Moroccan Darija for “going to / will (future marker); going”
/gha-di (f: ghadya, pl: ghadyin)/
غادي
Ghadi nmchi l Marrakech ghdda.
I'm going to Marrakech tomorrow.
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Say ghadi (غادي) for “going to / will (future marker); going” in Moroccan Darija. The pronunciation guide is /gha-di (f: ghadya, pl: ghadyin)/. It is a particle with masculine gender. In a natural conversation, you can say “Ghadi nmchi l Marrakech ghdda.”, meaning “I'm going to Marrakech tomorrow.” The French equivalent is aller (futur) / en train d'aller.
Fin ghadi?
فين غادي؟
Where are you going? · Où tu vas ?
Ghadi ntkellem m3ah daba.
غادي نتكلم معاه دابا.
I'll talk to him now. · Je vais lui parler maintenant.
Ma ghadich nkhrj lyoum.
ما غاديش نخرج اليوم.
I'm not going out today. · Je ne vais pas sortir aujourd'hui.
Two jobs: (1) the future marker before a verb ('ghadi n-' = I will), shortened in fast speech to 'gha-' ('ghanmchi' = I'll go); (2) the participle 'going' ('fin ghadi?'). As a marker it stays 'ghadi' for everyone; as a participle it agrees: ghadya (f.), ghadyin (pl.). Do not confuse with 'machi', which means 'not / is not'.
| English | going to / will (future marker); going |
|---|---|
| French | aller (futur) / en train d'aller |
| Spanish | ir a (futuro) / yendo |
| Italian | stare per (futuro) / andando |
| German | werden (Zukunft) / gehend |
| Portuguese | ir (futuro) / indo |
| Dutch | gaan (toekomst) |
| Turkish | -ecek (gelecek) / giden |
ghadi (غادي) is a Moroccan Darija word or expression meaning "going to / will (future marker); going" in English and "aller (futur) / en train d'aller" in French. It is a beginner-level word in the grammar category.
A natural example is “Ghadi nmchi l Marrakech ghdda.” It means “I'm going to Marrakech tomorrow.”
Ghadi is pronounced /gha-di (f: ghadya, pl: ghadyin)/. You can listen to the audio pronunciation by clicking the "Listen" button above.
In Arabic script it is written غادي (with vowel marks: غَادِي).
Two jobs: (1) the future marker before a verb ('ghadi n-' = I will), shortened in fast speech to 'gha-' ('ghanmchi' = I'll go); (2) the participle 'going' ('fin ghadi?'). As a marker it stays 'ghadi' for everyone; as a participle it agrees: ghadya (f.), ghadyin (pl.). Do not confuse with 'machi', which means 'not / is not'.