wsel وصل

Algerian Darja · verb

“wsel” (وصل) is a verb in Algerian Darja meaning to arrive (somewhere).

Meanings

1. to arrive (somewhere)
2. to reach, to attain
3. to be received (message, parcel)

Usage

The basic verb for "to arrive": wselt, "I arrived"; wqtach twsel?, "when are you arriving?". The place is built with l- or with 3and for a person: wsel l'dar, "he arrived at the house". Figuratively, it means "to reach": wsel l'hadaf, "he reached his goal". For a message or a parcel, one says wselni, "I received it". For "to deliver" or "to drop someone off", the derived form wassel is used: wassalni l'gare, "he dropped me off at the station".

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “wsel” but also “wesel”, “wasal”, “ousel” and “wssel”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Type “wsel” on the Arabic keyboard

In Moroccan Darija

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to arrive, reach”; “to deliver, take someone (wessel)”: wsel in Moroccan.

In Tunisian Derja

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “to arrive”; “to reach, attain”: wsel in Tunisian.