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Medical & Body

Objective: By the end of the chapter, you will be able to:
• describe, in Darija, body parts and common illnesses
Body Parts

18
19
1
2 24

4 3
23

5 22
20
21
6

28

7 8

10 29 26 27
25
12
9

11 1. wjh  16. rjl 

2. fmm  17. s
b‫ع‬ 

3. lнya 
18. š‫ع‬r 

4. ‫ع‬nq  19. jbha 

13
5. ktf  20. wdn 

6. s
dr  21. нnk 

14
7. dra‫ع‬  22. nif 

16
8. mrfq  23. ‫ع‬in 

9. ydd  24. нjban 

10. s
b‫ع‬  25. snan 

11. d
fr  26. lsan 

12. krš ! 27. šnayf 

17 13. fxd 28. must

aš
" !#
15
14. rkba  29. lнya 

15. gdm $ breast bzzula 

%
112 • Moroccan Arabic

Health Problems
What’s wrong with you? šnu ‫ع‬ndk?  

What’s the matter? malek? 

What ails you? baš mrid

? 
 

What aches? šnu kay-d

rk?   

I have a fever fiya s-sxana. .  

I have a cold. fiya rwaн / d

rbni l-brd. .    /  

I have a sore throat. fiya l-нlaqm. . 

I’m constipated.  / krši qasнa.

‫ع‬ndi l-qbt .    / ! "

I’m allergic to... ‫ع‬ndi l-нasasiya d . . . . . .  #  $ "

. . . kay-dir/kat-dir
.# $ # %/  . . .
liya l-нasasiya.
I have a headache. kay-d
rni rasi. .  

My ear aches. kat-d

rni wdni. .  %

I feel dizzy. kan-нs b d-duxa. . & '

I’m injured. tjrнt. .( )%

I’m burnt. tнrqt. .( %

I have a toothache. rni waнd d

kat-d -d
rsa. .    %

My ... hurts. kay-d

rni ... ...  

I vomit / throw up. kan-tqiya. . #!%

I need to see a doctor. xs


sni n-šuf t
-t
bib. .& * #+
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Dialogue
Latifa: malek, yak labas?    
: 

Amy: kay-d
rni krši. .  :


Latifa: weš fik luj‫ ع‬bzzaf?     : 

Amy: ay, bzzaf! ! !" :



sbri šwya, ġadi n-t

Latifa:  bx   $%  &  !$'  !( : 
lik waнd l-kas d z-z‫ع‬tr,
dqqa bt
la! !)  *+$ ,-  $

Amy: lla lla ‫ع‬afak, ma-ymkn-š

./0  /  
 
1- * * :

liya n-šrb l-‫ع‬šub.
Latifa: waxxa, kifaš ymkn liya
0  2
  *31 : 
n-‫ع‬awnk?
Amy: ttas
li ‫ع‬afak b had 4516  718 $ 4+1  $18 / 1- )(9, :

r-raqm d hay'at s-salam
baš y-‫ع‬iyt
u ‫ع‬liya. .)-   0 

Latifa: hiya l-luwla, ma-y-kun

. 2 
 )  18 : 
bas.
Amy: ahla y-wrrik ši bas. .   58 :


1. baš mrid
a Amy? 1

 
 .

2. weš ‫ع‬t
atha Lat
ifa ši dwa? $    ;, -  .2
3. ‫ع‬laš ma-bġat-š Amy t-šrb l-‫ع‬šub? /0  /, 
 ,< 
5- . 3
4. weš mšat Amy ‫ع‬nd t
-t
bib? ‫ع‬laš? 5- /  $- 
 =
 . 4

Exercise: What might you say if you were the person in each picture?