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How to say "Danger" in Moroccan Arabic
In Darija, "danger" is khttar (خطر), pronounced /kh-TAR/.
4 words
2 phrases
البحر خاطر اليوم، ردّ بالك
Lb7r khatr lyum, rdd balek
/l-B7R KHA-tr l-YUM rdd BA-lek/
Sea is dangerous today, careful
Mer dangereuse, attention
واش الطريق ديال تيزي ن تيشكا خاطر؟
Wash l tri9 dyal tizi n tichka khattr?
/wash t-TRIQ dyal TI-zi n tish-KA KHAT-tr/
Tizi n'Tichka road dangerous?
Route Tizi n'Tichka dangereuse?
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About this word in Darija
In Darija, "danger" is khttar (خطر), pronounced /kh-TAR/.
Darija (الدارجة) is Moroccan Arabic — the everyday spoken language of 40 million Moroccans. Unlike Modern Standard Arabic, it's rarely written down and draws heavily on French, Spanish, and Amazigh vocabulary. Learning how to say “danger” the way Moroccans actually say it — with the right pronunciation, register, and cultural context — is the difference between sounding like a textbook and sounding like you belong.
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