Maghrebi Arabic

Verbs in Moroccan Arabic

to abandon, desert		تْخلّى
to abandon, desert		هْجر
to accept		قْبل
to accompany		مْشى مْع
to adjust		عدّل
to admit		عْترف
to advise, recommend		نْصح
to affect		أثّر عْلى
to allow		خلّى
to answer, respond, reply		جاوَب
to apologize for		طْلب السّْماح عْلى
to apologize for		عْتذر عْلى
to appear		بان
to appreciate		قدّر
to approve of		وافق عْلى
to arrange, organize		قاد
to ascend, go up		طْلع
to ask		سوّل
to attend		حْضر
to be		كان
to be able to, can		قْدر
Can you swim?		تقْدر تْعوم؟
to become, be		وَلّا
to beg, plead		طْلب
to begin, start		بْدا
to behave		احْترم
to bet		قمّر
to blame __ for		لام __ عْلى
to bother, disturb		قلّق
to break		هرّس
to bring, get		جاب
to burn		حْرق
to care		اتْهلّى
to carry, lift, pick up		هزّ
She carried the box to the kitchen.		هزّات الصّنْدوق للْكوزينة.
He lifted the child up.		هزّ الدّرّي.
He picked the book up from the table.		هزّ الكْتاب من الطّابْلة.
to change		بدّل
to chase, pursue		تْبع
to cheat, deceive		غشّ
to cheer, encourage		شجّع
to choose		خْتار
to climb, ascend		طْلع
to close, lock		سدّ
to come		جا
to compare		قارن
to contact		عيِّط
to contact		تّصل بْـ
to continue		كمّل
to decline		رْفض
to decrease, reduce		نْقص
to demand		طْلب
to deny		نْكر
to descend, go down		هْبط
to describe		وْصف
to design		صمّم
to disappear		غْبر
to do, make		دار
to drop		طيِّح
He dropped his book.		طيِّح كْتابو.
to edit, correct		صحّح
to express		عبّر
I can’t express myself in Arabic very well.		ماكنْعبّرْش بْالعرْبية مزْيان.
to fall		طاح
to find		لْقى
to finish, come to an end; end, complete, accomplish		سالا
to fix		صاوْب
to float		طْفا
The ball is floating in the water.		الكورة كتطْفو فوْق الما.
to get, take, receive, obtain		خْذا
to give		عْطا
to go		مْشى
to happen		طْرا
to have		عنْدو
to help		عاوَن
to hit		ضْرب
to imagine		تْخيّل
to intend to		نْوى
I intend to succeed at my job.		ناوي نْجح فْ الخدْمة دْيالي.
to jump		نقّز
to keep, continue (doing)		بْقا
to leave; quit		خلّا
to lie		كْذب
to live		عاش
to look		شاف
to lose		خْسر
to mean		قْصد
to move		تْحرّك
He hasn’t moved in ten minutes.		ما اتْحرّكْش هاذي عشْرة الدّقايْق.
to move (something)		حرّك
I can’t move my leg!		ماقادرْش نْحرّك رجْلي.
to name		سمّى
to offer		عْرض
to open		حلّ
to order, command		كُمونْدا
to order, request		طْلب
to pass, go past		فات
to prepare		وَجّد
to prohibit		مْنع
to punish		عاقب
to put, set (down)		حطّ
He set down the book on the table.		حطّ الكْتاب عْلى الطّابْلة.
to say, tell		قال
to show		ورّى
to sink		غْرق
The Titanic sank over a hundred years ago.		التّيتانيك غرْقات هاذي كْثر من مْية عام.
to stay		بْقى
to succeed		نْجح
to suggest, propose		قْترح
to take		خْذا
to tear		قطّع
to thank		شْكر
to tie		رْبط
to touch		مسّ
to try, attempt		جرّب
to use		سْتعْمل
to wait		تْسنّى
to walk, go, leave		مْشى
to welcome, greet		رحّب

Maghrebi Arabic

Verbs in Moroccan Arabic

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