lga لڭا
Moroccan Darija · verb
“lga” (لڭا) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to find.
Meanings
- to find
- to discover, come across
- to meet, run into
Usage
Lga is the widespread pronunciation of lqa, "to find". The q is pronounced like a g, which is common in much of Morocco. It is conjugated as follows: lgit ("I found"), lga ("he found"), kanl9a or kanelga ("I find"). The verb is used for a lost object, a solution or a person you bump into: lgitou f zzan9a, "I found him in the street". It should not be confused with tla9a, which means "to meet each other" in a reciprocal sense. The sense of "to discover" is a simple extension of "to find".
Example
لڭيت ساروت فالطريق
lgit sarout f triq
“I found a key in the street.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “lga” but also “l9a”, “lqa”, “lgaa” and “lka”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 9 is qaf (ق), a k pronounced at the back of the throat.