ntouma نتوما

Moroccan Darija · pronoun

“ntouma” (نتوما) is a pronoun in Moroccan Darija meaning you (plural).

Meanings

1. you (plural)

Usage

Ntouma is the second-person plural pronoun. It is used for a group, men or women, with no gender distinction. It is not a polite form of address: to address a single person politely, you say "nta" or "nti" instead, possibly with respectful phrases. Since the verb already carries the person marking ("ntouma katkhedmou"), the pronoun is often used for emphasis or contrast: "ntouma lli ghaltin", "you are the ones who are wrong". It is also heard in the form "ntoumaya".

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ntouma” but also “ntoma”, “netouma”, “ntomaya”, “ntoumaya” and “ntuma”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Its Arabic spelling is not fixed either: you will find نتوما and انتوما, all the same word.

Type “ntouma” on the Arabic keyboard

In Algerian Darja

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “you (plural)”: ntouma in Algerian.

In Tunisian Derja

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “you (plural)”: ntouma in Tunisian.

How to say “you (plural)” in Moroccan, Algerian and Tunisian