nje7 نجح
Tunisian Derja · verb
“nje7” (نجح) is a verb in Tunisian Derja meaning to pass (exam, studies).
Meanings
- to pass (exam, studies)
- to succeed, work out (project)
Usage
Nje7 (imperfect yenje7) is used first for success at school: nje7 fel bac, nje7 fel imti7en. It is also used for a project, a marriage or a business that works: el machrou3 nje7. The causative form ynajja7 means "to make succeed", for example rabbi ynajj7ek, a wish addressed to pupils before exams. The corresponding noun is nje7 (success), heard in mabrouk e-nje7 ("congratulations on your success"). The opposite is s9at, "to fail".
Example
ولدها نجح في الامتحان
weldha nje7 fel imti7en
“Her son passed the exam.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “nje7” but also “naj7”, “nja7”, “nejah” and “ynajjah”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 7 is ha (ح), a breathy h from the throat.
Type “nje7” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to succeed, to pass”; “to succeed in an undertaking”: nje7 in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to succeed, be successful”; “to pass an exam”: nja7 in Algerian.