Present-Tense Time Expressions

Frequency expressions

English	Darija
Always	dima
Usually	ġaliban
Sometimes	b3ḍ l-mrrat
From time to time	mrra mrra
Once a…	mrra f…
Once a year	mrra f l-3am
Once a month	mrra f š-šhr
Once a week	mrra f s-simana
Every day	yawmiyan
On a day of the week	nhar…
On Saturday	nhar s-sbt
Every…	kul…
Every morning	kul ṣbaн
Every Friday	kul jm3a
Now	deba

Examples

Greg kay-tkllm d-darija mzyan. — Greg speaks Darija well.

Malika kat-šrb l-нlib kul ṣbaн. — Malika drinks milk every morning.

Amina u ṣaнbtha kay-safru l Fransa mrra f l-3am. — Amina and her friend travel to France once a year.

Aicha kat-kbb atay. — Aicha is pouring tea.

ma-kan-šrb-š l-qhwa. — I do not drink coffee.

Negative-answer exercise

Answer these questions in the negative:

• weš Greg kay-tkllm tamaziġt mzyan?
• weš Malika kat-šrb atay kul ṣbaн?
• weš Amina u ṣaнbtha kay-safru l mirikan mrra f l-3am?
• weš Aicha kat-kbb l-ma?

Picture exercise

Describe the activities shown in pictures using: šnu kay-dir? (what is he doing?), šnu kat-dir? (what is she doing?), šnu kay-diru? (what are they doing?)