red رد
Algerian Darja · verb
“red” (رد) is a verb in Algerian Darja meaning to answer (someone).
Meanings
- to answer (someone)
- to give back, return
- to make, to turn into
Usage
Redd 3la means "to answer": redd 3liya (answer me), ma raddch (he didn't answer), also on the phone or on social media. Without a preposition, it means "to give back": redd-li drahmi (give me my money back). It also means "to make someone become": raddni mahboul (he drove me crazy). The very common expression redd balek means "be careful"; it does not carry the idea of answering. Depending on the region, the imperative is pronounced redd or rodd.
Example
عيّطتلو بزاف وما ردّش عليا
3ayatlou bezzaf w ma raddch 3liya
“I called him many times and he didn't answer me.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “red” but also “redd”, “rad”, “radd” and “rod”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “red” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to give back, return”; “to reply”: redd in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “to answer, reply”; “to give back, return”: radd in Tunisian.