ya3tik saha يعطيك الصحة
Algerian Darja · expression
“ya3tik saha” (يعطيك الصحة) is an expression in Algerian Darja meaning thank you.
Meanings
- thank you
- well done, bravo
Usage
Ya3tik essaha is the most common way to say thank you in Algeria. It is a blessing formula: "may God give you health". It is used for a favor, a meal or a piece of work, and also to congratulate, in the sense of "well done". The short form saha is very frequent and is conjugated: sahit (thank you, to one person), sahitou (thank you, to several). The reply is allah ysellmek. In the plural, one says ya3tikom essaha. Do not confuse it with saha ftourek, which is said after a meal or during Ramadan.
Example
يعطيك الصحة خويا على المعاونة
ya3tik essaha khouya 3la lme3awna
“Thank you, brother, for the help.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ya3tik saha” but also “ya3tik essaha” and “ya36ik essa7a”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 3 is ayn (ع), a voiced sound from deep in the throat with no English equivalent; 6 is emphatic ta (ط); 7 is ha (ح), a breathy h from the throat.
Type “ya3tik saha” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “thank you (for work, a service)”; “well done, nice work”: ya3tik saha in Tunisian.