How to say “escape” in Darija
In Algerian, you say “lharba”; in Tunisian, “hroub” and “nja”.
In Algerian Darja
lharba الهربة
A noun meaning “escape, running away”; “emigration, leaving abroad”.
شفت المشاكل جايين، قلت الهربة تسلّك.: “I saw the problems coming and said to myself: run for it.”
In Tunisian Derja
hroub هروب
A noun meaning “flight, escape”; “evasion of a problem”.
سكرتلو التليفون؟ هذا هروب.: “You hung up on him? That's running away.”
nja نجا
A verb meaning “to escape a danger, to get out”; “to survive (an accident, an illness)”; “to save, to rescue (form najja)”.
الحمد لله نجا من الكسيدة: “Thank God, he made it out of the accident unharmed.”