dar دار
Moroccan Darija · noun
“dar” (دار) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning house, home.
Meanings
- house, home
- to do, to put
- to turn
Usage
Dar first means house and home. By extension it also means the family: ach khbar dar? means "how is the family?". To say "at home", use f dar or f ddar. The possessive is formed with dyal or a suffix: darna, "our place". Dar is also a very common verb, with imperfect ydir, meaning "to do" or "to put": dar lkhedma, "he did the work". The imperative is dir. In another sense, with imperfect ydour, it means "to turn": dar 3la, "to go around". Context distinguishes the noun from the verb.
Example
نتا ف دار
nta f dar
“Are you at home?”
Conjugation
Forms as recorded in DODa and reproduced in its spelling, which often leaves out short vowels.
| Imperfective (present) | Perfective (past) | Imperative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ana (I) | kandir | drt | |
| nta (you, m.) | katdir | drti | dir |
| nti (you, f.) | katdiri | drti | diri |
| howa (he) | kaydir | dar | |
| hiya (she) | katdir | dart | |
| 7na (we) | kandiro | drna | |
| ntouma (you, pl.) | katdiro | drto | diro |
| homa (they) | kaydiro | daro |
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “dar” but also “daar”, “ddar” and “dir”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “dar” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to do, to make”; “to put, to place”: dar in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “house, home”; “family, in-laws”: dar in Tunisian.