Days of the Week in Moroccan Arabic
The names used for the days of the week, in Moroccan Arabic, and the numbers used for counting in both Standard Arabic and Moroccan Arabic are connected. This is because words for some days of the week are the thesame words or same (derivatives) as the ones used for counting. We will go into detail this reduction past some examples.
When counting in Standard Arabic. The subsequent to words are used for counting:
one - wahed
two - etneen
three - thlata
four - areb'a
five - khamsa
six - seta
seven - sb'a
Here are the names for the days of the week in Moroccan Darija:
Sunday - lhad
Monday - etneen
Tuesday - tlat
Wednesday - larbe'
Thursday - lekhmis
Friday - jem'a
Saturday - sebt
Note, the similarities together surrounded by the words for some of the names of the days of the week and the numbers used for counting. Sunday is regarded as daylight 1. Monday is regarded as daylight 2 and the word for 2 is 'etneen' even though the word for Monday is moreover 'etneen.' The word for the number 3 is 'tlata' even if the word for Tuesday is 'tlat' which is as soon as 'tlata.' There are days of the week which bear no likeness to the numbers used for counting.
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