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الخدمة والقراية
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Work, school and study in Derja

Jobs, offices, classrooms and what you do all day.

Work vocabulary in Algeria sits across three languages at once. You might نخدم in a company with a French name, study at a جامعة, and describe your job with a word borrowed straight from French and given an Arabic plural.

The words here are the ones that come up when somebody asks what you do, which, in Algeria, they will, within about four minutes of meeting you.

10 words to start with

خدمة
khedma
Job, work
نخدم في…
nekhdem fi…
I work at/in…
باطرون
paṭron
Boss
معلّم
m3allem
Boss, master craftsman
شركة
sharika
Company
مؤسّسة
mu'assasa
Institution, firm
الصالير
ṣṣalir
The salary
الشوماج
chchomaj
Unemployment
ريتريتي
retraité
Retired
كونجي
konji
Leave, time off

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