Algeria Connect · First Words: Algerian Arabic · Lesson 9 of 10

Questions

Seven question words — the keys that unlock everything you don't yet know how to say.

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The words

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Try each line yourself first — the effort of recalling is exactly what makes it stick. Tap a line only when you’re stuck, and its translation appears.

wiin es-soug?

Where's the market?

wesh hadha?

What's this?

shkoun hadha?

Who's that?

3lash ghali?

Why so expensive?

geddash t7ebb?

How many do you want?

kifash tgoul “bread” bel-darja?

How do you say “bread” in Darja?

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