fech فاش

Tunisian Derja · pronoun

“fech” (فاش) is a pronoun in Tunisian Derja meaning in what, about what.

Meanings

1. in what, about what
2. what (are you doing)

Usage

Fech comes from the contraction of fi ech, literally "in what." It is a very common interrogative. It is used to ask what someone is thinking about or busy with: fech tkhammem? (what are you thinking about?), fech 9a3ed ta3mel? (what are you doing?). It is also used to ask what someone is waiting for: fech testanna?, "what are you waiting for?" This last use is often an impatient urging to act. Do not confuse it with ech or chnowa, which simply mean "what." Fech always carries the idea of "in" or "about."

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “fech” but also “fesh”, “fach” and “fèch”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Type “fech” on the Arabic keyboard

In Algerian Darja

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “in what, about what, what ... in”; “with what”: fach in Algerian.