How to say “how much” in Darija
In Moroccan, you say “ch7al”; in Algerian, “ch7al”, “9edach” and “geddach”; in Tunisian, “9adech”, “9adeh” and “9addech”.
In Moroccan Darija
ch7al شحال
An adverb meaning “how much, how many”; “how long”; “how (exclamation)”.
شحال في عمرك؟: “How old are you?”
In Algerian Darja
ch7al شحال
An adverb meaning “how much, how many”; “how (much)! (exclamative)”.
شحال هاد السروال؟: “How much are these trousers?”
9edach قداش
An adverb meaning “how much, how many”; “how, to what extent (exclamatory)”; “how long”.
بقداش هاد السروال؟: “How much are these trousers?”
geddach ڨداش
An adverb meaning “how much, how many (quantity, price)”; “how long, for how long”; “how, how much (exclamatory)”.
ڨداش هذا السروال؟: “How much are these trousers?”
In Tunisian Derja
9adech قداش
A pronoun meaning “how much, how many”; “how long”; “how (exclamation)”.
زعمة قدّاش عطوهم: “I wonder how much they gave them.”
9adeh قداه
An adverb meaning “how much, how many”; “how, to what extent”.
زعمة قدّاه عطوها فلوس: “I wonder how much money they gave him.”
9addech قدش
An adverb meaning “how much, how many (quantity, price)”; “how (exclamative)”.
قدّاش الحساب؟: “How much is the bill?”