khdha خذا
Tunisian Derja · verb
“khdha” (خذا) is a verb in Tunisian Derja meaning he took.
Meanings
- he took
- it took (time)
- he married
Usage
Khdha is the past form, third person masculine, of the verb "to take". The other forms are khdhit, "I took", and khdhet, "she took". The present is yekhou or yokhedh, and the imperative is khoudh. It covers most uses of the English verb: taking an object, a means of transport (khdha taxi), a meal. It is also used for duration: khdha barcha wa9t, "it took a lot of time". Khdha bent flen means "he married so-and-so's daughter". The word is very common and belongs to all registers.
Example
خذا الكرهبة متاع بوه وخرج.
khdha el karhba mta3 bouh w khraj.
“He took his father's car and went out.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “khdha” but also “5dha”, “khda”, “5da” and “5dhé”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Its Arabic spelling is not fixed either: you will find خذا and خذى, all the same word.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 5 is kha (خ), like the ch in Scottish loch.