chart شرط
Algerian Darja · noun
“chart” (شرط) is a noun in Algerian Darja meaning condition, requirement.
Meanings
- condition, requirement
- clause (of an agreement)
Usage
Chart refers to a condition set or to be met, as in "'andi chart wahed" (I have only one condition). The plural is chrout, frequent in connection with marriage or a contract. The most common use in conversation is the negative phrase "machi chart" or "mech chart", which means "not necessarily, it's not obligatory": "machi chart tkoun ghni" (you don't need to be rich). It should be understood as a nuance of concession, not as the word "condition" in its literal sense. The register is neutral.
Example
ماشي شرط تجي بكري، المهم تجي
machi chart tji bekri, lmohim tji
“You don't have to come early, what matters is that you come.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “chart” but also “chert”, “chourout”, “shart” and “chrout”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “chart” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “condition”; “clause (of a contract, agreement)”: chart in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “condition, requirement”; “clause (of a contract)”: chart in Tunisian.