sken سكن
Tunisian Derja · verb
“sken” (سكن) is a verb in Tunisian Derja meaning to live, to reside.
Meanings
- to live, to reside
- to settle (in the heart)
Usage
Sken means “to live”, “to reside”. It is built with f or fi: “nosken f tounes” (I live in Tunis). The imperfect is yosken. Figuratively, a feeling or a person can “dwell” in the heart, especially in song lyrics and declarations. The related nouns are mesken (housing, dwelling) and sokna (the fact of living somewhere, housing). In everyday language, “9a3ed f” is also often used to say where one lives.
Example
وين تسكن توّة؟
Win tosken tawa?
“Where do you live now?”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “sken” but also “skon”, “sakan” and “skan”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “sken” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to live, reside”; “to settle somewhere”: sken in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to live, to reside”; “housing (noun)”: sken in Algerian.