dyalo ديالو

Moroccan Darija · pronoun

“dyalo” (ديالو) is a pronoun in Moroccan Darija meaning his (possessive).

Meanings

1. his (possessive)
2. his (pronoun)

Usage

Dyalo combines dyal and the suffix -o ("he, him"). It indicates what belongs to a man or to a masculine object. It is placed after the noun, usually definite: lmachro3 dyalo, "his project". On its own, it means "his": machi dyalo, "it's not his". Online writing hesitates between -o and -ou (dyalo, dyalou), but the pronunciation is the same. It must be distinguished from dyalha, which refers to a female owner.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “dyalo” but also “dialo”, “dyalou”, “dialou” and “diyalo”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Type “dyalo” on the Arabic keyboard