ittasel اتصل
Tunisian Derja · verb
“ittasel” (اتصل) is a verb in Tunisian Derja meaning to contact, call someone.
Meanings
- to contact, call someone
- to get in touch with
Usage
Ittasel is commonly used in Tunisia to say that you get in touch with someone, most often by phone. The typical construction is ittasel bi: "ittasel bīya", "he contacted me", or ittasel 3la for a number: "ittasel 3al numéro hedha". It is heard a lot in announcements, on the radio and in administration ("ittasel bel 3omda"). In a more colloquial register, people readily say "kallmou", "3ayyetlou" or "talfenlou". Conjugation: nittasel, tittasel, ittaslou. Note that the verb does not take a direct object.
Example
اتصل بيّا البارح باش يقلّي على الخدمة.
ittasel biya lbere7 bech y9olli 3al khedma.
“He called me yesterday to tell me about the job.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ittasel” but also “itasel”, “ettasel”, “etasel” and “ittassel”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “ittasel” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to contact, to reach”; “to call by phone”: ttasel in Moroccan.