younyou يونيو
Moroccan Darija · noun
“younyou” (يونيو) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning June (calendar month).
Meanings
- June (calendar month)
Usage
Yunyu is the name of the month of June in Morocco, in the series of months of Latin origin: yanayer, fbrayer, mars, abril, mayu, yunyu, yulyuz, ghusht… It is used with f to place an event: "f yunyu" (in June). Moroccans also say "shhar stta" (the sixth month). The French "juin" is also heard in town. June is associated with exams, especially the baccalaureate, and with the start of summer.
Example
سبت 11 يونيو
sbt 11 younyou
“Saturday 11 June.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “younyou” but also “yonyo”, “yunyu”, “younyo” and “yonyou”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.