jouj mrrat جوج مرّات
Moroccan Darija · expression
“jouj mrrat” (جوج مرّات) is an expression in Moroccan Darija meaning twice.
Meanings
- twice
Usage
Jouj mrrat is made of jouj (two) and mrrat, plural of mrra (time). After jouj, the noun goes in the plural, unlike the dual of Standard Arabic. The expression indicates repetition: glt lik jouj mrrat (I told you twice). You can specify the period: jouj mrrat f nhar (twice a day), jouj mrrat f simana (twice a week). On the same pattern, one says tlat mrrat, rb3 mrrat. For "once," one simply says mrra or chi mrra. It is a neutral phrase, used in all registers.
Example
جيت عندك جوج مرات وما لقيتكش
jit 3ndek jouj mrrat w ma l9itekch
“I came by your place twice and didn't find you.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “jouj mrrat” but also “joj mrrat”, “jouj merrat” and “juj mrat”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.