sina سينا
Moroccan Darija · verb
“sina” (سينا) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to sign a document.
Meanings
- to sign a document
Usage
Sina is an adapted loan from French "signer". It is commonly used in administrative contexts, at the bank or at work. It is conjugated like a verb with a vowel ending: sina (he signed), siniti (you signed), kaysini (he signs), sini! (sign!). To say one signs for someone, the verb is built with l-: sini liya (sign this for me). The passive form tsina means "to be signed". The standard word waqqa3 is found mostly in writing and in formal registers.
Example
سينا ليا بلا مايشوف دهر ديال لورقة لي فيها تقرير
sina liya bla maychouf dher dial lwer9a li fiha te9rir
“He signed it for me without looking at the back of the sheet with the report on it.”
Conjugation
Forms as recorded in DODa and reproduced in its spelling, which often leaves out short vowels.
| Imperfective (present) | Perfective (past) | Imperative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ana (I) | kansini | sinit | |
| nta (you, m.) | katsini | siniti | sini |
| nti (you, f.) | katsini | siniti | sini |
| howa (he) | kaysini | sina | |
| hiya (she) | katsini | sinaat | |
| 7na (we) | kansiniw | sinina | |
| ntouma (you, pl.) | katsiniw | sinito | siniw |
| homa (they) | kaysiniw | sinao |
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “sina” but also “sini” and “sinna”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.