hiya هي
Moroccan Darija · pronoun
“hiya” (هي) is a pronoun in Moroccan Darija meaning she.
Meanings
- she
- she, her (emphatic form)
Usage
Hiya is the independent personal pronoun of the third person feminine singular. Since there is no verb "to be" in the present tense, it is placed directly before the predicate: "hiya mrida" (she is sick). It is also used for emphasis: "hiya li jat" (she is the one who came). With a conjugated verb, it is often omitted, since the ending is enough. The short form "hi" exists in rapid speech. The object "her" is expressed by the suffix "-ha": "chftha", I saw her.
Example
هي كبر مني
hia kber menni
“She is older than me.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “hiya” but also “hya”, “hia”, “heya” and “hi”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “hiya” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “she”; “it is (emphasis)”: hiya in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “she, it (personal pronoun)”; “it is (restating the subject)”: hiya in Tunisian.