tferrej تفرّج
Moroccan Darija · verb
“tferrej” (تفرّج) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to watch (a show, TV).
Meanings
- to watch (a show, TV)
- to look on without acting
- to look around, amuse oneself
Usage
Tferrej means "to watch for entertainment": a film, a match, television, a street performance. The most frequent construction is tferrej f something, as in tferrej f lmatch. The verb can also mean staying a spectator without intervening. In that case it carries a nuance of reproach, for example in b9a gha kayetferrej. Not to be confused with chaf, which means "to see" in the general sense. The derived noun is lfraja, "the show, entertainment". The present is formed with kayetferrej.
Example
تفرج فبرنامج وطائقي
tferrej f brnamaj wata2i9i
“He watched a documentary.”
Conjugation
Forms as recorded in DODa and reproduced in its spelling, which often leaves out short vowels.
| Imperfective (present) | Perfective (past) | Imperative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ana (I) | kantfrrj | tfrrjt | |
| nta (you, m.) | kattfrrj | tfrrjti | tfrrj |
| nti (you, f.) | kattfrrji | tfrrjti | tfrrji |
| howa (he) | kaytfrrj | tfrrj | |
| hiya (she) | kattfrrj | tfrrjat | |
| 7na (we) | kantfrrjo | tfrrjna | |
| ntouma (you, pl.) | kattfrrjo | tfrrjto | tfrrjo |
| homa (they) | kaytfrrjo | tfrrjo |
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tferrej” but also “tfrej”, “tfarraj”, “tferej”, “tfrrj” and “itfrrej”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “tferrej” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “watch (film, match, show)”; “look on as a spectator”: tfarrej in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “to watch (film, match, show)”; “to look on as a spectator”: tfarej in Tunisian.