da9 داق
Moroccan Darija · verb
“da9” (داق) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to taste, sample food.
Meanings
- to taste, sample food
- to experience, go through
Usage
A common verb, conjugated daq in the past and ydouq in the present; the imperative is douq. It is used mostly in cooking, to taste a dish and check the salt or doneness: douq lmarqa. Figuratively, it means to experience something, often unpleasant, as in daq lmrar (he has known bitterness). For an English speaker, be careful not to confuse it with dak ("that"), which is pronounced with a k and not an emphatic q. In arabizi, the q is often written 9.
Example
دوق المرقة واش فيها الملحة
douq lmarqa wach fiha lmel7a
“Taste the sauce to see if it has enough salt.”
Conjugation
Forms as recorded in DODa and reproduced in its spelling, which often leaves out short vowels.
| Imperfective (present) | Perfective (past) | Imperative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ana (I) | kandou9 | d9t | |
| nta (you, m.) | katdou9 | d9ti | dou9 |
| nti (you, f.) | katdou9i | d9ti | dou9i |
| howa (he) | kaydou9 | da9 | |
| hiya (she) | katdou9 | da9t | |
| 7na (we) | kandou9o | d9na | |
| ntouma (you, pl.) | katdou9o | d9to | dou9o |
| homa (they) | kaydou9o | da9o |
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “da9” but also “daq”, “dak” and “dag”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 9 is qaf (ق), a k pronounced at the back of the throat.