mattaf9ch ماتّافقش
Moroccan Darija · verb
“mattaf9ch” (ماتّافقش) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning not come to an agreement.
Meanings
- not come to an agreement
- don't agree (imperative)
Usage
Mattafeqch is the negative form of ttafeq, "to come to an agreement, to get along". It carries the negation ma… -ch. Depending on context, it means "he did not come to an agreement" or, in the negative imperative, "don't agree". The person is introduced with m3a, the subject of disagreement with 3la: mattafeqch m3ahom 3la t-taman. The word expresses the absence of agreement or arrangement rather than a quarrel. The register is common. In arabizi, the q is often written 9.
Example
ما تّافقش معاهم على الثمن
mattaf9ch m3ahom 3la ttaman
“He didn't agree with them on the price.”
Conjugation
Forms as recorded in DODa and reproduced in its spelling, which often leaves out short vowels.
| Perfective (past) | |
|---|---|
| ana (I) | mattaf9tch |
| nta (you, m.) | mattaf9tich |
| nti (you, f.) | mattaf9tich |
| howa (he) | mattaf9ch |
| hiya (she) | mattaf9atch |
| 7na (we) | mattaf9nach |
| ntouma (you, pl.) | mattaf9toch |
| homa (they) | mattaf9ouch |
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mattaf9ch” but also “mattafe9ch”, “matafa9ch” and “mattafeqch”. 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.