jdida جديدة
Algerian Darja · adjective
“jdida” (جديدة) is an adjective in Algerian Darja meaning new (feminine of jdid).
Meanings
- new (feminine of jdid)
- brand-new, never used
Usage
Jdida is the feminine of jdid, "new, brand-new". The adjective comes after the noun and agrees with it: "tomobil jdida", "a brand-new car"; the plural is jdad. It covers both "new" (recent, different) and "brand-new" (not yet used), which French distinguishes. In Algeria, the first vowel often drops: it is pronounced jdida, sometimes djdida. The gloss "El Jadida" refers to a city name and does not correspond to the everyday use of the adjective.
Example
شريت تيليفون جديد وخويا شرا طابلة جديدة.
chrit tilifoun jdid w khouya chra tabla jdida.
“I bought a new phone and my brother bought a new tablet.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “jdida” but also “jdidaa”, “djdida” and “jadida”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “jdida” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “new, brand-new (feminine)”: jdida in Tunisian.