hadi هادي

Moroccan Darija · pronoun

“hadi” (هادي) is a pronoun in Moroccan Darija meaning this one, this (feminine).

Meanings

1. this one, this (feminine)
2. this, that (neutral)
3. it has been (elapsed time)

Usage

Hadi is the feminine proximal demonstrative. It is used alone (hadi = this one, this) or before a noun with the article: hadi l-bent, "this girl". The masculine is hada, the plural is hado. It also serves as a neutral for a thing or situation: hadi akhir mra, "it's the last time". It is used to tell the time (hadi l-wahda, "it is one o'clock") and to express elapsed time: hadi modda, "it has been a long time". Pitfall: do not confuse it with hadi meaning "calm", which is written differently in Arabic.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “hadi” but also “8adi”, “hade”, “hadii” and “hady”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 8 is light ha (ه) or ghayn (غ), depending on the writer.

Type “hadi” on the Arabic keyboard

In Algerian Darja

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “this one, this (feminine)”; “this, that (neutral)”: hadi in Algerian.