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 passed by a shop.