dda أدى
Moroccan Darija · verb
“dda” (أدى) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to take away, take with oneself.
Meanings
- to take away, take with oneself
- to take someone somewhere
- to pay attention to (+ 3la)
Usage
Dda is a very common verb. In the past tense one says dda, ddit, ddina, in the present kaye-ddi, kan-ddi, and in the imperative ddi. It means to take something to carry it elsewhere, or to take someone along. It is not the same as khda, which means simply taking or receiving. With 3la and in the negative, it means to pay attention to someone or what they say: ma t-ddi-ch 3lih, "don't pay attention to him, don't take him seriously". The Standard Arabic sense "to accomplish" is not common in darija.
Example
دّي معاك المظلة، غادي تشتا
ddi m3ak l-mdella, ghadi tchta
“Take the umbrella with you, it's going to rain.”
Conjugation
Forms as recorded in DODa and reproduced in its spelling, which often leaves out short vowels.
| Imperfective (present) | Perfective (past) | Imperative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ana (I) | kan2eddi | 2eddit | |
| nta (you, m.) | kat2eddi | 2edditi | 2eddi |
| nti (you, f.) | kat2eddi | 2edditi | 2eddi |
| howa (he) | kay2eddi | 2edda | |
| hiya (she) | kat2eddi | 2eddaat | |
| 7na (we) | kan2eddiw | 2eddina | |
| ntouma (you, pl.) | kat2eddiw | 2eddito | 2eddiw |
| homa (they) | kay2eddiw | 2eddao |
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “dda” but also “edda”, “2edda”, “2adda” and “ddi”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 2 is hamza (ء), a glottal stop.
Type “dda” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to take, carry away”; “to take someone along”: dda in Algerian.