Question Words

Lesson objective

In this lesson, you will learn common question words and use them to ask about people, places, time, reasons, and actions.

Question words

English	Darija
Who	škun
What	aš / šnu / ašnu
Which	ašmn
Where	fin / fayn
How	kifaš
From where	mnin
When	fuqaš / imta
Why	3laš

Examples

škun nta? / škun nti? — Who are you? (to a man / to a woman)

šnu drti l-barн? — What did you do yesterday?

ašmn ṭobis xditi? — Which bus did you take?

fin kliti l-ppitza? — Where did you eat pizza?

kifaš wṣlti l l-oṭil? — How did you arrive at the hotel?

mnin jiti? — Where did you come from?

fuqaš n3sti l-barн? / imta wṣlti? — When did you sleep yesterday? / When did you arrive?

3laš jiti m3ṭṭl? — Why did you come late?
3laнqqaš ma-nḍt-š bkri. — Because I did not get up early.

Question words with “mn”

The word mn can be used after a preposition.

English	Darija
With whom	m3a mn
Whose	dyal mn

m3a mn safrti l Rabat? — With whom did you travel to Rabat?