nglizia انجليزية
Moroccan Darija · noun
“nglizia” (انجليزية) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning English (language).
Meanings
- English (language)
- English (feminine adjective)
Usage
Nglizia, often written with a g (ݣ), first of all means the English language. It is used with or without an article: "kayhder nglizia" (he speaks English), "qrit nglizia" (I studied English). It also serves as a feminine adjective ("the nglizia team"); the masculine is "ngliZi" and the plural is "nglizi", or "ngliz" for English people. The form "injliziya", with a j, is closer to Standard Arabic pronunciation and is heard in the media. Many speakers also simply say French "l'anglais".
Example
كيهضر النݣليزية مزيان
kayhder nglizia mzyan
“He speaks English well.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “nglizia” but also “ngliziya”, “nglizya” and “injliziya”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “nglizia” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “the English language”; “English (feminine)”: inglizia in Algerian.