tantum te amo احبكم بزاف
Algerian Darja · expression
“tantum te amo” (احبكم بزاف) is an expression in Algerian Darja meaning I love you all very much.
Meanings
- I love you all very much
Usage
This affectionate phrase addresses several people: friends, family, an audience, followers. It is very common in online comments and messages. In speech, the natural Algerian form is nhabkom bezzaf. The spelling with an initial a imitates Standard Arabic. The word bezzaf, "a lot", is typical of the Maghreb and intensifies the verb. For a single person, say nhabek bezzaf. Depending on the region, nhabek is used for both masculine and feminine, or nhabbek (masculine) and nhabbik (feminine) are distinguished.
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, it is written “tantum te amo”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.