tfekker تفكّر
Moroccan Darija · verb
“tfekker” (تفكّر) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to remember, recall.
Meanings
- to remember, recall
- (form of fekker) you think
Usage
Tfekker means "to remember, to recall". The construction is direct: tfekkerti dak nhar ? means "do you remember that day?". The present is formed with kanetfekker, and ma tfekkertch means "I did not remember". For a learner, the pitfall comes from the spelling. The same string of letters can correspond to the second person of fekker, "to think": katfekker, "you think". This is the meaning found in many sentences online. Context decides which is meant. 39el 3la, "to recall", is also used as a synonym.
Example
واش تفكرتي داك النهار؟
wach tfekkerti dak nhar?
“Do you remember that day?”
Conjugation
Forms as recorded in DODa and reproduced in its spelling, which often leaves out short vowels.
| Imperfective (present) | Perfective (past) | Imperative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ana (I) | kantfkkr | tfkkrt | |
| nta (you, m.) | kattfkkr | tfkkrti | tfkkr |
| nti (you, f.) | kattfkkri | tfkkrti | tfkkri |
| howa (he) | kaytfkkr | tfkkr | |
| hiya (she) | kattfkkr | tfkkrat | |
| 7na (we) | kantfkkro | tfkkrna | |
| ntouma (you, pl.) | kattfkkro | tfkkrto | tfkkro |
| homa (they) | kaytfkkro | tfkkro |
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tfekker” but also “tfakar”, “tfakkar”, “tfker” and “tfkkr”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “tfekker” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to remember, recall”; “to think of”: tfekker in Algerian.