tjaweb تجاوب
Tunisian Derja · verb
“tjaweb” (تجاوب) is a verb in Tunisian Derja meaning (you) answer, to answer.
Meanings
- (you) answer, to answer
- to respond, react
Usage
Tjaweb is mostly the conjugated form of the verb jeweb, "to answer", in the second person singular or the third person feminine: enti tjaweb, "you answer"; hiya tjaweb, "she answers". The verb takes 3la to introduce what is being answered: jeweb 3al telifoun, "to answer the phone". The negation is formed like this: ma tjawebch. In the form tajawob, the same word is a Standard Arabic noun meaning "responsiveness" or "favorable response". This noun appears in the press and in political speeches, but not in ordinary conversation.
Example
علاش ما تجاوبش على التلفون؟
3lech ma tjawebch 3al telifoun?
“Why don't you answer the phone?”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tjaweb” but also “tjewb”, “tjeweb”, “tjawb” and “tjawab”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.