“I’m good” in Moroccan Arabic

In Moroccan Arabic, “I’m good” (as in the emotion) is written using the Latin script as:

(m) Ana mzyan

(f) Ana mzyana

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

 أنا مزيان (m)

 أنا مزيانة (f)

(Editor’s note: Other popular ways to communicate the effect of I’m good in Moroccan Arabic is Ana labas / أنا لاباس and Ça va / صافا. The latter, Ça va, is also commonly used as a question to ask how someone is doing (i.e., Ça va?) and is a derivative of French.)

Listen to these two phrases pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
“I’m good, thanks.”

(m) Ana mzyan, choukran.

(f) Ana mzyana, choukran.

.أنا مزيان، شكرا (m)

.أنا مزيانة، شكرا (f)

 
“I’m good. And how are you?”

(m) (when the interlocutor is male) Ana mzyan. W nta?

(m) (when the interlocutor is female) Ana mzyan. W nty?

(f) (when the interlocutor is male) Ana mzyana. W nta?

(f) (when the interlocutor is female) Ana mzyana. W nty?

أنا مزيان. وأنت؟ (when the interlocutor is male) (m)

أنا مزيان. وأنتِ؟ (when the interlocutor is female) (m)

 أنا مزيانة. وأنت؟ (when the interlocutor is male) (f)

  أنا مزيانة. وأنتِ؟(when the interlocutor is female) (f)

 
“I’m good. Thanks for asking.”

(m) Ana mzyan. Ysewel fik lkheir.

(f) Ana mzyana. Ysewel fik lkheir.

.أنا مزيان. يسول فيك الخير (m)

.أنا مزيانة. يسول فيك الخير (f)

 
“Thanks, I’m good.”

(m) Choukran, ana mzyan.

(f) Choukran, ana mzyana.

.شكرا، أنا مزيان (m)

.شكرا، أنا مزيانة (f)

 
“I’m good too, thanks. And how are you?”

(m) (when the interlocutor is male) Hta ana mzyan, choukran. W nta kidayer?

(m) (when the interlocutor is female) Hta ana mzyan, choukran. W nti kidayra?

(f) (when the interlocutor is male) Hta ana mzyana, choukran. W nta kidayer?

(f) (when the interlocutor is female) Hta ana mzyana, choukran. W nti kidayra?

 حتا أنا مزيان، شكرا. و أنت كيداير؟ (when the interlocutor is male) (m)

حتا أنا مزيان، شكرا. و أنتِ كيدايرا؟ (when the interlocutor is female) (m)

حتا أنا مزيانة، شكرا. وأنت كيداير؟ (when the interlocutor is male) (f)

حتا أنا مزيانة، شكرا. وأنتِ كيدايرا؟ (when the interlocutor is female) (f)