| There is no strict or definitive rule to make a word | | | | the plural form of the word.bint – daughterbinteen |
| plural in Moroccan Arabic; also referred to as Darija. | | | | – daughtersemployee - mudafemployees – |
| Sometimes plurals are formed in Moroccan Darija by | | | | mudafeenyear - ’amyears – sineen |
| adding the suffix “een” to the end of words that | | | | In the example above, the root of the singular form of |
| are masculine. At other times the suffix “at” | | | | the word for "year" is different than the root of the |
| may be added to the end of feminine words to make | | | | plural form of the word. |
| them plural. However, this is not always the case. | | | | The Moroccan Arabic is a mixture of Arabic, |
| Because Darija is a mixture of words from Arabic, | | | | Tamazight, French, and other languages. You will find |
| Tamazight, French and other languages, this also | | | | that the plural form of a word sometimes is formed |
| affects how the plural of certain words are formed. | | | | following the conventions of the language from which |
| For example, for French words that are used in | | | | the word was borrowed. The plural of the French |
| Moroccan dialect, the plural is formed by adding | | | | words used in Darija are usually formed following the |
| “les” in front of the word to make it plural. There | | | | French convention of adding “les” in front of the |
| are also words where their plural form do not follow | | | | words. For example, let's take a look at the French |
| these rule. Forming plurals in Darija can vary from | | | | word for “pilot” which often used in Darija.pilot |
| word to word, therefore there are no exact or clear | | | | – peelotepilots – les peelote |
| rules to make words plural in the Moroccan Darija | | | | At other times forming the plural form of a word in the |
| language. You will need to memorize the plural form of | | | | Moroccan language does not follow any strict |
| each word in order to learn them. | | | | guidelines. Here are some words whose plural forms |
| Sometimes you can add the suffix “at” to the | | | | do not follow any of these guidelines:brother - |
| end of the word to make it plural in Moroccan Arabic. | | | | akhbrothers - khutticket – warqatickets – |
| Here are examples of adding “at” to the end of | | | | wraqiman - rajelmen – rojalahouse - darhouses – |
| a word to make the word plural.automobile – | | | | dyor |
| tomobilautomobiles – tomobilatbus – tobisbuses - | | | | As seen in the example above and throughout this |
| tobisatsister - khetsisters - khwatat | | | | article, there are no definitive rules for forming plurals in |
| There are words in Darija whose plural form is formed | | | | Moroccan Arabic. Although there may be patterns at |
| by adding “een” to the end of the word. Here | | | | times there are generally no set rules. You will need to |
| are some examples of some of those words. But as | | | | memorize the singular and plural forms of Moroccan |
| you will note, for some words the root of the singular | | | | Arabic words on a word by word basis. |
| form of the word can be different from the root of | | | | |