Ask Questions in The Algerian Dialect
In this grammar lesson you will learn all the words that we use when we ask questions in the Algerian dialect.
واشْ /wa:ch/ (what)
واش تَخْدَم؟ / أنا أُستاذْ
/wa:ch takhdam/ /ana: osta:d/
What do you do for a living? / I’m a teacher.
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وينْ /wi:n/ (where)
وينْ تَخْدَم؟ / نَخْدَم في ليكول
/wi:n takhdam/ /nakhdam fi li:kol/
Where do you work? / I work at school.
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وِقْتاش /wiqta:ch/ (when)
وِقْتاش تْجي؟ / نْجي سْمانة لْجايَّة
/wiqta:ch t’ji:/ /n’ji: s’ma:na l’ja:yya/
When are you coming? / I’m coming next week.
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/3a qidda:ch/ ع قِدّاش
(at what time)
ع قِدّاش تَخْدَم؟ / نَخْدَم عْلى السَّبْعَة
/3a qidda:ch takhdam/ /nakhdam 3’la sab’3a/
At what time do you start working? / I work at 7.
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شْكونْ /ch’koun/ (who)
شْكون هذا؟ / هذا خويا
/ch’koun ha:da:/ /ha:da: khouya:/
Who is this guy? / He is my brother.
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/3’la:ch/ علاشْ
(Why)
عْلاش راك تَقْرا في اللهجة الجزائريّة؟ / على خاطِرْ نْحِبْها
/3’la:ch ra:k taqra: fi allahja aljazairiyya/
/3’la kha:tir n’7ib’ha/
Why are learning the Algerian dialect? / Because I love it.
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شْحال /ch’7a:l/ (How many/much)
شْحال كايِن كْتاب فوق الطابْلَة؟ / كايِن زوج
/ch’7a:l ka:yin k’ta:b fouq etta:bla/
/ka:yin zouj/
How many books are on the table? / There are two.
شْحال هذا السّرْوال؟ / 4000 د.ج
/ch’7a:l ha:da: essirwa:l/
How much does this pair of trousers cost? / 4000 a.d.
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كيفاشْ /ki:fa:ch/ (How)
كيفاش تْروح لِلْخِدْمَة؟ / بالطونُوبِيل
/ki:fa:ch t’rou7 lilkhidma/ /bittounoubil/
How do you go to work? / By car.
