tfarrej تفرج
Algerian Darja · verb
“tfarrej” (تفرج) is a verb in Algerian Darja meaning watch (film, match, show).
Meanings
- watch (film, match, show)
- look on as a spectator
Usage
Tfarrej means to "watch" something as a spectacle: a film, a series, a match, a video. It takes fi or 3la: ntfarrej fel match, tfarrej 3la had la vidéo. The imperfect is ntfarrej, ytfarrej. For a simple look, chaf (to see, to look) is used instead. Tfarrej implies entertainment, or being present as a spectator without intervening. In the latter sense it can carry a nuance of reproach: ga3 tfarrjou fih (everyone watched him without doing anything). The corresponding noun is el forja (the spectacle). The register is everyday and neutral.
Example
البارح تفرجنا الماتش في القهوة
lbare7 tfarrejna le match fel 9ahwa
“Yesterday we watched the match at the café.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tfarrej” but also “tfarej” and “tferrej”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “tfarrej” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to watch (a show, TV)”; “to look on without acting”: tferrej in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “to watch (film, match, show)”; “to look on as a spectator”: tfarej in Tunisian.