mo7adata محادثة
Moroccan Darija · noun
“mo7adata” (محادثة) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning conversation, discussion.
Meanings
- conversation, discussion
- dialogue (exercise, programme)
Usage
Mo7adata is a word borrowed from Standard Arabic. It is used in a formal register: at school, in the media, or to talk about an online conversation (chat). In everyday conversation, people say hdra or l-hedra ("speech") instead, or the verb tahder m3a ("to talk with"). It is often found in expressions such as mo7adata m3a ("conversation with") or mo7adata f WhatsApp. The plural is mo7adatat. Note that a speaker will rarely say mo7adata for a simple chat between friends, as it would sound formal.
Example
حذفت المحادثة كاملة
7dhaft lmo7adata kamla
“I deleted the whole conversation.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mo7adata” but also “mo7adatha”, “mou7adata”, “mohadata” and “m7adata”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 7 is ha (ح), a breathy h from the throat.