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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

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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