twe99e3 توقّع
Moroccan Darija · verb
“twe99e3” (توقّع) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to expect, anticipate.
Meanings
- to expect, anticipate
- to predict, forecast
Usage
Twe99e3 (tweqqe3) is used to say that you expect something or are making a prediction, especially about a match, a result, or the weather. It is mostly found in the negative or as a participle: "ma kontch mtwe99e3" (I wasn't expecting it). The register is rather formal or media-style; in everyday speech, people also say "kont 3arf" or "kont ka-nsenna". Note that, in Arabic or Latin script, this word is easily confused with wqqe3 (to sign), whose 2nd person is also written twe99e3, and with wqe3 (to happen, to occur), whose form "tw9e3" means "she will happen".
Example
ما كنتش كنتوقّع هاد الشي
ma kontch kantwe99e3 had chi
“I wasn't expecting this.”
Conjugation
Forms as recorded in DODa and reproduced in its spelling, which often leaves out short vowels.
| Imperfective (present) | Perfective (past) | Imperative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ana (I) | kantw993 | tw993t | |
| nta (you, m.) | kattw993 | tw993ti | tw993 |
| nti (you, f.) | kattw993i | tw993ti | tw993i |
| howa (he) | kaytw993 | tw993 | |
| hiya (she) | kattw993 | tw993at | |
| 7na (we) | kantw993o | tw993na | |
| ntouma (you, pl.) | kattw993o | tw993to | tw993o |
| homa (they) | kaytw993o | tw993o |
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “twe99e3” but also “tw993”, “twe99a3”, “to99e3” and “tweqqe3”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 3 is ayn (ع), a voiced sound from deep in the throat with no English equivalent; 9 is qaf (ق), a k pronounced at the back of the throat.