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Introduction
Becky: Welcome to 3-Minute Moroccan Arabic Season 1, Lesson 21 - Talking About Your Dislikes, In this lesson, you’ll learn how to say that you don't like something in Moroccan Arabic.
Body
Becky: Here's the way to say 'I don't like this.' in Moroccan Arabic.
Khalil: [Normal] هادشي ما عجبنيش.(hâdshî mâ ‘ajbnîsh.)
Becky: First is a word meaning 'This'
Khalil: [Normal] هادشي [Slow] هادشي (hâdshî )
Becky: Last is the phrase literally meaning 'displeases me'
Khalil: [Normal] ما عجبنيش [Slow] ما عجبنيش(mâ ‘ajbnîsh.)
Becky: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'I don't like this.'
Khalil: [Slow] هادشي ما عجبنيش. [Normal] هادشي ما عجبنيش.
Becky: Ok, now let's take a look at the way to say 'I don't like waiting.'
Khalil: [Normal] ما كنبغيش نبقى كنتسنا.(mâ kanbghîsh nbqâ kantsnnâ.)
Becky: First is a phrase meaning 'I don't like'
Khalil: [Normal] ما كنبغيش [Slow] ما كنبغيش (mâ kanbghîsh)
Becky: Next is the word meaning 'remain'
Khalil: [Normal] نبقى [Slow] نبقى (nbqâ )
Becky: Last is the word meaning 'waiting'
Khalil: [Normal] كنتسنا [Slow] كنتسنا(kantsnnâ)
Becky: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'I don't like waiting.'
Khalil: [Slow] ما كنبغيش نبقى كنتسنا. [Normal] ما كنبغيش نبقى كنتسنا.
Becky: Next up is the way to say 'I hate this.'
Khalil: [Normal] كنكره هادشي.(kankrah hâdshî.)
Becky: First is a word meaning 'I hate'
Khalil: [Normal] كنكره [Slow] كنكره (kankrah )
Becky: Last is the word meaning 'this'
Khalil: [Normal] هادشي [Slow] هادشي(hâdshî)
Becky: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'I hate this.'
Khalil: [Slow] كنكره هادشي. [Normal] كنكره هادشي.
Becky: Finally, here is a way to say 'I hate tardiness .'
Khalil: [Normal] كنكره التعطال.(kanrah tt‘Tâl.)
Becky: First is a word meaning 'I hate'
Khalil: [Normal] كنكره [Slow] كنكره (kanrah )
Becky: Last is the word meaning 'tardiness'
Khalil: [Normal] التعطال [Slow] التعطال(tt‘Tâl)
Becky: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'I hate tardiness.'
Khalil: [Slow] كنكره التعطال. [Normal] كنكره التعطال.
Cultural Insight
Becky: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight.
Khalil: In general, it's better to use ما كنبغيش (mâ kanbghîsh), meaning “I don’t like.” People rarely say كنكره (kanrah), “I hate,” when they don't like something, because it’s quite strong. That is unless they really mean it!

Outro

Becky: And that’s all for this lesson. Don’t forget to check out the lesson notes, and we’ll see you in the next lesson!
Khalil: بسلامة (bslâma)

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