raje3 راجع
Moroccan Darija · verb
“raje3” (راجع) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning returning, on the way back.
Meanings
- returning, on the way back
- review, reconsider (imperative)
Usage
Raje3 is first of all the active participle of rje3 ("to come back"). It expresses an action in progress or about to happen: ana raje3 means "I'm coming back" or "I'm on my way back". It agrees in gender and number: raj3a for the feminine, raj3in for the plural. The same form is also the imperative of raje3, "to review, go over, reconsider", heard in phrases such as raje3 rasek, "take a hard look at yourself". Only context distinguishes the two uses. Pitfall: raje3 in the sense of "returning" does not mark the past, but an action in progress.
Example
راني كنت راجع
rani knt raj3
“I was on my way back.”
Conjugation
Forms as recorded in DODa and reproduced in its spelling, which often leaves out short vowels.
| Imperfective (present) | Perfective (past) | Imperative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ana (I) | kanraaj3 | raaj3t | |
| nta (you, m.) | katraaj3 | raaj3ti | raaj3 |
| nti (you, f.) | katraaj3i | raaj3ti | raaj3i |
| howa (he) | kayraaj3 | raaj3 | |
| hiya (she) | katraaj3 | raaj3at | |
| 7na (we) | kanraaj3o | raaj3na | |
| ntouma (you, pl.) | katraaj3o | raaj3to | raaj3o |
| homa (they) | kayraaj3o | raaj3o |
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “raje3” but also “raj3”, “raaj3” and “raji3”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 3 is ayn (ع), a voiced sound from deep in the throat with no English equivalent.
Type “raje3” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to revise (lessons)”; “to recheck, to review”: raja3 in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “returning, coming back”; “revise! (imperative of raja3)”: raje3 in Tunisian.