lli mora اللي مورا
Moroccan Darija · expression
“lli mora” (اللي مورا) is an expression in Moroccan Darija meaning next, following.
Meanings
- next, following
- the one after
Usage
Lli mora literally means "the one who is behind". Placed after a definite noun, the expression means "next" or "following": nhar lli mora ("the next day"), ssimana lli mora ("the following week"). Used alone, it refers to the next person, for example in a queue. For an upcoming period seen from the present, people rather say jjay or jjaya: ssimana jjaya ("next week"). Lli mora is better for describing a sequence: "the following day", "the next episode".
Example
جا النهار اللي مورا
ja nhar lli mora
“He came the next day.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “lli mora” but also “li mora”, “elli mora” and “lli moura”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.