Algerian Darija phrases, by subject
5493 words and 7599 sentences of real Algerian Arabic, written the way people actually speak, in Arabic script with pronunciation and translation.
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التحيّات والمجاملة
Algerian Arabic greetings and courtesy
Hello, goodbye, please and thank you, and the reply that goes with each one.
70 words
أدوات الاستفهام والربط
Question words in Algerian Darija
What, where, when, how much. The words that turn a sentence into a question.
67 words
الأرقام والوقت
Numbers, days and telling the time in Algerian Arabic
Counting, prices, dates and the hours of the day.
217 words
الناس والعائلة
Family and people in Algerian Darija
Mother, father, brother, neighbour, and how to talk about them.
102 words
الماكلة والشراب
Food and drink in Algerian Arabic
What is on the table, what to order, and how to say it was good.
188 words
الدار والأغراض
The house and everyday things in Algerian Darija
Rooms, furniture and the objects you reach for every day.
155 words
المدينة والتنقّل
Getting around an Algerian city
Streets, taxis, buses, shops and money.
202 words
الأفعال
The most useful verbs in Algerian Darija
To go, to want, to do, to say. The verbs that carry ordinary conversation.
243 words
الصفات
Adjectives in Algerian Arabic
Big, small, beautiful, expensive, and their feminine forms.
71 words
الأحاسيس
Talking about feelings in Algerian Darija
Happy, tired, worried, in love. How Algerians say what they feel.
109 words
الهدرة والروابط
Linking words and connectors in Algerian Arabic
But, because, so, anyway. The glue that makes speech flow.
540 words
الخدمة والقراية
Work, school and study in Algerian Darija
Jobs, offices, classrooms and what you do all day.
182 words
الصحّة والجسم
Health and the body in Algerian Arabic
Parts of the body, feeling ill, and asking for help.
187 words
هدرة الزنقة
Algerian street slang
The words young Algerians actually use, and what they really mean.
5 words
الفرنسية في الدارجة
French words inside Algerian Darija
The French that became Algerian, and how it is pronounced now.
51 words
الإدارة والوثائق
Paperwork and offices in Algerian Arabic
Documents, queues, stamps and the vocabulary of getting things done.
190 words
القانون والعقار
Law, courts and property in Algerian Darija
Contracts, inheritance, ownership and the language of a dispute.
40 words
السياسة والأخبار
Politics, news and money in Algerian Arabic
The vocabulary of a television bulletin and an argument about it.
134 words
مفاهيم ونقاش
Expressing ideas and opinions in Algerian Darija
Thinking, believing, doubting, agreeing. The language of a real discussion.
30 words
الأمثال والتعابير
Algerian sayings and proverbs
The fixed phrases every Algerian knows, and what they actually mean.
210 words
قواعد الدارجة
How Algerian Darija is put together
Possession, negation, the present tense. The small machinery of the language.
1019 words
By situation
حسب الموقفWhole sentences, grouped by where you would use them.
المناسبات
Weddings, holidays and occasions in Algerian Darija
What you say at a wedding, at Eid, at a funeral, and when somebody has good news.
83 sentences
الطقس
Talking about the weather in Algerian Darija
Hot, cold, raining, close. The first thing anybody says and the easiest to learn.
55 sentences
السفر
Travel and getting around Algeria in Darija
Buses, taxis, trains and the road. The sentences you need when you are moving.
164 sentences
التليفون
Phones, internet and messages in Algerian Darija
Credit, signal, voice notes and calling somebody back. The language of a phone in your hand.
345 sentences
الشرا
Shopping and buying in Algerian Darija
In the shop and at the stall. Asking for a thing, asking for more, and settling up.
101 sentences
الكرة
Football and sport in Algerian Darija
The match, the team, the argument after it. Where a lot of real Darija actually happens.
96 sentences
النكتة
Jokes and teasing in Algerian Darija
The teasing that runs through ordinary Algerian talk, and how to take it and give it.
262 sentences
اللباس
Clothes and what people wear in Algerian Darija
What you are wearing, what it cost, whether it suits you, and what to ask for in the shop.
61 sentences
الدراهم
Money, prices and paying in Algerian Darija
Asking a price, agreeing one, paying, and complaining that everything went up.
135 sentences
الكلام المثقف
Speaking Algerian Darija at an educated register
Darija the way it is spoken by people arguing carefully about something that matters.
10 sentences
الحروف
The sounds of Algerian Darija
The letters that decide whether you sound Algerian: 3, 7, 9, kh, gh, and the ones that vanish.
147 sentences