1. 65Between Darija and FushaTalking about language, Pairs: Fusha → Darija, History, Chefchaouen, RegisterB2
  2. 66Newspaper DarijaThe press, Newspaper phrasing, Action nouns, Reading, Local politicsB2
  3. 67Never, nobody, nothingFull negatives, Reinforcers, From the proverbs, Proverb verbs, ProverbsB2
  4. 68The sea behind youHighlighting, The speech, The strait, Where and how, The final comparisonB2
  5. 69The tortoise and the two ducksTime duals, Body pairs, Collective → one, The fable, The moralB2
  6. 70The vanquished imitate the victorElatives, Set phrases, The text, What gets copied, Discussing the textB2
  7. 71The sixth timeOrdinals, Fractions, Approximating, The census, TrendsB2
  8. 72Wlid, bnita, dwiraSmall and dear, Not much, The lullaby, The rain song, AffectionB2
  9. 73Roots and patternsz-r-3, sow, s-q-y, water, The river, Benefit and harm, Talking about wordsB2
  10. 74InshallahThe future in God's hands, Other formulas, From the proverbs, Proverb verbs, Explaining a proverbB2
  11. 75Leaving TangierThe thread of time, Going off and coming back, The journey, The farewell, Who's tellingB2
  12. 76True, but…Conceding, Pushing back, Reasoning and concluding, School, The debateB2
  13. 77How tea is madeUtensils, Ingredients, What you do, The order, The finishing touchB2
  14. 78I should have comeSpeculating, Regretting, Resigning oneself, Emigration, ForgivenessB2
  15. 79J7a and the braying donkeyIrony toolkit, Laughing and mocking, The tale, Clever and stupid, TagsB2
  16. 80Gal, 'al, qalWhere, Variants, Talking about speech, Understanding each other, The usual questionB2
  17. 81Sarut, the Amazigh keyFrom Amazigh, Plurals and derived forms, Amazigh languages, Where it shows, Talking about originsB2
  18. 82A 3omri, my lifeForms of address, Song, Genres, Screen, Where you hear itB2
  19. 833afak, 7ta, w9tAbbreviations, Social media, What you do, Letters and digits, Laughing in writingB2
  20. 84Prince of travellersA life, The journey, Ibn Battuta's world, The book, Name and fameB2
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