stawred ستورد
Moroccan Darija · verb
“stawred” (ستورد) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to import (goods).
Meanings
- to import (goods)
Usage
Stawred is a verb borrowed from Standard Arabic. It is used in trade and in economic news: to import goods, cars, wheat. It takes a direct object and, for the origin, men: stawred sel3a men ssin ("to import goods from China"). The corresponding noun, stirad, means "import, importation". In small-scale trade, one also says jab sel3a men berra ("to bring in goods from abroad"). There are many Latin spellings, since the diphthong is written ow, aw or ew depending on the writer.
Example
كانتسنّا فيك ت ستورد هاد سلعة
kantsenna fik t stowred had sel3a
“I'm waiting for you to import this merchandise.”
Conjugation
Forms as recorded in DODa and reproduced in its spelling, which often leaves out short vowels.
| Imperfective (present) | Perfective (past) | Imperative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ana (I) | kanstowred | stowredt | |
| nta (you, m.) | katstowred | stowredti | stowred |
| nti (you, f.) | katstowrdi | stowredti | stowrdi |
| howa (he) | kaystowred | stowred | |
| hiya (she) | katstowred | stowrdat | |
| 7na (we) | kanstowrdo | stowrdna | |
| ntouma (you, pl.) | katstowrdo | stowredto | stowrdo |
| homa (they) | kaystowrdo | stowrdo |
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “stawred” but also “stowred”, “stewred”, “stawrd” and “stwrd”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.