kreh كره
Moroccan Darija · verb
“kreh” (كره) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to hate, detest.
Meanings
- to hate, detest
- to dislike
Usage
Kreh means "to hate" or "to dislike". It is common in all registers. It conjugates normally: krehtou (I hated him), kankreh (I hate). With a pronoun, kankrehek means "I hate you". Followed by a noun, it expresses aversion to a thing: kankreh lbsla (I hate onions). The word can be strong; for mere lack of interest, ma kanbghich is more usual. In online spellings, 8 stands for h.
Example
كانتسنّا فيك ت كره داك سيد حيت شفرك
kantsenna fik t kreh dak siyed 7it chefrek
“I'm waiting for you to hate that guy, because he robbed you.”
Conjugation
Forms as recorded in DODa and reproduced in its spelling, which often leaves out short vowels.
| Imperfective (present) | Perfective (past) | Imperative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ana (I) | kankr8 | kr8t | |
| nta (you, m.) | katkr8 | kr8ti | kr8 |
| nti (you, f.) | katkr8i | kr8ti | kr8i |
| howa (he) | kaykr8 | kr8 | |
| hiya (she) | katkr8 | kr8at | |
| 7na (we) | kankr8o | kr8na | |
| ntouma (you, pl.) | katkr8o | kr8to | kr8o |
| homa (they) | kaykr8o | kr8o |
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “kreh” but also “kre8”, “kr8”, “kerh” and “krh”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 8 is light ha (ه) or ghayn (غ), depending on the writer.
Type “kreh” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to hate, detest”; “to be fed up, sick of”: kreh in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “to hate, detest”; “to dislike”: yakrah in Tunisian.