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How to say "How long ago" in Moroccan Arabic
In Darija, "how long ago" is sh7al hadik (شحال هاديك), pronounced /sh-HAL ha-DIK/.
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In Darija, "how long ago" is sh7al hadik (شحال هاديك), pronounced /sh-HAL ha-DIK/.
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 “how long ago” 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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