nzel نزل
Moroccan Darija · verb
“nzel” (نزل) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to go down, get off.
Meanings
- to go down, get off
- to fall (rain)
- to stay at someone's place
Usage
Nzel (imperfect yenzel) means "to go down": from an upper floor, off a vehicle, or towards the city centre. Examples: nzel mn tobis, "get off the bus"; nzelt l-mdina, "I went down to town". It is also used for rain (nzlat chta, "it rained") and for staying with someone (nzel 3end khalto, "he stayed at his aunt's"). The doubled-consonant form nezzel is transitive: "to bring down, drop off, lower". Online, nezzel is often written like nzel, which explains the sense "to put down the goods" in one of the sentences collected.
Example
نزل ف ستوب تاني
nzel f stop tani
“Get off at the next stop.”
Conjugation
Forms as recorded in DODa and reproduced in its spelling, which often leaves out short vowels.
| Imperfective (present) | Perfective (past) | Imperative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ana (I) | kannzl | nzlt | |
| nta (you, m.) | katnzl | nzlti | nzl |
| nti (you, f.) | katnzli | nzlti | nzli |
| howa (he) | kaynzl | nzl | |
| hiya (she) | katnzl | nzlat | |
| 7na (we) | kannzlo | nzlna | |
| ntouma (you, pl.) | katnzlo | nzlto | nzlo |
| homa (they) | kaynzlo | nzlo |
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “nzel” but also “nzl”, “nezel”, “nzal” and “nzil”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “nzel” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to go down”; “to get off a vehicle”: nzel in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “go down, come down”; “get off (a vehicle)”: nzel in Tunisian.