How to say “sharecropper” in Darija
In Algerian, you say “khemmas”; in Tunisian, “khammes”.
In Algerian Darja
khemmas خماس
A noun meaning “sharecropper paid with part of the harvest”; “poorly paid farmhand”; “(pejorative) lackey, exploited man”.
راني خدّام كي الخمّاس طول النهار وما نخلّص والو: “I toil like a sharecropper all day and earn nothing.”
In Tunisian Derja
khammes خماس
A noun meaning “sharecropper paid a fifth of the harvest”; “exploited worker, lackey”.
نخدم كالخماس و الفلوس يدّيهم هو: “I work like a sharecropper and he's the one who pockets the money.”