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[سلام (salam)] This is Chaima. Welcome to Arabic weekly words and let’s find out this week’s topic. Its university [الجامعة (al jāmiʻa] fun place. |
First word is |
1. |
[أستاذ] or [أستاذ ة] for female. |
’ustâd / ’ustâda |
It means professor and in Moroccan Arabic Darija, we would say it but we also use the short form of the French word which is prof |
هاد العام كان عندنا واحد أستاذة الرياضيا ت |
مزيانة بزاف |
hâd lʻâm kân ʻandnâ wâHd ustâdat rriyâDiyyât mzyâna bzzâf. |
This year, we had a very good math professor. yeah. |
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2. |
[تخصص] major. |
We have the same word in Darija, we say [takhaSoS] or we use this French word [spécialité] |
ف الجامعة ديالي كان التخصص هو الهندس ة |
المالية |
f ljâmiʻa dyâlî kân ttakhaSSuS huwa lhandasa lmâliyya. |
In the University, my major was financial engineering. |
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3. |
[الحي الجامعي] campus. |
We use the same word in Darija, we say lHay ljâmi‘iyy |
ماعمرني سكنت ف الحي الجامعي حنت كن ت |
ساكنة مع والديَّ |
mâ ʻammarni mâ sknt fil Hayy ljâmiʻiy Hint knt sâkna mʻa wâlidiyya. |
I’ve never lived on campus because I lived with my parents. |
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4. |
[دبلوم] means degree and |
we use the French word in Darija which is diplôm |
هي كانت ذكية بزاف عندها تلات ة |
الديپلومات مختلفة |
hiya kânt dhkiyya bzzâf ʻandhâ thlâta ddiplômât mukhtalifa. |
she was really smart. She has three different degrees. |
5. |
[تخرج] It means to graduate and |
in Darija, we used to say [tkhrraj] |
كيقرا دابا و غادي يتخرج من دابا تلات سنين |
kayqrâ dâbâ w ghâdî ytkharraj mn dâbâ tlât snîn. |
he is studying now and he will graduate in three years. |
Next word, oh there is no next word. Thank you for joining us [بسلامة (bslama)] I will see you next week. |
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