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Learning Moroccan Tashlheet

Learning Tashlheet

Learning Moroccan dialectical Arabic (Darija)

English-TashlHeet Dictionary 2011

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TašlHeet Glossary 2010

This glossary is a rectified version of ‘The Tamaziġt and TašlHeet Dialects Dictionary’; a very impressive work that was developed based on the Peace Corps language books and notes taken from both CBT language and tutoring sessions by Eli Mechanic who served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Ait Bouali 2008.

This glossary is a language resource intended for the Peace Corps Morocco trainees and volunteers who will be, or already are, serving in TašlHeet speaking communities to support their ongoing language learning. It does not attempt complete coverage of the TašlHeet vocabulary, but rather contains a wide range of the vocabulary used in day-to-day life in the Souss Region (TašlHeet Tassussit).

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Table of contents

INTRODUCTION
Learning TashlHeet
Transcription of TashlHeet

GREETING
Greeting
Independent Pronouns
Possessive Pronouns
Masculine and Feminine Nouns
Constructed and Isolated Nouns
Practice

PERSONAL INFORMATION
Nationalities, Cities and Marital Status
The Verb "TO BE"
Demonstrative Pronouns, Adjectives and Indefinite Pronouns
The Possessive Word "WIN/TIN"

USEFUL EXPRESSIONS
Mealtime Expressions
Thanking Expressions
Expressions For Night Time/Sleeping
Hygiene/Cleanliness Expressions
Offering Help/ Asking For Favors
Asking for Permissions
Being Sick
Transportation Expressions
Responces to Problems/Difficulties/Appologizes
Congratulations
Communications
God phrases
Other Expressions

NUMERALS
Cardinal numbers
Ordinal Numbers
Fractions
Time
Practice

GETTING STARTED SHOPPING
Money
At the taHanut
"THERE IS/THERE ARE"
Verb "TO WANT"
Practice

FAMILY
Family Members
Verb “TO HAVE”
Practice

DIRECTIONS
Prepositions
Directions
The Imperative
Practice

PAST EVENTS
Days of The Week
Months of The Year
The Seasons
Past Time Expressions
Past Tense
Past Negation
Have you ever... / I’ve never
Adverbs of place
Object Pronouns
Question Words
Practice

DAILY ROUTINE
Present Tense expressions
Present Tense
Present Tense Negation
Using One Verb after Another
Relative pronouns
Conjunctions
Practice

BARGAINING
General Bargaining Informations
Bargaining Expressions and Vocabulary
Clothing
Colors
Adjectives
Comparative and Superlative Adjectives
Practice

SHOPPING FOR FOOD
Fruits and Vegetables
Units of Measurements
Spices and Meat
Practice

FOOD AND DRINK
Food and Drink
At the Café
At the Restaurant
The Reflexive verb “TO PLEASE/ TO LIKE”
The Verb “TO NEED/TO HAVE TO/MUST/SHOULD”
The Verb “TO WANT/ TO LIKE”
Practice

MEDICAL AND BODY
Body Parts
Health Problems
Practice

SITE VISIT EXPRESSIONS

TRAVEL
Future Time Expressions
Future Tense
Future Tense Negation
Travel
Travel Expressions
Practice

AT THE HOTEL
Hotel Accommodation
The Conditional
Practice

AT THE POST OFFICE
General Informations
Post Office Vocabulary
Using Prepositions with Pronoun Endings & Verbs
Practice

DESCRIBING THE PEACE CORPS MISSION
Peace Corps
Environment sector
Health sector
Small Business Development sector

RENTING A HOUSE
Finding a House
Furnishing a House
Practice

SAFETY AND SECURITY
Sexual Harassment
At the Taxi Stand
At Work
Forgetting a Wallet in a Taxi / Filing a Report
Butagaz
Hash
Theft
House Security / Doors and Windows
Political Harassment

APPENDICES
Pronunciation of TashlHeet
The TashlHeet Alphabeth: TIFINAGH
Supplementary Grammar Lessons
TashlHeet Numbers
Making Intransitive Verbs into Transitive Verbs
Passive Verbs
The Verb "USED TO"
Verb Participles

MOROCCAN HOLIDAYS
Religious Holidays
Moussems
National Holidays
Festivals

GLOSSARY OF VERBS

GRAMMAR INDEX

VOCABULARY INDEX