nchoufouk نشوفوك
Moroccan Darija · expression
“nchoufouk” (نشوفوك) is an expression in Moroccan Darija meaning see you.
Meanings
- see you
- we will see you
Usage
Nchoufouk is the verb form "we will see you": nchoufou followed by the pronoun -k, "you". It is commonly used as a goodbye, like "see you" in English. It is often completed: nchoufouk men be3d (see you later), nchoufouk lmerra jjaya (see you next time), nchoufouk ghedda (see you tomorrow). Despite the plural, it is also used by a single speaker. It can keep its literal meaning: "we are going to come and see you". The register is informal and neutral. It can be used with close friends as well as with colleagues.
Example
نشوفوك أ خويا
nchoufouk a khona
“See you, brother.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “nchoufouk” but also “nchofok”, “nchoufok”, “nchofouk” and “nshoufouk”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “nchoufouk” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “we (will) see you”; “we are watching you, following you”: nchoufouk in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “see you, see you later”; “we will see you”: nchoufouk in Tunisian.