ynaggez ينڨز
Algerian Darja · verb
“ynaggez” (ينڨز) is a verb in Algerian Darja meaning to jump, to leap.
Meanings
- to jump, to leap
Usage
A very common verb for "to jump": jumping on the spot, jumping over an obstacle, jumping for joy. The cited form is the third-person imperfect ("he jumps"); the past is naggez ("he jumped"), the imperative is naggez! ("jump!") and the plural is ynagzou ("they jump"). It is often used with fouq ("on, over") or men ("from"): naggez men el-hit, "he jumped off the wall". The register is informal to neutral, used by everyone. The "g" sound is written ڨ in Arabic and gg or gu in arabizi.
Example
الذراري راهم ينڨزو فوق الفراش
ddrari rahoum ynagzou fouq lfrach
“The kids are jumping on the bed.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, it is written “ynaggez”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.