wsel وصل
Tunisian Derja · verb
“wsel” (وصل) is a verb in Tunisian Derja meaning to arrive.
Meanings
- to arrive
- to reach, attain
Usage
Wsel is the common verb for "to arrive": wselt (I arrived), wselna, and in the present youssel. It is used directly with the place, with or without l-: wsel l-dar or wsel lel-dar. Figuratively, it means to reach: wsel l-hadfou (he reached his goal). It must be distinguished from the derived form wassel ("to bring, drop off, deliver"): nwasslek lel-mahatta, "I'll drop you at the station". One also says wassel l-ma3louma, "to pass on the information". Pitfall: wsel and wassel are easily confused, yet one is intransitive and the other transitive.
Example
ان شاء الله ما يوصل ل تونس الّا ما تسخن الدنيا
inchalla ma youssel el tounes élla ma toskhen eddenya
“God willing, he won't get to Tunisia until it warms up.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “wsel” but also “wselt”, “wsol” and “wesel”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “wsel” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to arrive, reach”; “to deliver, take someone (wessel)”: wsel in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to arrive (somewhere)”; “to reach, to attain”: wsel in Algerian.