srre3 سرّع
Moroccan Darija · verb
“srre3” (سرّع) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to accelerate, to go faster.
Meanings
- to accelerate, to go faster
- to hurry up, to quicken one's pace
- to hasten, to move something along faster
Usage
Srre3 is used first of all for the speed of a vehicle or a person: srre3 chwiya, "speed up a bit". It is also heard in the imperative to rush someone, but in that sense zreb ("to hurry") remains more common in daily life. The verb is transitive: srre3 l-khedma, "speed up the work". In the present you say kaysrre3. The register is neutral and also used in writing. Be careful not to confuse it with sre9 ("to steal"), whose Latin spelling is close. The related noun is sor3a ("speed") and the adjective is sri3 ("fast").
Example
سرّع شوية، راه غادي نعطلو
srre3 chwiya, rah ghadi n3etlo
“Speed up a bit, we're going to be late.”
Conjugation
Forms as recorded in DODa and reproduced in its spelling, which often leaves out short vowels.
| Imperfective (present) | Perfective (past) | Imperative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ana (I) | kansrre3 | srre3t | |
| nta (you, m.) | katsrre3 | srre3ti | srre3 |
| nti (you, f.) | katsrr3i | srre3ti | srr3i |
| howa (he) | kaysrre3 | srre3 | |
| hiya (she) | katsrre3 | srr3at | |
| 7na (we) | kansrr3o | srr3na | |
| ntouma (you, pl.) | katsrr3o | srre3to | srr3o |
| homa (they) | kaysrr3o | srr3o |
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “srre3” but also “sre3”, “serre3” and “sarra3”. 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.