hado هادو
Moroccan Darija · pronoun
“hado” (هادو) is a pronoun in Moroccan Darija meaning these, these are.
Meanings
- these, these are
- these (before a noun)
Usage
Hadou is the plural of hada and hadi. It serves for both masculine and feminine. Used alone, it introduces or points out a nearby group: hadou wlad khti, "these are my sister's children". It can also precede a noun with the article: hadou nnas, "these people". In that case, however, had is more frequent. For a distant group, one says hadouk, "those". The expression bhal hadou means "like these".
Example
هادو ولاد ختي
hado wlad khti
“These are my sister's children.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “hado” but also “hadou”, “8ado” and “hadu”. 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 “hado” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “these (pronoun)”; “those, those people”: hadou in Algerian.