tna9ech تناقش
Moroccan Darija · verb
“tna9ech” (تناقش) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning discuss, debate.
Meanings
- discuss, debate
- argue, talk back, quarrel
Usage
Tna9ech is constructed with m3a: "tna9ech m3ah" (discuss with him). The meaning varies with context. It can be a neutral exchange of ideas ("tna9chou f l-mawdou3", they debated the subject). It can also mean arguing or a minor quarrel, especially in commands like "bla ma ttna9ech" (don't argue, don't talk back), common between parents and children. The imperfective is ytna9ech. The noun mona9acha means a discussion, a debate or a thesis defence.
Example
سير تناقش معاهوم
sir tna9ech m3ahoum
“Go and discuss it with them.”
Conjugation
Forms as recorded in DODa and reproduced in its spelling, which often leaves out short vowels.
| Imperfective (present) | Perfective (past) | Imperative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ana (I) | kantna9ch | tna9cht | |
| nta (you, m.) | kattna9ch | tna9chti | tna9ch |
| nti (you, f.) | kattna9chi | tna9chti | tna9chi |
| howa (he) | kaytna9ch | tna9ch | |
| hiya (she) | kattna9ch | tna9chat | |
| 7na (we) | kantna9cho | tna9chna | |
| ntouma (you, pl.) | kattna9cho | tna9chto | tna9cho |
| homa (they) | kaytna9cho | tna9cho |
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tna9ech” but also “tna9ch”, “tnakech”, “tna9ach” and “tnaqech”. 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.