inglizia انجليزية
Algerian Darja · noun
“inglizia” (انجليزية) is a noun in Algerian Darja meaning the English language.
Meanings
- the English language
- English (feminine)
Usage
Inglizia mainly means the English language: "nhder l'inglizia" (I speak English). It is also the feminine of the adjective "English", for example in "lougha inglizia" (the English language). In everyday conversation, many Algerians say "l'anglais" instead, in the French way. The form inglizia is common at school, in the media and in written comments. The word normally takes the article: l'inglizia. Note that the feminine form is used because the word lougha (language) is feminine in Arabic.
Example
راني نتعلم الإنجليزية.
rani nt3allem l'inglizia.
“I'm learning English.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “inglizia” but also “anglizia”, “ingliziya” and “nglizia”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “inglizia” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “English (language)”; “English (feminine adjective)”: nglizia in Moroccan.