hat هات
Algerian Darja · verb
“hat” (هات) is a verb in Algerian Darja meaning give me, hand over.
Meanings
- give me, hand over
- bring
- come on, go on
Usage
Hat is a defective imperative: it has no usual perfect or imperfect, only hat (masculine), hati (feminine) and hatou (plural). It is used to ask for something to be given or brought: hat lma, "give me the water." It is direct and informal, so soften it with ya3tik saha or rabbi yhafdek when speaking to an elder. Repeated, hat hat expresses impatience. Its natural reply is haq, haki, "here you go." It is also heard to prompt a story to continue: hat, kemmel.
Example
هات الورقة نشوفها.
hat lwer9a nchoufha.
“Give me the paper so I can have a look.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “hat” but also “hati”, “hatou”, “haat” and “hatu”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “hat” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “give, hand me”; “come on, let me / let's (+ verb)”: het in Tunisian.