بجوج

Moroccan Arabic

Alternative forms

• بزوج (bzūj, bzawj)

Etymology

From Arabic بِزَوْج (bi-zawj, literally “in pair”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʒuːʒ/

Pronoun

بجوج • (bjūj)

1. both

   غناكلهم بجوجهم ― ḡanākulhum bjūjhum ― I will eat them both.

   جينا بجوجنا لهنا قبل منكم ― jīna bjūjna lahna qbal minnkum ― We both came here before you.

   هدوك الرجال بجوج مراض. ― hadūk er-rjāl bjūj mrāḍ ― Both of those men are sick.

   خوتي بجوج تزوجوا ― ḵūti bjūj tzawwju ― Both of my siblings got married.

Usage notes

When modifying a noun, بجوج (bjūj) acts as postpositional pronoun. See examples.

Inflection

Inflected forms of بجوج
Base form					بجوج (bjūj)
Personal-pronoun- including forms		singular		plural
		m	f
1st person		-		بجوجنا (bjūjna)
2nd person		-	-	بجوجكم (bjūjkum)
3rd person		-	-	بجوجهم (bjūjhum)