khrej خرج
Moroccan Darija · verb
“khrej” (خرج) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning go out, exit.
Meanings
- go out, exit
- turn out
- harm, turn on (with 3la)
Usage
Khrej is the basic verb for leaving a place: khrej mn dar, "he went out of the house". In the imperative, khrej! is used to order someone to leave. The verb is also used for an outcome: khrej mzyan, "it went well", or khrjat l'natija, "the result came out". With 3la, it can mean to turn against someone or harm them, depending on the context. The causative khrrej means to make something or someone go out, or to take something out. The noun lkhrja means an outing or a walk.
Example
خرج من هنا
khrej mn 8na
“Get out of here.”
Conjugation
Forms as recorded in DODa and reproduced in its spelling, which often leaves out short vowels.
| Imperfective (present) | Perfective (past) | Imperative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ana (I) | kankhrej | khrejt | |
| nta (you, m.) | kankhrej | khrejti | khrej |
| nti (you, f.) | katkhrji | khrejti | khrji |
| howa (he) | kaykhrej | khrej | |
| hiya (she) | katkhrej | khrjat | |
| 7na (we) | kankhrjo | khrejna | |
| ntouma (you, pl.) | katkhrjo | khrejto | khrjou |
| homa (they) | kaykhrjo | khrjo |
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “khrej” but also “5rej”, “khraj”, “khrj”, “5raj” and “5rj”. 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.
Type “khrej” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to go out, step outside”; “to leave, quit a place”: khrej in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “to go out, leave a place”; “to turn out to be”: 5raj in Tunisian.