nta نتا
Moroccan Darija · pronoun
“nta” (نتا) is a pronoun in Moroccan Darija meaning you (masculine singular).
Meanings
- you (masculine singular)
Usage
Nta is the second-person masculine singular personal pronoun. The feminine is nti, and the plural is ntouma. Since the verb already shows the person, it is mainly used for emphasis or contrast: nta lli glti (you are the one who said it). It is also used in verbless nominal sentences with no "to be": nta mezyan (you are kind). The phrase nta hiya nta (it really is you) is common. Pitfall in written arabizi: nta (you) can be confused with the verbal prefix nt-.
Example
نتا ف دار
nta f dar
“Are you at home?”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “nta” but also “neta”, “enta” and “ntaa”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “nta” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “you (masculine singular)”: nta in Algerian.