tfekker تفكر
Algerian Darja · verb
“tfekker” (تفكر) is a verb in Algerian Darja meaning to remember, recall.
Meanings
- to remember, recall
- to think of
Usage
A very common verb for "to remember". The person or thing remembered is attached directly (tfekkert yemma, "I remembered my mother") or with a clause (tfekkert belli…, "I remembered that…"). In the imperative, tfekker! means "remember!". Pitfall: in standard Arabic, the root mainly evokes reflection. In darja, tfekker first of all means to remember. The sense "to think about something" also exists, with fi. The opposite is nsa (to forget). The causative form fekker means "to remind someone of something".
Example
تفكّرت بلّي ما خلّصتش الضو
tfekkert belli ma khallestch eddaw
“I remembered that I hadn't paid the electricity bill.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tfekker” but also “tfeker”, “tfakker”, “tfakar” and “tfekar”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “tfekker” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to remember, recall”; “(form of fekker) you think”: tfekker in Moroccan.