doghri دغري
Algerian Darja · adverb
“doghri” (دغري) is an adverb in Algerian Darja meaning directly, right away.
Meanings
- directly, right away
- straight ahead
Usage
Doghri is very common in speech, in an informal register. It indicates that an action is done without detour or intermediate step: "rouh doghri l dar" (go straight home). It is also used to give directions, in the sense of "straight ahead". It is often placed at the beginning or end of a sentence to stress immediacy, much like "direct" in informal French. It does not describe a person: to say that someone is frank, other words are used. It is often paired with verbs of movement or action such as rouh, ji or dir.
Example
كي تخرج من الخدمة أرواح دغري للدار.
ki tokhroj men lekhedma, arwah doghri l dar.
“When you finish work, come straight home.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “doghri” but also “dor8ri”, “doughri” and “do8ri”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 8 is light ha (ه) or ghayn (غ), depending on the writer.