khser خسر
Moroccan Darija · verb
“khser” (خسر) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to lose (match, money, bet).
Meanings
- to lose (match, money, bet)
- to break down, get damaged
- to spend
Usage
Khser first means to lose: a match, money, a lawsuit. For a mislaid object, tleff or wedder is used instead. With the dative suffix li-, it means "to break down": tomobil khsrat lia (my car let me down), lpissi khser lia. With a sum of money as complement, it means "to spend": khsert 3lih bezzaf. The intensive form khesser means "to damage, break": khesser lia telephone. It can also mean "to spoil", as in khesser lia lkhatar (he upset me).
Example
خسرنا الماتش البارح
khsarna lmatch lbare7
“We lost the match yesterday.”
Conjugation
Forms as recorded in DODa and reproduced in its spelling, which often leaves out short vowels.
| Imperfective (present) | Perfective (past) | Imperative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ana (I) | kankhsr | khsrt | |
| nta (you, m.) | katkhsr | khsrti | khsr |
| nti (you, f.) | katkhsri | khsrti | khsri |
| howa (he) | kaykhsr | khsr | |
| hiya (she) | katkhsr | khsrat | |
| 7na (we) | kankhsro | khsrna | |
| ntouma (you, pl.) | katkhsro | khsrto | khsro |
| homa (they) | kaykhsro | khsro |
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “khser” but also “khsar”, “khsr”, “5ser”, “khesser” and “khsser”. 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 “khser” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to lose (match, money)”; “to break down, get damaged”: khser in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “to lose (money, match, property)”; “to ruin, spoil (form khassar)”: khser in Tunisian.