Gwad iga ayyur amgaru n lminHa nu ‘John Speak’. Zrin dghya sdis iyyurn gh lmaghrib. Walakin ur tga tigira n tajriba nu d tachelhit ashku rad ghamagh gh lmaghrib ba3d tigira n lminHa bach ad skrgh baht inu n ldoctura. Gh tannayt inu, tachelhit inu ghilad tuf bahra tachelhit light b7ra uchkigh ayur wis ttam, lluqt lli dochkigh s lmaghrib. Wakha ghrigh tachelhit gh tgimmi an b3ud qbl ad achkigh s lmaghrib, ur iga zund igh tzdght ar sffldgh i tutlayt ad kraygatt ass. Ghilad, ar swingimgh imik s tachelhit d ida hina luqt lli ar sawalgh tinglizt, ar yit tachkan iwaliwn n tachlehit.
Gwad iga sksu lli snwigh d tifraxin gh tgmmi – imik s imik ar t3lamgh ad snugh tirmt tamghribit zund tagine, sksu, lmsmen d ughrum n lmghrib.
Lil asaf, lmaghrib ur trbh lmatch Did fransa gh kas l3alam d midn hzzan bzaf, walakin mqar ghikan tga luqt ifulkin bzaf gh lmaghrib ashku midn ftakhrn ad gn mgharba d ftakhrn s tarabbut nsn. Lluqt lligh diwrin la3ibin s lmaghrib zgh Qatar, i3rd asn aglid d innatsn i s lqssr n uglid.
Nkki d tifraxin gh yat jrda gh Marrakech
Weekend ad iga Yennayer. Yennayer iga eid achelhi d iga isizwur n ussugas gh tarikh n ichelhin. Yuchkad ism ‘yennayer’ zgh ‘yan’ (one) d ‘ayyur’ (month). Assugas ad iga assugas 2964 gh tarikh n imazighn. Bzaf n ichelhin ar chttan tirmt taqlidiya gh eid ad zund tagula nghd sksu, d ar tt7uchn.
Ar nchtta tagula gh yan udwwar
Timgharin ar tt7uchnt gh yan udwwar llid kkigh iqqrb i Ouarzazat.
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This is the final month of my John Speak scholarship. Six months have passed very quickly. However, it’s not the end of my journey with Tachelhit because I’m going to stay in Morocco after the end of the scholarship to carry out my PhD research. In my opinion, my Tachelhit now is much better than it was in August when I arrived in Morocco. Although I studied Tachelhit at home remotely before arriving in Morocco, it’s not the same as living and listening to the language every day. Now, I think a little bit in Tachelhit and sometimes when I’m speaking English a Tachelhit word or words will come to my mind.
This is a picture of cous cous that I cooked with the girls at home – little by little, I am learning to cook Moroccan food like tagine, cous cous, msemen and Moroccan bread.
Unfortunately, Morocco didn’t win the match against France in the World Cup and people were very disappointed, but it was still a really special time in Morocco because people were proud to be Moroccan and proud of their team. When the players returned to Morocco from Qatar, the King of Morocco invited the players and their mothers to the Royal Palace.
This weekend is Yennayer. Yennayer is an Amazigh festival and it marks the start of the year in Amazigh culture. The name ‘Yennayer’ comes from ‘yan’ meaning one, and ‘ayyur’ meaning month. This year is the year 2964 in the Amazigh calendar. Many Amazigh families eat traditional food in this holiday like tagula and cous cous, and they do ‘ahwach,’ the Amazigh music and dancing.
This is a photo of us eating tagula in one village, and the other photo is of women doing ahwach in a village close to Ouarzazate.