Getting Started Shopping — Money

Lesson objective

By the end of this section, you will be able to:

convert between dirhams, riyals and francs
buy items from a store
use bġa to express what you want
use kayn to say that someone or something is present

Moroccan money

The basic relationships are:

1 dirham = 20 riyals
1 dirham = 100 francs
5 francs = 1 riyal

This also means: 100 francs = 20 riyals.

Conversions

Conversion	Rule	Example
Riyals → dirhams	divide by 20	100 riyals ÷ 20 = 5 dirhams
Francs → riyals	divide by 5	200 francs ÷ 5 = 40 riyals
Francs → dirhams	divide by 100	200 francs ÷ 100 = 2 dirhams
Dirhams → francs	multiply by 100	2 dirhams × 100 = 200 francs
Riyals → francs	multiply by 5	40 riyals × 5 = 200 francs
Dirhams → riyals	multiply by 20	2 dirhams × 20 = 40 riyals

Exercise: convert the amounts

Into dirhams: 35 riyals, 150 riyals, 365 riyals, 270 riyals, 555 riyals

Into riyals: 10 dirhams, 30 dirhams, 25 dirhams, 125 dirhams, 19 dirhams

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