tleb طلب
Moroccan Darija · verb
“tleb” (طلب) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to ask for, to request.
Meanings
- to ask for, to request
- to beg
- request, order (noun)
Usage
Tleb means "to ask for something". It is constructed with men to indicate the person being asked: tleb menni flus, "he asked me for money". Used without an object, it often means "to beg": kaytleb f z-zenqa, "he begs in the street". In the form talab, the same word serves as a noun meaning an administrative request or an order. Note: to ask a question, you don't use tleb but sewwel.
Example
طلب مني نعاونو
tleb menni n3awnu
“He asked me to help 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) | kanTlb | Tlbt | |
| nta (you, m.) | katTlb | Tlbti | Tlb |
| nti (you, f.) | katTlbi | Tlbti | Tlbi |
| howa (he) | kayTlb | Tlb | |
| hiya (she) | katTlb | Tlbat | |
| 7na (we) | kanTlbo | Tlbna | |
| ntouma (you, pl.) | katTlbo | Tlbto | Tlbo |
| homa (they) | kayTlbo | Tlbo |
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tleb” but also “tlb”, “tlab” and “talab”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “tleb” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to ask for, request”; “a request, application (noun)”: tleb in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “to ask for, to request”; “to call (on the phone)”: tlab in Tunisian.