tachki تشكي
Tunisian Derja · verb
“tachki” (تشكي) is a verb in Tunisian Derja meaning you complain / she complains.
Meanings
- you complain / she complains
- to file a complaint against someone
Usage
Tachki is the imperfect form of the verb chka / yechki, in the second person masculine singular ("you complain") or the third person feminine ("she complains"). The verb takes l- or l3and for the person one complains to: chka l3andi, "he came to complain to me". With b-, it means "to file a complaint against": nechki bik, "I'm going to file a complaint against you". The imperative is echki. Context shows whether it is a simple complaint or a legal action.
Example
علاش ديما تشكي من الخدمة؟
3lech dima tachki mel khedma?
“Why are you always complaining about work?”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tachki” but also “techki”, “tichki”, “tochki”, “tachky” and “attachkii”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.