ch7en شحن
Moroccan Darija · verb
“ch7en” (شحن) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to load (goods, vehicle).
Meanings
- to load (goods, vehicle)
- to charge (phone, battery)
- to top up phone credit
Usage
Ch7en first means to load goods or a vehicle: ch7en lkamion ("load the truck"). In everyday use, it is mostly used for charging a phone or battery, as in ch7en tilifoun. It is also used for adding phone credit, for example ch7en recharge, although the borrowed dar recharge is often heard. The imperfective is ych7en and the passive participle is m7chon ("loaded"). The noun chahn means the loading or the charging. The 7 stands for a strong h.
Example
خاصني نشحن التيليفون، راه طافي
khassni nch7en tilifon, rah tafi
“I need to charge my phone, it's off.”
Conjugation
Forms as recorded in DODa and reproduced in its spelling, which often leaves out short vowels.
| Imperfective (present) | Perfective (past) | Imperative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ana (I) | kanch7en | ch7ent | |
| nta (you, m.) | katch7en | ch7enti | ch7en |
| nti (you, f.) | katch7ni | ch7enti | ch7ni |
| howa (he) | kaych7en | ch7en | |
| hiya (she) | katch7en | ch7nat | |
| 7na (we) | kanch7no | ch7nna | |
| ntouma (you, pl.) | katch7no | ch7ento | ch7no |
| homa (they) | kaych7no | ch7no |
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ch7en” but also “cha7en”, “sh7en” and “ch7n”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 7 is ha (ح), a breathy h from the throat.
Type “ch7en” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “to charge, top up (phone, credit, battery)”; “to load, ship (goods)”: ch7an in Tunisian.