hedhi هذي
Tunisian Derja · pronoun
“hedhi” (هذي) is a pronoun in Tunisian Derja meaning this one, this (feminine).
Meanings
- this one, this (feminine)
- this, that (situation)
- this (feminine, after a noun)
Usage
Feminine singular demonstrative. The masculine is hedha and the plural is hedhom. It is placed after a definite noun, which is the most natural order: el-mra hedhi (this woman). It can also be placed before: hedhi el-mra. Used alone, it means "this one" or "this": chkoun hedhi? (who is this?), 9addech hedhi? (how much is this one?). Since many abstract nouns are feminine, hedhi often refers to a situation: hedhi 7kéya okhra (that's another story).
Example
شكون هذي؟
chkoun hedhi ?
“Who is this (woman)?”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “hedhi” but also “hedi”, “hadhi” and “hadi”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Its Arabic spelling is not fixed either: you will find هذي and هاذي and هدي, all the same word.
Type “hedhi” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
The same word also exists in Algerian Darja, written هادي, where it means “this one, this (feminine)”; “this, that (neutral)”: hadi in Algerian.