charah شرح
Tunisian Derja · verb
“charah” (شرح) is a verb in Tunisian Derja meaning to explain.
Meanings
- to explain
- explanation (noun)
Usage
A common verb for "to explain", used at school as in everyday life. The imperfect is "yochra7" and the imperative "ochro7" or "achra7". It takes "li" to mark the person being explained to: "ochro7li" ("explain to me"), "char7elna" ("he explained to us"). The word also serves as a noun ("char7", "the explanation"), for example "char7 el dars" for the explanation of the lesson. The register is neutral. In casual conversation you also hear "fahhem" ("to make understand") with a similar meaning.
Example
اشرحلي كيفاش تخدم الماكينة هاذي
ochro7li kifech tekhdem el makina hedhi
“Explain to me how this machine works.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “charah” but also “char7”, “chra7”, “ochro7” and “achra7”. 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 “charah” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “explain”; “explanation (noun char7)”: chre7 in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to explain”; “explanation (noun, charh)”: chrah in Algerian.