How to say "There isn't any! / It doesn't exist!" in Darija

"There isn't any! / It doesn't exist!" in Moroccan Darija is ma-kayn-ch!. Here is how Moroccans actually use it, and when.

!ما كاينش

ma-kayn-ch!

There isn't any! / It doesn't exist!

Cultural context

Emphatic way to say something is unavailable or impossible.

Level 2

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