Algeria/Moroccan: I love, I love you, I loved.....

mini91

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UK
English-UK
How can the following be expressed in the North African dialects:

I love you (f/m)
I love it
I loved it

i've heard another word for love being used thats not '7ub' and would like to know what that particularly word is, thank you.
 
  • Xence

    Senior Member
    Algeria (Arabic - French)
    I love you (f/m) = n7abbak/nabghik
    I love it = n7abbu/nabghih (or n7abbha/nabghiha if it's feminine)
    I loved it = 7abbitu/bghitu (or 7abbit-ha/bghit-ha if it's feminine)
     

    Hemza

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    French, Mor/Hijz Arabic (heritage)
    In case it serves someone :D, I think in Eastern Algeria they also say
    نشتيك
    نشتيه
    شتيته (?)
    From اشتهى

    And in rural dialects of Morocco (at least the West) "love" is said بغو. Is it also the case in Algeria where بغى is used?

    أو هي كلمة فريدة من نوعها خاصة بالمغرب؟ :D
     
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