How to say “like this” in Darija

In Moroccan, you say “hakda”; in Algerian, “hakda”; in Tunisian, “hakka”, “hakeka”, “hakeya”, “haka”, “hakkay” and “hika”.

In Moroccan Darija

An adverb meaning “like this, like that”; “in this way”.

عادي هو ديما هكدا: “It's normal, he's always like that.”

An adverb meaning “like this, like that”; “in this way”; “as is, nothing more”.

ماشي هكدا يدار: “That's not how it's done.”

An adverb meaning “like this, thus”; “is that so?”; “such a, this kind of”.

ما تعملش هكة، موش باهي: “Don't do it like that, it's not good.”

An adverb meaning “like this, thus”; “that's how it is (resignation)”; “for no reason, just because”.

اعملها هكاكة: “Do it like this.”

An adverb meaning “like this, thus”; “of this kind”; “this kind of thing”.

اعملها هكايا، موش هكّا.: “Do it like this, not like that.”

An adverb meaning “like this, thus”; “right? (mouch haka?)”; “about, approximately”.

علاه عملوا معها هكّا هههه: “Why did they do that to her? Hahaha”

An adverb meaning “like this, thus, in this way”; “about, roughly (after a quantity)”; “filler word, like”.

اعملها هكّاي، موش كيف ما عملتها البارح: “Do it like this, not the way you did it yesterday.”

An adverb meaning “like this, in this way”; “thus, as is”.

اعمل هيكا، موش كيما قلتلك قبل: “Do it like this, not like I told you before.”