Ayyur ad iga ayyur n takkurt. Lmaghrib tga tamazirt tafrikit tamzwarut lli ikchmn ldawr nisf lnihayi n kas l3alam d midn n lmaghrib khullun. Lluqt lli ar imarki fariq amghrbi, tufit a tssflidt midn ar ssghiyun kraygatt mani ghugunus n tgmma nsn. Ba3d match, kun yan ar ar itfugh tgimmi s znnqit. Midn ar ttasin rayat amghribi d amazigh, ar ttsugn tumubilat d mawtar d ar tklaksin. Midn yadnin ar ttirirn d ttḥwachn. Frhgh bzaf ashku zzraygh luqt ad gh lmaghrib.
Ass larb3a, lmaghrib ra tl3b d faransa gh ldawr nisf lnihayi. Khattad tga taghawsa bahra istawhmman ashku lalaqa n lmaghrib d faransa gh luqt n liasti3mar d midn gisn bzaf n 3awatif. Illa unzar bzaf imalass ad – anzar iga lhaja ichwan gh lmeghrib iga rhmt nrbi d midn ghaln is anzar ad iga ishara d mumkin lmaghrib ra trbh kas l3alam kulut.
Sfrgh bzaf ayyur ad. Ftigh s Ugadir ayyur ad lli tiklit tamzwarut. Agadir tga tmdint fchkal ashku aghlabia n midn gan ichelhin d ar sawaln tachlehit. Tufit a tssflidt tachlehit kraygatt mani – gh zniqt, gh lqahawi d gh taxi – d gwad ur iga zund timdan yadnin mqqurnt gh lmaghrib. Frhgh bzaf ashku ufigh ad ddugh s lbahr gh tzzumt n shita.
Lbhr gh tzzumt n shita
Ftigh ula s Casa d s Ouirgane gh yan weekend.
Lgudam tamzgida n Hassan II gh Casa
Aydi gh tamazirt
Lju ibbrd gh ussan ad, d ar nssa bzaf n atay d askeef. Ar tssnwat askeef d barley d haleeb d tga lmakla tachelhit taqleediya. Ur tlla chauffage ghugunus n tgmma gh lmaghrib d gwad ichqqa imikk lluq lli ibrrd lju walakin midn ghid myarn lju iHma bzaf gh seif d ibrrd bzaf gh shita.
***
This month was the month of football! Morocco is the first African country to enter the semi finals of the World Cup and the people in Morocco have gone crazy. When Morocco scores a goal, you can hear people cheering everywhere in their homes. After the match, everyone goes out onto the street and they carry Moroccan and Amazigh flags. People drive in their cars and motorbikes and beep their horns. Other people sing and do ahwach. I’m very happy to be able to spend this time in Morocco.
On Wednesday, Morocco is playing France in the semi finals. This is a big moment because of the relationship between France and Morocco in the colonial period and people here feel very emotional about it. It has been raining a lot this week too. Rain is very important in Morocco and people think that this is a sign that Morocco could win!
I travelled a lot this month. I went to Agadir for the first time. Agadir is an interesting city because the majority of people are Amazigh and speak Tachelhit. You can hear Tachelhit everywhere – on the street, in cafes, in taxis, which is different from other big cities in Morocco. I went to the beach and I was very happy to be able to do this in the middle of winter!
I also went to Casablanca and Ouirgane for a weekend.
The weather has got colder here, so we are drinking a lot of tea and eating askeef for breakfast – a soup made from barley and milk and it’s a traditional Amazigh food. There is no heating inside of Moroccan houses and this is a little difficult when the weather is cold.