t7errek تحرّك
Moroccan Darija · verb
“t7errek” (تحرّك) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to move, get moving.
Meanings
- to move, get moving
- to stir oneself, act, react
- to get around, travel
Usage
T7errek is the everyday verb for "to move". In the literal sense, it means to move around or move the body: khassek t7errek chwiya, "you need to move a bit", for example to someone who sits all day. In the figurative sense, it is used to urge someone to act or shake themselves up, often in the imperative with wa or yallah in front. It is also used for an object that moves or shifts. In the first person, you say t7errekt, "I moved". Don't confuse it with 7errek, which is transitive and means "to make something move, to stir something".
Example
وا تحرك دير شي حاجة
waaa te7arak dir chi haja
“Come on, move, do something.”
Conjugation
Forms as recorded in DODa and reproduced in its spelling, which often leaves out short vowels.
| Imperfective (present) | Perfective (past) | Imperative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ana (I) | kant7rrek | t7rrekt | |
| nta (you, m.) | katt7rrek | t7rrekti | t7rrek |
| nti (you, f.) | katt7rrki | t7rrekti | t7rrki |
| howa (he) | kayt7rrek | t7rrek | |
| hiya (she) | katt7rrek | t7rrkat | |
| 7na (we) | kant7rrko | t7rrekna | |
| ntouma (you, pl.) | katt7rrko | t7rrekto | t7rrko |
| homa (they) | kayt7rrko | t7rrko |
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “t7errek” but also “t7rrek”, “t7arrak”, “t7erek” and “te7arak”. 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 “t7errek” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “to move, shift position”; “to act, take action”: t7arek in Tunisian.