tla9a تلاقا
Moroccan Darija · verb
“tla9a” (تلاقا) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning meet, get together.
Meanings
- meet, get together
- run into someone
Usage
The verb tla9a means to meet someone or to get together with them. It takes m3a: tla9a m3a (to meet). It can be a planned meeting or a chance encounter. In the plural, tla9aw means "they met". The register is everyday. It should be distinguished from l9a, which means to find something. Also avoid confusion with tla9a 3la, a construction that is not used in this sense. In the present, one says kantla9a; in the subjunctive, ntla9a, for example in bghit ntla9a m3ak (I want to see you).
Example
كنت بغيتك تلاقا معاه
knt bghitk ttla9a m3a8
“I wanted you to meet him.”
Conjugation
Forms as recorded in DODa and reproduced in its spelling, which often leaves out short vowels.
| Imperfective (present) | Perfective (past) | Imperative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ana (I) | kantla9a | tla9it | |
| nta (you, m.) | kattla9a | tla9iti | tla9a |
| nti (you, f.) | kattla9ay | tla9iti | tla9ay |
| howa (he) | kaytla9a | tla9a | |
| hiya (she) | kattla9a | tla9at | |
| 7na (we) | kantla9aw | tla9ina | |
| ntouma (you, pl.) | kattla9aw | tla9ito | tla9aw |
| homa (they) | kaytla9aw | tla9ao |
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tla9a” but also “tlaqa” and “tlaka”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 9 is qaf (ق), a k pronounced at the back of the throat.
Type “tla9a” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to meet, meet up”; “to run into someone”: tla9a in Algerian.