Learn five famous Moroccan foods
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| [سلام عليكم (salam 3alikoum)] My name is Chaima. Welcome to Arabic weekly words again. Let’s find out today’s or this week’s topic. Moroccan or famous Moroccan foods. [أكل مغربية مشهورة (‘ukal maghribya mashhoura)] |
| First word of course |
| 1. |
| [طاجين] who comes to Morocco and doesn’t get that? |
| [Tâjîn] we say the same word in [فصحة (fusḥa)] and |
| Darija and foreign people use also the same word |
| الطاجين المفضل عندي هو طاجين اللح م |
| بالبرقوق |
| TTâjîn lmufaDDal ʻindî huwwa Tâjîn llHam bilbarqûq.. |
| My favorite [ṭajīn] is beef and prunes with some onion stew. |
| Next word |
| 2. |
| [بسطيلة] this word means |
| [bsTîla] it’s a good thing |
| ف المغرب عندنا بسطيلة بالدجاج و بسطيل ة |
| بالحوت |
| flmaghrib ʻindna bsTîla bddjâj w bsTîla blHût.. |
| In Morocco, we have Chicken pastilla which is sweet and Fish pastilla which is also great. |
| Next word |
| 3. |
| [كسكس] kuskus of course you know this word couscous |
| ف المغرب كناكلو كسكس كل جمعة |
| flmaghrib kanâklû kusksu kulla jimʻa.. |
| In Morocco, we eat couscous every Friday, not every day. |
| Next word |
| 4. |
| [طنجية] Tanjiyya I am not translating because they are the same words in Fusa and Darija English. |
| الطنجية هي أكلة مراكشية بامتياز |
| TTanjiya hiya ’ukla marrakshiya bi’mtiyâz.. |
| is a Moroccan dish. |
| Next word is |
| 5. |
| [حرير ة] means soup but like Moroccan soup is called [Hrîra]. |
| In Ramadan, we have [Hrîra] every day. |
| ف رمضان كنشربو الحريرة كل نهار |
| f ramDân kanshrbû lHrîra kull nhâr.. |
| That was it for food. |
| I will see you next week [بسلامة(bslama)]. |
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