fakker فكر

Tunisian Derja · verb

“fakker” (فكر) is a verb in Tunisian Derja meaning to remind (someone of something).

Meanings

1. to remind (someone of something)
2. to remember (tfakker)
3. thought, idea (fekr)

Usage

In derja, fakker mainly means "to remind someone", with the construction fakker + person + fi + thing (fakkarni fi...: remind me of...). The form tfakker means "to remember": tfakkert? (do you remember?). The participle fekir (feminine fekra) is used to ask whether someone still remembers: enti fekra? Pitfall: for "to think" in the sense of to reflect, one says khammem instead. The noun fekr (thought) belongs mainly to a more formal register.

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “fakker” but also “fakar”, “fekker” and “fekir”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Type “fakker” on the Arabic keyboard

In Moroccan Darija

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to think, reflect”; “to remind (someone)”: fekker in Moroccan.

In Algerian Darja

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to remind (someone of something)”; “to think, reflect”: fekker in Algerian.