raf9 رافق
Moroccan Darija · verb
“raf9” (رافق) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to accompany someone.
Meanings
- to accompany someone
- to keep company with
Usage
Rafeq means to accompany someone. The verb takes a direct object: "rafeq weldek", accompany your son. It belongs to a somewhat polished register. In everyday conversation, people more readily say "mcha m3a", to go with, or "wessel", to take someone to a place. It is also used to say that one associates with someone, often in advice: "ma traf9ch m3a ddrari lkhaybin", don't hang around with bad boys. The corresponding noun, rfi9, means companion or friend.
Example
إمتا غادي ت رافق ولدك لمدراسّا
imta ghadi t raaf9 weldek lmdrassa
“When are you going to accompany your son to school?”
Conjugation
Forms as recorded in DODa and reproduced in its spelling, which often leaves out short vowels.
| Imperfective (present) | Perfective (past) | Imperative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ana (I) | kanraaf9 | raaf9t | |
| nta (you, m.) | katraaf9 | raaf9ti | raaf9 |
| nti (you, f.) | katraaf9i | raaf9ti | raaf9i |
| howa (he) | kayraaf9 | raaf9 | |
| hiya (she) | katraaf9 | raaf9at | |
| 7na (we) | kanraaf9o | raaf9na | |
| ntouma (you, pl.) | katraaf9o | raaf9to | raaf9o |
| homa (they) | kayraaf9o | raaf9o |
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “raf9” but also “rafe9”, “raaf9”, “raafe9” and “rafeq”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 9 is qaf (ق), a k pronounced at the back of the throat.