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🔢 Counting from 0 to 10 in Moroccan Arabic (Darija)
Learning how to count is one of the most important foundations when starting Moroccan Darija 🇲🇦Numbers are used every day — shopping, ordering food, asking prices, telling time, or talking about people and objects.
In this lesson, you’ll learn:
✅ Numbers from 0 to 10 in Moroccan Darija
✅ How Moroccans actually count things in real life
✅ The 2 key rules for counting correctly
✅ Common mistakes to avoid
✅ Exercises with clear solutions
🔢 Numbers from 0 to 10 in Moroccan Darija
0 → Sifr (Zero)
1 → Wa7ed
2 → Jouj / Zouj
3 → Telata
4 → Reb3a
5 → Khemsa
6 → Setta
7 → Seb3a
8 → Tmenya
9 → Tes3od
10 → 3eshra
📌 Note: Some Moroccans say jouj, others say zouj — both are correct and widely used.
🧠 Rule #1 — Using “One” (Wa7ed) :
To say one in Moroccan Darija, you can use:
👉 Wa7ed + definite singular noun
Examples:
- 1 banana → Wa7ed elbanana
- 1 man → Wa7ed errajel
- 1 school → Wa7ed elmedrasa
💡 Important tip: You can also skip “one” completely and just say the noun:
- banana
- rajel
- medrasa
Or place wa7ed/we7da after the noun for emphasis:
- banana we7da
- rajel wa7ed
🧠 Rule #2 — Counting from 2 to 10 :
To count from 2 to 10, Darija uses this structure:
👉 Number + dial (or d) + definite plural noun
Examples:
- 3 bananas → Telata dial elbananate
- 4 cups → Reb3a d elkisan
- 10 boys → 3eshra dial eddrari
📌 This literally means “three of the bananas” — and that’s normal Darija, not formal Arabic.
⚠️ Special Case — Number 2 (Jouj / Zouj)
Number 2 is flexible in Darija:
✔ Jouj d elbananate
✔ Jouj bananate
But for 3 and above, you MUST use dial / d:
❌ Telata bananate
✅ Telata dial elbananate
✍️ Practice Exercise — Try It Yourself
Write the following in Moroccan Darija 👇
Helpful vocabulary:
- Girl: Bent
- The girl: Elbent
- Girls: Benat
- The girls: Elbenat
- Boy: Derri
- The boy: Edderri
- Boys: Derari
- The boys: Edderari
- Cup: Kas
- The cup: Elkas
- Cups: Kisan
- The cups: Elkisan
✅ Exercise Solutions
- 1 girl → Wa7ed elbent / Bent / Bent we7da
- 3 girls → Telata dial elbenat / Telata d elbenat
- 9 girls → Tes3od dial elbenat / Tes3od d elbenat
- 6 girls → Setta dial elbenat / Setta d elbenat
- 1 boy → Derri / Wa7ed edderri / Derri wa7ed
- 2 boys → Jouj derari / Jouj dial edderari / Jouj d edderari
- 4 boys → Reb3a dial edderari / Reb3a d edderari
- 9 boys → Tes3od dial edderari / Tes3od d edderari
- 2 cups → Jouj kisan / Jouj dial elkisan / Jouj d elkisan
- 5 cups → Khemsa dial elkisan / Khemsa d elkisan
🚀 What’s Next?
If you want to:
✔ Speak Darija naturally and confidently
✔ Practice numbers, grammar, and real conversations
✔ Get personal corrections and native pronunciation
👉 Check the Skool Classroom courses
👉 Or join 1-on-1 Moroccan Darija coaching with live sessions
Comment below with your own examples — I’ll happily correct them and give you better native alternatives 🇲🇦✨
Bslama & keep practicing 💪
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🔢 Counting from 0 to 10 in Moroccan Arabic (Darija)
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