The Routledge Introductory Course in Moroccan Arabic

An Introductory Course

Jan Hoogland

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2017
• Print ISBN: 9781138104679
• eBook ISBN: 9781351591058
• Topic: Languages & Linguistics
• Subtopic: Languages
• Index: Languages & Linguistics

The Routledge Introductory Course in Moroccan Arabic is ideal for both class-based and independent learners.

No prior knowledge of Arabic is required as the course guides you step-by-step through the essentials of the language. Transliteration is used throughout to provide learners with an accurate representation of this spoken language while Arabic script is provided from Part II for those who have prior knowledge of Arabic.

Part I introduces the phonology of Moroccan allowing you to recognise and pronounce the sounds unique to Moroccan. The basic grammar of Moroccan is also presented here ensuring students have a solid foundation on which to build their communicative skills.

Part II is arranged thematically and equips you with the vocabulary and cultural information needed to communicate effectively in Morocco in a range of common situations.

By the end of the course learners will have reached the CEFR A2 level/ACTFL Intermediate-Mid.

p.1

Basics

p.2

Lesson 1

Nouns

In Moroccan, nouns can be either definite or indefinite. A noun without the article is usually indefinite. Exceptions are proper names (mħemmed, faŧima). These are definite, although they are not preceded by an article.

ħanut	<a>^† shop	qehwa	coffee
weld	<a> boy	ma	water
kas	<a> glass	mdina	<a> city
xŭbz	bread	mṟa	<a> woman
kŭrsi	<a> chair	ħlib	milk
bit	<a> room	lħem	meat
magana	<a> watch	ktab	<a> book
bent	<a> girl

^†English ‘a’ is between angled brackets because Moroccan doesn’t have a corresponding word.

An indefinite noun can be made definite by preceding it with the definite article. This article is l-. The hyphen is only there to separate the article from the word after it in writing. In spoken Moroccan you won’t hear a separation, pause or anything like that.

l-ħanut	the shop	l‑bit	the room
l‑weld	the boy	l‑magana	the watch
l‑kas	the glass	l‑bent	the girl
l‑xŭbz	the bread	l‑qehwa	the coffee
l‑kŭrsi	the chair	l‑ma	the water

p.3

In Moroccan you can never have three consecutive consonants, unless the first and second consonants are the same. If a noun starts with two consonants, adding the definite article l- would create a cluster of three consonants, the article’s l- being the first. In that case, an unstable short vowel e is inserted between the l- and the first consonant of the noun. This e may not actually be pronounced; this can differ from speaker to spea...

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• The Routledge Introductory Course in Moroccan Arabic
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Preface
• Introduction
• Phonology
• Basics
• Personal Identification
• Meeting, Greeting and Saying Goodbye
• Living, Accommodation and Houses
• Food and Drink
• Language Learning and Language Problems
• Education
• Work and Jobs
• Illness, Health and Healthcare
• Key
• Index of English Grammatical Concepts
• Vocabulary English-Moroccan
• Vocabulary Moroccan-English
• Listening Texts of Lessons 42–65 written in Arabic script