TENSES

·           (ana) ’aadatan ma aqumu bi waajibee (a)l madrassi(yi) fee (a)ssabaahi (a)l baakir(i)

 

               I usually do my homework very early in the morning.

 

·           lakin bi (a)l amssi qomtu bi waajibee (a)l madrassi(yi) fee aakhiri (a)ddaheera(ti)

 

              But yesterday I did my homework in the late afternoon.

 

·            (ana) ’aadatan ma uqaddee ma bayna thalaatheena daqeeqa(tin) wa saa’a(tin) (kaamila(tin)) fee injaazi  waajibee (a)l madrassi(yi)    

 

          

             I usually spend between thirty minutes and an hour on my homework.

 

·      lakin laylata (a)l baariha(ti)  qaddaytu saa’tayn(i)  fee injaazi  waajibee (a)l madrassi(yi)    

 

          But last night I spent two hours on my homework.

 

·         sa-unjizu  waajibee (a)l madrassi(ya)  kullahu (hadihi) (a)llaylata li-anni sa-adhabu rhadan ela (a)ddaari (a)l baydaa(-i) liziyaarati ’ammatee (a)l mareeda(ti)  

 

 

          Tonight I will do all my homework because tomorrow I will go to Casablanca to see my aunt, who is ill.

 

·       laylata  (a)l baariha(ti)  kaana ’indee alam(un) fee raassee

 

              Last night I had a headache.

 

·           alyawm(a) ’indee alam(un) fee sinnee

             (or:  tuelimunee sinnee)

 

            Today I have a toothache.

 

·           laa adree mada sa-uelimunee rhadan !

            (word-for-word: laa adree mada sa-yakunu  ’indee rhadan !)

 

 

             I wonder what I will have tomorrow!

 

·            bil amss(i) kontu fee Ouarzazat

 

 

             Yesterday I was in Ouarzazat.

 

·       ana alyawm(a) fee (a)l mohammadiya(ti)

 

 

 

              Today I am in Mohammedia.

 

·           rhadan sa-akunu fee al jadeeda(ti)

 

 

              Tomorrow I will be in El Jadida.