wgef وڭف
Moroccan Darija · verb
“wgef” (وڭف) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to stand up, to stand.
Meanings
- to stand up, to stand
- to stop
- to support someone (wgef m3a)
Usage
Wgef means "to get up, to stand" and also "to stop": wgef hna (stop here). The intensive form wegguef is transitive: "to stop" something, or "to stand something up". With m3a, it means "to support, to back up": wgef m3ah f had lmochkil. The letter ڭ writes a hard g, typical of Morocco. The spelling وقف is also found. Pitfall: depending on context, the command wgef can mean "stand up" or "stop".
Example
أجي وڭف حدايا
aji wgf 7daya
“Come and stand next to me.”
Conjugation
Forms as recorded in DODa and reproduced in its spelling, which often leaves out short vowels.
| Imperfective (present) | Perfective (past) | Imperative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ana (I) | kanwgef | wgeft | |
| nta (you, m.) | katwgef | wgefti | wgef |
| nti (you, f.) | katwgfi | wgefti | wgfi |
| howa (he) | kaywgef | wgef | |
| hiya (she) | katwgef | wgfat | |
| 7na (we) | kanwgfo | wgfna | |
| ntouma (you, pl.) | katwgfo | wgfto | wgfo |
| homa (they) | kaywgfo | wgfo |
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “wgef” but also “wgaf”, “wgf”, “wggef” and “w9ef”. 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.