qeddem قدم
Algerian Darja · verb
“qeddem” (قدم) is a verb in Algerian Darja meaning to present (a show, someone).
Meanings
- to present (a show, someone)
- to move forward, to advance
- to serve, to offer (food)
Usage
Qeddem (also pronounced gueddem) is conjugated yqeddem in the present. It means "to present": a show, a training course, a person to someone. It also means "to move forward": qeddem tomobil, "move the car forward". Finally, it is used for serving a dish or a drink to a guest. The reflexive form tqeddem means "to step forward" or "to progress". It should not be confused with qdem ("old, ancient") or with the noun qdem, "foot", found in koret qdem, "football". These words are written the same way in Arabic without vowels.
Example
هو لي يقدّم الحصة كل جمعة
howa li yqeddem lhessa koll jem3a
“He's the one who presents the show every Friday.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “qeddem” but also “gaddem”, “9eddem”, “kaddem” and “qadem”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 9 is qaf (ق), a k pronounced at the back of the throat.
Type “qeddem” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “present, offer”; “move forward, advance”: 9eddem in Moroccan.