tfarej تفرج
Tunisian Derja · verb
“tfarej” (تفرج) is a verb in Tunisian Derja meaning to watch (film, match, show).
Meanings
- to watch (film, match, show)
- to look on as a spectator
Usage
Tfarrej means to watch a show, a film, television or a match. The object is introduced by fi: tfarrej fi film, "to watch a film". This is a pitfall for an English speaker, who would say "watch something" with no preposition. To simply look at someone or something, chouf or ghzar is used instead. Tfarrej can also describe someone who stays passive in the face of a situation (9a3ed ytfarrej, "he just sits there watching"). The derived noun is frja, "show, entertainment".
Example
البارح تفرجت في الماتش مع صحابي.
lbare7 tfarrajt fil match m3a s7abi.
“Yesterday I watched the match with my friends.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tfarej” but also “tfarrej”, “tfarj”, “tfaraj” and “tfarrj”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “tfarej” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to watch (a show, TV)”; “to look on without acting”: tferrej in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “watch (film, match, show)”; “look on as a spectator”: tfarrej in Algerian.