nfajer نفاجر
Moroccan Darija · verb
“nfajer” (نفاجر) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to explode with anger.
Meanings
- to explode with anger
- to blow up, burst
Usage
Nfajer is a conjugated form: it is the first person of the present, "I explode" or "that I explode", of the verb fajjar, often written without the doubling. Literally, fajjar means "to blow up". The figurative sense is very common, though: you "explode" with anger at someone, using the construction fajjar 3la, "to explode at". For an object that explodes by itself, say tfjer or tferga3 instead. So nfajer should be recognized as a grammatical person, not an infinitive. The register is informal and expressive.
Example
غادي نفاجر عليه إلا زاد
ghadi nfajer 3lih ila zad
“I'm going to explode at him if he keeps it up.”
Conjugation
Forms as recorded in DODa and reproduced in its spelling, which often leaves out short vowels.
| Imperfective (present) | Perfective (past) | Imperative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ana (I) | kannfajer | nfajert | |
| nta (you, m.) | katnfajer | nfajerti | nfajer |
| nti (you, f.) | katnfajri | nfajerti | nfajri |
| howa (he) | kaynfajer | nfajer | |
| hiya (she) | katnfajer | nfajerat | |
| 7na (we) | kannfajro | nfajerna | |
| ntouma (you, pl.) | katnfajro | nfajerto | nfajro |
| homa (they) | kaynfajro | nfajero |
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “nfajer” but also “nfajr”, “nfejjer” and “nfajjar”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.