ماللي

ماللي

Moroccan Arabic

Alternative forms

• ملي‎ (milli), مني‎ (minni)

Etymology

From dialectal Arabic *مِنِ ٱللِّي‎ (*mini l-lī, “from that”). Equivalent to من‎ (min, “from”) +‎ اللي‎ (elli, “that”, relative pronoun).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mil.li/

Conjunction

ماللي • (milli)

1. when

   ‏ماللي كنت صغير كان جدي كيشري لي الفانيد وقت ما دزنا من حدا شي حانوت.‎‎

   milli kunt ṣḡīr kān jaddi kayišri li l-fānīd waqt ma duzna min ḥda ši ḥānūt

   When I was a kid, my grandfather used to buy me sweets whenever we pass by a shop.