7awel حاول
Tunisian Derja · verb
“7awel” (حاول) is a verb in Tunisian Derja meaning try, attempt.
Meanings
- try, attempt
- try to persuade someone
Usage
7āwel means "to try." It is both the past form (he tried) and the imperative (try!). The imperfect is y7āwel. It is followed directly by another conjugated verb, with no equivalent of "to": "7āwel tji bekri" (try to come early). Followed by "m3a" and a person, it means "to keep at someone, to try to convince them": "7āwelt m3āh ama ma 7abbech". The corresponding noun is mo7awla (attempt). The word is neutral and used in all contexts.
Example
حاول تجي بكري غدوة.
7awel tji bekri ghodwa.
“Try to come early tomorrow.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “7awel” but also “hawel”, “7awal” and “7aawel”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 7 is ha (ح), a breathy h from the throat.
Type “7awel” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to try, attempt”; “to try to persuade someone”: 7awel in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to try, to attempt”; “to make an effort to”: 7awel in Algerian.