Moroccan Questions
Learning the Moroccan Questions is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you master it the more you get closer to mastering the Moroccan language. But first we need to know what the role of Questions is in the structure of the grammar in Moroccan.
Moroccan questions may be either a linguistic expression used to make a request for information, or else the request itself made by such an expression. Usually it starts with why, how, where, when ... Here are some examples:
| English Questions | Moroccan Questions/ Arabic Script |
| Questions | - الأسئلة |
| how? | kifashe - كيف؟ |
| what? | ashnou - ماذا؟ |
| who? | skoune - من؟ |
| why? | aalashe - لماذا؟ |
| where? | fine - أين؟ |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Questions in Moroccan has a logical pattern. Locate the Questions above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Moroccan.
List of Questions in Moroccan
Below is a list of the Questions and interrogative expressions in Moroccan placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Moroccan vocabulary.
| English Questions | Moroccan Questions/ Arabic Script |
| where is he? | fine rahe - أين هو؟ |
| what is this? | washe hadeshy - ما هذا ؟ |
| why are you sad? | aalashe nta tayra like - لماذا أنت حزين؟ |
| how do you want to pay? | kifashe bghity tkhallasse - كيف تريد الدفع؟ |
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| can I come? | takdare tji?? - هل يمكن ان آتى؟ |
| is he sleeping? | washe rahe naasse?? - هل هو نائم؟ |
| do you know me? | washe kataarafny - هل تعرفني؟ |
| do you have my book? | washe rahe aandake ktaby - هل لديك كتابي؟ |
| how big is it? | shhale kbire dake shy?? - ما مدى كبر هذا؟ |
| can I help you? | washe nakdare naaawnake ?? - هل يمكننى مساعدتك؟ |
| can you help me? | washe takdarre taawanny?? - هل يمكنك مساعدتي؟ |
| do you speak English? | washe katkallame nagliziya?? - هل تتكلم الانجليزية؟ |
| how far is this? | shale baaide dake shy?? - ما مدى بعد هذا؟ |
| what time is it? | shhale dalwakte - ما هو الوقت؟ |
| how much is this? | shhale lhadashy?? - كم ثمن هذا؟ |
| what is your name? | ashnou smiytake?? - ما هو اسمك؟ |
| where do you live? | fine kataaishe ?? - أين تعيش؟ |
Questions and interrogative expressions have a very important role in Moroccan, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with Moroccan Questions, you might want to check the rest of our Moroccan lessons here: Learn Moroccan. Don't forget to bookmark this page.