Asking the Way | Learn Moroccan Darija, Study Episode 4 · Day 8

Sit down for five minutes and learn how to ask the way in Moroccan Arabic (Darija), knock on a door and greet an old friend. Lucy has a paper with an address and a flask of mint tea. Her friend Manal is from Marrakech and knows the way, until the lane ends in a wall. Lucy asks a young shopkeeper: straight on, right at the bakery oven, then left. Nobody opens the door, but a neighbour knows where Ħmed sits every afternoon. A year and a half after her ward in Manchester, Lucy finds him at the café. Five short stories in order, every word lit as it is spoken: the Darija, then English, Dutch and French, and the Arabic script. After each story: its key words, heard once, with a pause to say them yourself. At the end: a review of the ten most useful sentences, each one twice. Listen, pause, repeat. A note on two words: Ħmed greets Lucy with "a benti". Literally "my daughter", it means "my dear": the warm way an older Moroccan speaks to a younger woman. And Lucy calls him "a sidi Ħmed": "sidi" is a respectful "sir" in front of a man's name. Chapters 0:00 #28 eṭ-ṭriq · The way 0:35 Key words · the way 0:47 #29 ṣewwel · Ask 1:14 Key words · ask 1:23 #30 el-bab · The door 1:48 Key words · the door 1:59 #31 el-qehwa · The café 2:40 Key words · the café 2:51 #32 atay · The tea 3:29 Key words · the tea 3:38 Review Playlist: Learn Darija with Stories | Daily Life in Marrakech. Previous: Episode 3 · How Lucy Learned Darija (stories #23 to #27). Next: Episode 5. Have you ever asked the way in another language? Tell us in the comments. #darija #moroccanarabic #learndarija