chre7 شرح
Moroccan Darija · verb
“chre7” (شرح) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning explain.
Meanings
- explain
- explanation (noun char7)
Usage
Chre7 (imperfect ychre7) is the common verb for "to explain": at school, at work, among friends. The typical construction is chre7 l- ("to explain to someone"): chre7 liya ("explain to me"), chre7 lih mzyan ("explain it to him properly"). The same root gives the noun char7 ("explanation"), hence sentences such as had char7 ma mfhumch ("this explanation is not clear"). The reflexive form tchre7 ("to be explained") also exists. The word is neutral and used in all registers.
Example
شرح ليا مناش مكون الهوا
chre7 liya mnach mkewen lhwa
“Explain to me what air is made of.”
Conjugation
Forms as recorded in DODa and reproduced in its spelling, which often leaves out short vowels.
| Imperfective (present) | Perfective (past) | Imperative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ana (I) | kanchre7 | chre7t | |
| nta (you, m.) | katchre7 | chre7ti | chre7 |
| nti (you, f.) | katcher7i | chre7ti | cher7i |
| howa (he) | kaychre7 | chre7 | |
| hiya (she) | katchre7 | chr7at | |
| 7na (we) | kancher7o | chre7na | |
| ntouma (you, pl.) | katcher7o | chre7to | cher7ou |
| homa (they) | kaycher7o | chr7o |
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “chre7” but also “chra7”, “chr7”, “chreh”, “chrah” and “chrh”. 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 “chre7” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to explain”; “explanation (noun, charh)”: chrah in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “to explain”; “explanation (noun)”: charah in Tunisian.