tla9a تلاقا
Algerian Darja · verb
“tla9a” (تلاقا) is a verb in Algerian Darja meaning to meet, meet up.
Meanings
- to meet, meet up
- to run into someone
Usage
Tla9a (present yetla9a) means "to meet, to meet up". It is constructed with m3a: "tla9it m3ah", "I met him". The construction with b also exists, mostly for a chance encounter. The verb is used both for a planned meeting and for a chance encounter. In the plural, it expresses reciprocity: "tla9ina fel 9ahwa", "we met up at the café". The verb is common in all registers.
Example
تلاقيت مع صاحبي فالمارشي.
tla9it m3a sa7bi fel marchi.
“I met my friend at the market.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tla9a” but also “tlaqa”, “tlaga” and “tla9”. 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 “tla9a” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “meet, get together”; “run into someone”: tla9a in Moroccan.