hak هاك
Tunisian Derja · pronoun
“hak” (هاك) is a pronoun in Tunisian Derja meaning that, those (already mentioned).
Meanings
- that, those (already mentioned)
- here, take it!
Usage
Hak is a demonstrative placed before a noun with the article: hak el-wled, "that boy". Before the article, it is often written hakel, hak el or hek el. It generally refers to someone or something already talked about. That is why it keeps coming back in tales and stories, to pick up a character again. It also carries a nuance of distance, even contempt: hakel 9a3det, "all those sittings". Used alone, while holding out an object, hak means "here, take it!". Note: it is not hakka ("like this"), nor haw ("here is").
Example
كان فيعوض هاكل قعداة فال قهاوي مشاوا دوروا الدولاب شوية
kan fi3oudh hakel 9a3det fil 9haoui mchaou daourou eddouleb chouya
“Instead of all those sittings in the cafés, they should go and turn the wheel a bit.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “hak” but also “hek”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “hak” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “here, take it (handing something)”; “like that, thus (in kima hak)”: hak in Algerian.