MOROCCAN DARIJA PHRASE
How are you in Moroccan Arabic
كيف داير؟
Kidayr? / Kidayra?
How to say it
Say ki-da-yər to a man and ki-da-yra to a woman. Keep the “a” in kidayra soft and slightly long.
Meaning
How are you?
When to use it
Use Kidayr? when speaking to a man and Kidayra? when speaking to a woman to ask how they are.
Example conversation
A: Kidayr?
B: Labas, lḥamdullah! (“Fine, thank God!”)
Just like everywhere else in the world, we have different phrases to ask how someone is doing, such as “Are you okay” for example. In Moroccan Arabic, you can ask questions like “Labas Alik?, Kidair (for man), Kulshi Bikhair?” to “How are you?” to express. For a female person, almost everything is the same as for a male, except “Kidair (for male)”, which changes to “Kidaira”, with an “a” at the end.