khrbe9 خربق
Moroccan Darija · verb
“khrbe9” (خربق) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to mess up, jumble.
Meanings
- to mess up, jumble
- to scribble
Usage
Khrbe9 means to put something in disorder or to muddle it: papers, an arrangement, an explanation, a plan. It is also used for sloppy work or illegible handwriting. The participle mkhrbe9 describes what is upside down or confused, and the noun khorbi9 means disorder or scribbling. The verb is colloquial and in common use in speech. Context shows whether it is a physical mess or confusion in ideas. For actual destruction, khrreb is used instead.
Example
ما تخربقش ليا الأوراق
ma tkhrbe9ch liya lwra9
“Don't mess up my papers for me.”
Conjugation
Forms as recorded in DODa and reproduced in its spelling, which often leaves out short vowels.
| Imperfective (present) | Perfective (past) | Imperative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ana (I) | kankhrbe9 | khrbe9t | |
| nta (you, m.) | katkhrbe9 | khrbe9ti | khrbe9 |
| nti (you, f.) | katkhrb9i | khrbe9ti | khrb9i |
| howa (he) | kaykhrbe9 | khrbe9 | |
| hiya (she) | katkhrbe9 | khrb9at | |
| 7na (we) | kankhrb9o | khrb9na | |
| ntouma (you, pl.) | katkhrb9o | khrbe9to | khrb9o |
| homa (they) | kaykhrb9o | khrb9o |
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “khrbe9” but also “5erbe9”, “kherbe9”, “khrbeq” and “5rbe9”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 5 is kha (خ), like the ch in Scottish loch; 9 is qaf (ق), a k pronounced at the back of the throat.