Learn five university words
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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. |
| Next word |
| 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. |
| Next word |
| 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. |
| Next word |
| 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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