s77e7 صحّح
Moroccan Darija · verb
“s77e7” (صحّح) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to correct (a paper, an error).
Meanings
- to correct (a paper, an error)
- to fix, set right
Usage
S77e7 is used mainly in school and administrative contexts. You say s77e7 lkoppiat ("to correct the papers") or s77e7 lghalat ("to correct an error"). The verb is conjugated regularly: s77e7t ("I corrected"), kays77e7 ("he corrects"). It is also used for correcting a document, and in s77e7 lmafhoum, "to correct a wrong idea". The passive form ts77e7 means "to be corrected". In conversation, French speakers are also heard using rectifier or corrigé, borrowed from French.
Example
الأستاذ باقي ما صحّح الامتحان
lostad ba9i ma s77e7 lemti7an
“The teacher hasn't corrected the exam yet.”
Conjugation
Forms as recorded in DODa and reproduced in its spelling, which often leaves out short vowels.
| Imperfective (present) | Perfective (past) | Imperative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ana (I) | kanS77e7 | S77e7t | |
| nta (you, m.) | katS77e7 | S77e7ti | S77e7 |
| nti (you, f.) | katS77e7i | S77e7ti | S77e7i |
| howa (he) | kayS77e7 | S77e7 | |
| hiya (she) | katS77e7 | Se77e7at | |
| 7na (we) | kanS77e7o | Se77e7na | |
| ntouma (you, pl.) | katS77e7o | Se77e7to | S77e7o |
| homa (they) | kayS77e7o | Se77e7o |
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “s77e7” but also “se77e7”, “sa77a7”, “sahhah” and “s77eh”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 7 is ha (ح), a breathy h from the throat.
Type “s77e7” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to correct a mistake”; “to fix, set right”: sahhah in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “to correct (error, paper)”; “to certify (signature, document)”: sa77a7 in Tunisian.