Morocco: the price is a conversation, not a number
I use Morocco constantly in lessons now, because it is the clearest example of a place where five words in the local language buy you something that fluency in a colonial language cannot.
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Morocco: the price is a conversation, not a number
The words that opened this door
Five things to say, and when to say them.
Salam
in Darija
Hello
Short for "salam alaikum", and the right way to start anything.
Shukran
in Darija
Thank you
Understood everywhere, and always worth saying.
Bshhal?
in Darija
How much?
French works widely too, but Darija changes the price and the mood.
La, shukran
in Darija
No, thank you
The most useful sentence in any souk.
Inshallah
in Darija
God willing
Sincere, and also a soft way of saying "we'll see".
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