fi ف
Moroccan Darija · preposition
“fi” (ف) is a preposition in Moroccan Darija meaning in, at (place).
Meanings
- in, at (place)
- at, in (time)
- about, on
Usage
The preposition f is one of the most frequent in darija. It covers "in", "at" and "to": f dar ("at home"), f lmghrib ("in Morocco"), f sb3a ("at seven o'clock"). Before the article, it is pronounced fl-: fl3otla, flmdrasa. With a suffix pronoun, it becomes fi-: fih, fiha, fik ("in him, in her, in you"). It also introduces the subject being discussed: hdrna f lmawdu3 ("we talked about the subject"). In Latin script, it is often attached to the following word: fdar.
Example
هو ف دارو
howa f darou
“He is at his place.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “fi” but also “f” and “fl”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “fi” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “in, at (place)”; “during, in (time)”: fi in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
The same word also exists in Tunisian Derja, written في, where it means “in, at, on (place, time)”; “about, in (after some verbs)”: fi in Tunisian.