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Days Of The Week In Moroccan Arabic
When counting in Standard Arabic. The following words are used for counting: one - wahed two - etneen three - thlata four - areb’a five - khamsa six - seta seven - sb’a Here are the names for the days of the week in Moroccan Darija: Sunday – lhad Monday – etneen Tuesday - tlat Wednesday - larbe’ Thursday - lekhmis Friday - jem’a Saturday – sebt Note, the similarities between the words for some of the names of the days of the week and the numbers used for counting. Sunday is regarded as day 1. Monday is regarded as day 2 and the word for 2 is 'etneen' while the word for Monday is also 'etneen.' The word for the number 3 is 'tlata' while the word for Tuesday is 'tlat' which is similar to 'tlata.' There are days of the week which bear no similarity to the numbers used for counting. It should be noted that the word “youm” is sometimes used in front of the day of week. The word 'youm' means “day.” Here are a few examples: youm lhad youm etneen youm larbe The days of the week, used in Moroccan Arabic, bear similarity to the numbers used for counting in Standard Arabic. Likewise, the numbers used for counting in Moroccan Arabic also bear similarity to the words used for the days of the week. The exceptions are the words "juj" which means 2 and the word "khamsa" which means 5. The words for day 2 (Monday) and day 5 (Friday) have no similarity to the words "juj" or "khamsa." The numbers used for counting in Moroccan Arabic are listed below: one - wahed two - juj three - tlata four - reb’a five - khamsa six - sta seven - sb’a The names for the days of the week and the numbers for counting in Standard Arabic and in Moroccan Arabic are similar. This is because some of the days of the week use the same words or are derivatives of the words that are used when counting. Article Directory: http://www.articledashboard.com Learn more about the Moroccan Arabic language and the ways you can learn how to speak Moroccan |
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