
Explore essential Algerian dialect greetings (Darija) from east and west variations, including salaam, how are you responses, and prayers, with dialogue practice and translations to English.
Learn to render seven Arabic sounds that have no English equivalent, using the English alphabet, with throat and tongue placements, example words, and a pronunciation practice exercise.
Explore the verb to be in Algerian Darija, examining present tense usage, pronouns, and auxiliary forms in Arabic with practical examples and dialogue guidance.
Explore the darija verb 'to do,' derived from classical Arabic adara meaning to direct, and show present, past, and imperative forms with pronouns, endings, and dual usage.
Explore Darija question words and when to use 'ash' for time and 'kam' for numbers, with examples like how old you are and where to ask questions in Algerian dialect.
Learn to count in Algerian Darija from zero to twenty, then tens and thousands, with practical examples and dialogue. Explore using numbers in daily life, including dinars and centimes.
Learn how days in Darija derive from numbers and how to express dates, birthdays, and times of day, with months borrowed from French and pronunciation notes.
Learn to tell time in darija with examples like twenty-five to six, twenty to seven, and ten minutes to nine, using singular forms after numbers, and conclude with achievement test.
13 fast lessons of basics with a lot of examples and automatic corrected exercises.
From giving some lessons in Darija basing on communication I received many smart questions and I thought it would be very useful if we can gather or make a kind of structured course for this dialect, trying to explain it following some rules of teaching Arabic as a foreign languages. This work came after a lot of efforts and time spent on. However it doesn't mean it's perfect, I welcome any reviews, comments or questions.
We will start by greetings then we will see the right pronunciation of some letters which doesn't exist in English (as letters), after that we continue with pronouns, verb to be, to do, to have, numbers, days, months and how to tell time. Lessons are with examples and registered audios in the pdf file. So I recommend starting by listening first then if you don't understand you go to the written script, where you will find on your left the same Darija words translated to English, in a way that the same colour represent the same meaning in each line.
At the end I really wish it will be useful for you and see you in the next level of Darija course -Inshaa Allah-
All the best
Atika Mekki