حاجيتك ما جيتك

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

Literally, “I narrate to you what I brought to you”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħaː.ʒiː.tak maː ʒiː.tak/

Phrase

حاجيتك ما جيتك • (ḥājītak mā jītak)

1. (used at the beginning of children's stories) once upon a time

   حاجيتك ما جيتك ببنت فبلاد برانية ..

   ḥājītak mā jītak be-bint fe-blād barrāniyya ...

   Once upon a time, there was a girl in a foreign land ...