fat فات
Moroccan Darija · verb
“fat” (فات) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to pass, elapse (time).
Meanings
- to pass, elapse (time)
- to surpass, get ahead of
- to miss (an opportunity)
Usage
Fat means "to pass", especially of time: chher li fat ("last month"), l3am li fat ("last year"). Li fat also means "the past" in general, as in the saying li fat mat ("what's past is dead"). With an object, the verb means "to surpass": fatni f lqraya ("he got ahead of me in school"). Fat lfout means "it's too late". In the present, one says kayfout or ghadi yfout. To "pass through a place", daz is generally used instead. Meaning and register are common and neutral.
Example
شهر لي فات
ch8er li fat
“Last month.”
Conjugation
Forms as recorded in DODa and reproduced in its spelling, which often leaves out short vowels.
| Imperfective (present) | Perfective (past) | Imperative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ana (I) | kanfot | ftt | |
| nta (you, m.) | katfot | ftti | fout |
| nti (you, f.) | katfoti | ftti | fouti |
| howa (he) | kayfot | fat | |
| hiya (she) | katfot | fatet | |
| 7na (we) | kanfoto | ftna | |
| ntouma (you, pl.) | katfoto | ftto | fouto |
| homa (they) | kayfoto | fato |
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “fat” but also “faat”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “fat” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to pass (time, place)”; “to surpass, to overtake”: fat in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “to pass, be over”; “to exceed, go beyond”: fet in Tunisian.