wafe9 وافق
Moroccan Darija · verb
“wafe9” (وافق) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to agree, to accept.
Meanings
- to agree, to accept
- to suit, to agree with
Usage
Wafe9 is mostly constructed with 3la: wafe9 3la chi haja, "to accept something, to give one's agreement". It is used for a request, a proposal or a marriage. Used alone, it means "to agree". The verb can also mean "to suit" or "to go with": ma wafe9nich, "it doesn't suit me". This sense applies notably to a food, a climate or a situation. The conjugation is regular: wafe9, wafqat, wafqu. The register is standard, and the word is a little more formal than the expression bgha, "to be willing".
Example
الواليد وافق على الخدمة لي لقيت
lwalid wafe9 3la lkhedma li l9it
“My father agreed to the job I found.”
Conjugation
Forms as recorded in DODa and reproduced in its spelling, which often leaves out short vowels.
| Imperfective (present) | Perfective (past) | Imperative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ana (I) | kanwaaf9 | waaf9t | |
| nta (you, m.) | katwaaf9 | waaf9ti | waaf9 |
| nti (you, f.) | katwaaf9i | waaf9ti | waaf9i |
| howa (he) | kaywaaf9 | waaf9 | |
| hiya (she) | katwaaf9 | waaf9at | |
| 7na (we) | kanwaaf9o | waaf9na | |
| ntouma (you, pl.) | katwaaf9o | waaf9to | waaf9o |
| homa (they) | kaywaaf9o | waaf9o |
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “wafe9” but also “waf9”, “waaf9”, “wafeq” and “wafe9t”. 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 “wafe9” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “to agree, give consent”; “to suit someone”: wafe9 in Tunisian.