Zrbân or mzrôb, a masculine singular adjective in Darija meaning “to be in a hurry”. It comes from the verb zrb: to act quickly, to hurry up.
Zrb 3lâ shî wâ7d is a common expression meaning that you acted so fast for a person to have enough time to react. Ah 3lâ zrba, would that person say. That goes also with a person who has jjbha.
Small conversation:
In Darija:
Mohamed: bqâ m3ânâ shwiyya.
Omar: llâ, mâ nqdrsh. Rânî zrbân.
Mohamed: ashnô 3ndk?
Omar: kâyn wâ7d lmatch mohim dyâl sh-shtrnj f linternet.
In English:
Mohamed: Stay with us for a while.
Omar: No, I can’t. I am in a hurry.
Mohamed: What do you got to do?
Omar: There is an important chess game online.
In Arabic letters:
.محمد: بقى معانا شوية
.عمر: لا، ما نقدرش. راني زربان
محمد: أشنو عندك؟
عمر: كاين واحد لماتش مهم ديال الشطرنج ف لانتيرنيت
Fr7ân فرحان means happy, joyful,… It comes from the MSA verb fari7a فرح which is fr7 in Darija. Fr7âna فرحانة is the feminine form of the adjective, and fr7ânîn فرحانين is the plural form.
Some often wonder: what is happiness? Or: am I happy? And some are just plain happy… Like: The Happy Face Spider.
Credit: National Geography
Like the lizards I talked about before, this spider (rtîla)is real and the photo is not tricked. Wait until you know the real name of the Happy Face Spider in Hawaiian, it’s nananana makakiʻi. No kiddin’! This spider is a nananana! (Reminds of the mana-mana video). Its scientific name is Theridion grallator.
Scientists believe that this spider has the happy face pattern for it to stop birds from eating it. You can see in the photos below that patterns vary slightly. Some faces seem to have a big nose, and others seem to have some teeth.
سبحان الله العظيم
Today’s word is suggested by a reader of this blog, Cheryl. The word is Bnîn ????, and it means delicious! The feminine form of this adjective is bnîna.
When a delicious meal is served, you say in Moroccan: mmmm, had sh-shi bnîn!
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In classical Arabic: hâdha ladhîdh! – ??? ????!
In English: Yummy, this is delicious!
Not all languages have an equivalent for “yummy”, but here is this useful sentence in different languages:
In French: Miam miam, c’est délicieux!
In Berber: Immîm lkhîr ad!
In Slovenian: Njami, to je slastno!
In Urdu: Mazaydaar hai
In German: Das ist lecker!
In Chinese: Mei wei ke kou! : ????
In Filipino: Ang sarap nito!
In Italian: E buonissimo!
In Portuguese : Está delicioso !
In Turkish: Vay be bu cok lezzetli!
In Georgian: Pena germeli ari !
In Finnish: Nam, tämä on herkullista !
In Swedish: Det är läckert!
In Polish: Pyszne!
In Romanian: E delicious!
In Russian: Eto ochen’ vkusnoe! – ??? ????? ???????
In Japanese: ?-,????????
In Spanish : Está delicioso!
That’s 22 languages in total! Thanks to all my friends who helped me out with translation.
