w9e3 وقع
Moroccan Darija · verb
“w9e3” (وقع) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to happen, occur.
Meanings
- to happen, occur
- to fall
Usage
W9e3 is the common verb for saying that an event "happens" or "occurs". The typical question is "chno w9e3?" (what happened?). With "l-" plus a person, it means "to happen to someone": "w9e3 lih chi haja" (something happened to him). The expression "lli w9e3 w9e3" amounts to "what's done is done". The verb also means "to fall", but for a physical fall people more often say "ta7". Do not confuse it with wa99e3, "to sign".
Example
أش وقع ليك?
ach w9e3 lik?
“What happened to you?”
Conjugation
Forms as recorded in DODa and reproduced in its spelling, which often leaves out short vowels.
| Imperfective (present) | Perfective (past) | Imperative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ana (I) | kanw93 | w93t | |
| nta (you, m.) | katw93 | w93ti | w93 |
| nti (you, f.) | katw93i | w93ti | w93i |
| howa (he) | kayw93 | w93 | |
| hiya (she) | katw93 | w93at | |
| 7na (we) | kanw93o | w93na | |
| ntouma (you, pl.) | katw93o | w93to | w93o |
| homa (they) | kayw93o | w93o |
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “w9e3” but also “w9a3”, “w93”, “wqe3” and “w9ea”. 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.
Type “w9e3” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to happen, occur”; “to fall (into error, a trap)”: wqe3 in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “to happen, occur”; “to fall (into a trap, a problem)”: w9a3 in Tunisian.