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Welcome to Arabic weekly words and let’s find out together this week’s topic. It’s going to the movies [الدهاب إلى السينما (al dahab ila alsinima)] In [فصحة (fusḥa] we say [نمشيو (nemchiw)] cinema or [ (lkhrouj) لخروج] cinema.
First word is
1.
السينما
ssînimâ
a cinema, theater or just movie theater.
In Darija, we have the same word. We say cinema
أنا ما كانمشيش لْ السينما بزاف.
’anâ ma kanimshish lsînima bzzâf.
I don’t go so much to the movies.
Next word,
2.
ممتل \ ممتلة
[mumtila] the female word is [mumtil] it means actor and
in Darija, we say [ممثل \ ممثلة] it’s a same word.
براد پت ممثل مزيان
brad pit mumtil mzyân..
Brad Pitt is a good actor
next word
3.
مخرج / مخرج ة
mukhrij/mukhrija
moviemaker
هى كانت كتمنى تكون مخرجة
hiya kânt katmannâ tkûn mukhrija..
she used to wish to be a moviemaker.
Next word
4.
كوميديا
kômîdyâ
comedy
زولاندر كوميديا زوينة.
zûlandar kûmîdyâ zwîna..
Zoolander is a good comedy.
Next word oh
5.
فيلم كيخل ع
film kaykhla‘
scary movie.
In Darija, we would say
صاو فيلم كيخلع بزاف.
Sâw fîlm kaykhliʻ bzzâf..
Saw is a very scary movie. I don’t know why people watch that.
That was it. Bye, I will see you next week.

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