LESSON NOTES

Survival Phrases #3
Please (This Please)
CONTENTS
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Standard Arabic
Moroccan Arabic
Vowelled Standard Arabic
Vowelled Moroccan Arabic
Standard Romanization
Moroccan Romanization
English
English
Vocabulary
Sample Sentences
Grammar
Cultural Insight

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haadha min faDluki. / haadha min faDluka.

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haadhihi min faDluki. / haadhihi min faDluka.

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dhaalika min faDluki. / dhaalika min faDluka.

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tilka min faDluki. / tilka min faDluka.

MOROCCAN ROMANIZATION
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haada min faDlik. / haada cafak.

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haadii min faDlik. / haadii cafak.

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haadak min faDlik. /haadak cafak.

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haadik min faDlik. / haadik cafak.

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haaduu min faDlik. / haaduu cafak.

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haaduk min faDlik. / haaduk cafak.

ENGLISH
1.

This please. (masculine object, asking a woman / man)

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This please. (feminine object, asking a woman / man)

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That please. (masculine object, asking a woman/ man)

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That please. (feminine object, asking a woman / man)

ENGLISH
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This please. (masc.)

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This please. (fem.)

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That please. (masc.)

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That please. (fem.)

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These please.

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Those please.

VOCABULARY
A r abic

R omanization

English

C lass

ha

this (masc.)

determiner

haadii

this (fem.)

determiner

haaduu

these (plur.)

determiner

Hadak

that (masc.)

determiner

haadik

that

determiner

haaduk

those (plur.)

determiner

min falik

please

phrase

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korat al kadam

soccer

noun

feminine

SAMPLE SENTENCES
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l tafal ha!

haiy al-marwaah qadiymah

Don't do this!

This fan is old.

hadu al-araif wisah

hadak elmahal eljadid

These sheets are dirty.

That is the new shop.

hadiyk al-marrah

haaduk min faDlik.

That time (last time)

Those please.

ha min falik.

al-laibn yalabn kurati al-qadam

This please.(masculine)

The players are playing soccer.

GRAMMAR
Today's phrase will help you take matters into your own hands! In this lesson well take a look
at Please, as in asking for something. This is a very useful phrase when you travel, because
when you see something you like, youll be able to buy it right away. Imagine you walk into a
restaurant and there are all these pictures of appetizing dishes right in front of you. You know
what dish you want, but do you know how to order it? Or, you pass by a souvenir shop and
you see the perfect present for your friends back home. Again, you know what you want, but
do you know how to ask for it? In Arabic Please is min faDlik ( ) . The most
rudimentary way of using please is pointing at something while saying min faDlik, but let's
try and build this up a bit, shall we? Let's start with the expression "This please" which is
haada min faDlik () . In English, this comes before please. In Arabic the word

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order is the same. The Arabic word for this is haada ( )and it precedes min faDlik ()
which is please. Looking at the word for this warrants a look at the word for that which is
haadak (). The phrase That please becomes haadak min faDlik () . Now
remember that throughout these lessons, well be learning Arabic that is as close to the
Arabic spoken in Morocco as possible to maximize your chances of being understood during
your trip. And this is why were using haadak ( that in spoken Arabic) instead of dhalika
( )which is that in Standard Arabic. dh in the word dhalika is pronounced like the
English th in that. All nouns in Arabic are either masculine or feminine. So let's take you a
step forward and learn the different forms of demonstrative pronouns in Arabic. This (masc.):
haada ( )/ this please

CULTURAL INSIGHT
All Moroccans understand min faDlik since it's the Standard Arabic word for "Please." It's also
a polite way of saying it. In Spoken Arabic across Morocco, however, people are more likely
to use the word cafaak. It's more casual and it's totally okay to use it in shops, restaurants and
about everything else in daily life. cafak is closely pronounced as "aafaak". If you're new to
the Survival Phrases, make sure you refer to the Quick Tip of the previous lesson in which I
talked about how to pronounce the sound - c. So the phrase "This please" in Moroccan
Arabic is haada cafaak.

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