How to say “to happen” in Darija
In Algerian, you say “yesra”; in Tunisian, “w9a3”.
In Algerian Darja
yesra يصرا
A verb meaning “to happen, take place”; “to happen to someone”.
واش راه يصرا هنا؟: “What's going on here?”
In Tunisian Derja
w9a3 وقع
A verb meaning “to happen, occur”; “to fall (into a trap, a problem)”.
شنوة اللي وقع البارح؟: “What happened yesterday?”