Game 1 - Word Game

Ssalâm "alaykom (to use the same transliteration system we got on the website ;))

Here is a classical game for learners/beginners of any language, and that you may be already familiar with:

Every player has to suggest a word in darija and give its meaning, but not any word, your word has to start with the last letter of the previous word.

Example:
First person: Mrawât = women.

The next player gets a word starting with T: Tmr = dates.

So the next one must get us a word starting with R.

NB: I put mrawât in plural, because when I kept it as mra, I couldn’t think of any word in darija starting with a o_o! Freaky!

According to my husband (LOL):

r’kal = to kick

[quote=daarijalearner]According to my husband (LOL):

r’kal = to kick[/quote]
Yes! The apostrohpe made me confused when I read your word, and I went wondering wether it’s a hamza or not.

So it’s my turn again with L…I say limôn = oranges.

[quote=Butterfly][quote=daarijalearner]According to my husband (LOL):

r’kal = to kick[/quote]
Yes! The apostrohpe made me confused when I read your word, and I went wondering wether it’s a hamza or not.[/quote]
So, how would it be in daarija? with hamza? I guess. In any case. I like this game!!!

My turn, with N (and this time all by myself :cool: ) namussyat = beds.

Oops, I got a T again.

The word itself is correct, and we will not take transliteration into consideration that much, since as you said before, each one has learned it a different way.
I would spell your verb just as rkl, so it doesn’t have hamza at all.

I am glad you do :).

Smart use of plural ;). [My transliteration: Namosiyyât]

And it’s okay to have the same letter again, it means an extra entry for T if you’re taking note of the vocabulary ;).
So T like … Teyyeb = to cook.

B as in bab = door.

Initially I was going to write barba (beets) but then I remember the “a”.

[quote=daarijalearner]B as in bab = door.

Initially I was going to write barba (beets) but then I remember the “a”.[/quote]
Barba is a nice word :smiley:

I’ll suggest a fruit then: bo"wid = pear.

I hope I’m playing this right - my word is “darna.”

Yalla, mchiew darna. (Is that right?)

[quote=Tinghiroise]I hope I’m playing this right - my word is “darna.”

Yalla, mchiew darna. (Is that right?)[/quote]
Yes, you definitely are playing right. You would have made it easier if you suggested dâr (house) instead of dârna (our house), because you’re making me stuck with “a” à_à. I would get you plenty if we were playing in Berber. (Hence, almost all masculine word start with “a” in Berber lol)

Now for your sentence, it’s : Yallah nmshiw l darna.
Nmshiw = the “n” in the beginning of the verb is necessary to mark the present/future tense, and “l” stands for “to” that was missing in your sentece.

Ah the “a”… I am stuck! I will come back with a word, or will ask you gently to make it dâr instead :slight_smile:

Mzyan. I’ll take it with “dar”, so my word is

             ros = rice.

You mean roz, right?
So I’ll go witt z:
zwîn = beautiful (masculine)

Ok, my word is

nhar (???) = day

P.S. Butterfly, thanks for the corrections!

My pleasure :–)

It’s my turn again to play, and I suggest: rajl = man.

limn = right (as oppossed to left)

Hello again :slight_smile:

n3âs = sleeping!

Wow! I love games…

S…

Sarot, which means key!

tqâshr = socks.

Where did everybody go? ^^

Dunno!

R…

rmmân = pomegranate.

N3am = Oui

Mrîd = sick.

D…