zawjti زوجتي
Algerian Darja · noun
“zawjti” (زوجتي) is a noun in Algerian Darja meaning my wife, my spouse.
Meanings
- my wife, my spouse
Usage
Zawjti means "my wife". It is the possessive form of zawja, borrowed from Standard Arabic. It is used in a formal, religious or administrative register, and often jokingly online: "zawjti el moustaqbaliya", "my future wife". In everyday conversation, an Algerian will rather say marti ("my wife"), which is the natural word. Zawjti can therefore sound a bit solemn or theatrical. The word takes the other possessives: zawjtek, zawjtou.
Example
هادي زوجتي، تزوجنا العام لي فات
hadi zawjti, tzawajna l3am li fat
“This is my wife, we got married last year.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “zawjti” but also “zawjati”, “zaoujti”, “zewjti” and “zawjtii”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.