If you're trying to learn Moroccan Feminine you will find some useful resources including a course about genders: Feminine and Masculine... to help you with your Moroccan grammar. Try to concentrate on the lesson and notice the pattern that occurs each time the word changes its place. Also don't forget to check the rest of our other lessons listed on Learn Moroccan. Enjoy the rest of the lesson!
Learning the Moroccan Feminine 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 Feminine is in the structure of the grammar in Moroccan.
Moroccan feminine refers to female qualities attributed specifically to women and girls or things considered feminine. The complement to feminine is masculine. Here are some examples:
| English Feminine | Moroccan Feminine/ Arabic Script |
|---|---|
| Feminine | mbannate - انثوية |
| he is happy | rashka lihe - انه سعيد |
| she is happy | rashka liha - انها سعيدة |
| he is American | mmirikaniye - انه امريكى الجنسية |
| she is American | mirikaniya - انها امريكية الجنسية |
| man | rajale - رجل |
| woman | mra - امرأة |
| father | abe - أب |
| mother | oume - أم |
| brother | oukhte - أخت |
| sister | oukhte - أخت |
| uncle | ame - عم |
| aunt | amma - عمة |
| bull | tour - ثور |
| cow | bagra - بقرة |
| boy | walde - ولد |
| girl | bante - بنت |
Notice the structure of the Feminine in Moroccan.
Below is a list of objects, can you determine whether they're feminine, masculine or plural in Moroccan? Memorizing this table will also help you add very useful and important words to your Moroccan vocabulary.
| English Vocabulary | Moroccan Vocabulary/ Arabic Script |
|---|---|
| objects | - الأجسام |
| bathroom | hammame - حمام |
| bed | namoussiya - سرير |
| bedroom | bite naasse - غرفة نوم |
| ceiling | skafe - سقف |
| chair | koussi - كرسي |
| clothes | lbasse - ملابس |
| coat | vista - معطف |
| cup | kasse - كوب |
| desk | maktabe - مكتب |
| dress | toube - ثوب |
| floor | tabssile - طابق |
| fork | bra - شوكة |
| furniture | hwayaje - أثاث |
| glass | jaje - زجاج |
| hat | tarboushe - قبعة |
| house | dar - منزل |
| ink | mdade - حبر |
| jacket | satra - سترة |
| kitchen | kousina - مطبخ |
| knife | mousse - سكين |
| lamp | boula - مصباح |
| letter | briya - رسالة |
| map | kharita - خريطة |
| newspaper | jarnane - صحيفة |
| notebook | - مفكرة |
| pants | sarwale - بنطلون |
| paper | warka - ورقة |
| pen | klame - قلم |
| pencil | kriyou - قلم رصاص |
| pharmacy | farmacienne - صيدلية |
| picture | taswira - صورة |
| plate | tabssile - طبق |
| refrigerator | tallaja - ثلاجة |
| restaurant | - مطعم |
| roof | stahe - سطح |
| room | bite - غرفة |
| rug | sajada - سجادة |
| scissors | mkasse - مقص |
| shampoo | shampouane - شامبو |
| shirt | camisse - قميص |
| shoes | sabbate - حذاء |
| soap | saboune - صابون |
| socks | tkashare - جورب |
| spoon | mgharfa - ملعقة |
| table | tabla - طاولة |
| toilet | mirhade - مرحاض |
| toothbrush | - فرشاة أسنان |
| toothpaste | maajoune asnane - معجون أسنان |
| towel | ponja - منشفة |
| umbrella | mdalle - مظلة |
| underwear | - الملابس الداخلية |
| wall | hite - حائط |
| wallet | shkara - محفظة |
| window | sarjame - نافذة |
| telephone | tilifoune - هاتف |
Feminine and Masculine have a very important role in Moroccan. Once you're done with Moroccan Feminine, you might want to check the rest of our Moroccan lessons here: Learn Moroccan. Don't forget to bookmark this page.
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