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At the Market 🛍️🇲🇦
Learn colors, everyday objects, and useful phrases to help you shop at a Moroccan market.
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🛍️ Your goal: shop in Darija
Moroccan markets are full of clothes, fruit, household items, and local products. Learn a few useful words so you can point to things, ask prices, and buy what you need.
1. Useful market vocabulary
Start with everyday items you might see at a market or shop.
| Darija | English |
|---|---|
| Tafa7 | Apples |
| Lbanan | Bananas |
| Khobz | Bread |
| 9amija | Shirt |
| Chkara | Bag |
| Sobat | Shoes |
| Kisan | Glasses / cups |
| Sarot | Key |
| Ktab | Book |
| Flous | Money |
2. Colors
Use these words to describe an item or choose the color you want.
| Darija | English |
|---|---|
| 7mer / 7mra | Red (masculine / feminine) |
| K7el / K7la | Black (masculine / feminine) |
| Byed / Byeda | White (masculine / feminine) |
| Khdar / Khadra | Green (masculine / feminine) |
| Zreq / Zerqa | Blue (masculine / feminine) |
| Sfer / Sfra | Yellow (masculine / feminine) |
| Qahwi / Bnya | Brown (masculine / feminine) |
| Rmadi / Rmadia | Grey (masculine / feminine) |
3. Hada, Hadi, Hadok
Use these words to point to items while shopping.
Hadi qamija. — This is a shirt.
Bch7al hada? — How much is this?
Hadi shkara. — This is a bag.
Bch7al hadi? — How much is this?
Hadok sbabet. — Those are shoes.
Bch7al hadok? — How much are those?
4. Asking about prices
These short expressions can help you during a real shopping trip.
| Darija | English |
|---|---|
| Bch7al hada? | How much is this? (masculine) |
| Bch7al hadi? | How much is this? (feminine) |
| Bch7al hadok? | How much are those? |
| Ghali bzzaf. | It's very expensive. |
| N9es shwiya, 3afak. | Lower the price a little, please. |
| Wakha, nakhod hada. | Okay, I'll take this one. |
| La, shukran. | No, thank you. |
| 3tini hadi, 3afak. | Give me this one, please. |
5. Buy three things
Practise choosing three items. Read each example out loud.
🍎 1. Apples
Bch7al tafa7?
How much are the apples?
👕 2. A shirt
Bghit hada lqamija zerqa.
I want this blue shirt.
👜 3. A bag
Bghit had shkara, 3afak.
I want this bag, please.
💰 Finish shopping
Wakha, ghadi nakhodhom.
Okay, I'll take them.
6. A real-life market conversation
Practise both roles: the customer and the seller.
Customer: Salam! Bch7al had shkara?
Seller: Hadi b 80 dirham.
Customer: Ghaliya shwiya. N9es shwiya, 3afak.
Seller: Wakha, 70 derham.
Customer: Wakha, nakhodha. Shukran!
English: The customer asks for the price of a bag, negotiates a little, accepts the new price, and buys it.
7. Mini practice
Try answering out loud before revealing the answer.
① How do you say “this” with a masculine noun?
Hada.
② How do you say “those”?
Hadok.
③ How do you ask “How much is this bag?”
Bch7al had shkara?
④ How do you say “It's very expensive”?
Ghali bzzaf.
⑤ How do you say “Okay, I'll take this one”?
Wakha, nakhod hada.
🎯 Your speaking challenge
Imagine you're shopping at a Moroccan market. Your mission is to buy three things using Darija.
- Choose three things you want to buy.
- Describe one item using a color.
- Point to items using hada, hadi, or hadok.
- Ask how much each item costs.
- Choose your items and finish the conversation.
Your goal: Speak for 30 seconds without reading every sentence.
✅ Track your progress
Check each goal as you improve.
- ☐ I can name at least five market items.
- ☐ I can describe an item using a color.
- ☐ I understand hada, hadi, and hadok.
- ☐ I can ask how much something costs.
- ☐ I can practise buying three things in Darija.
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