yesser ياسر

Tunisian Derja · adverb

“yesser” (ياسر) is an adverb in Tunisian Derja meaning very.

Meanings

1. very
2. a lot, too much

Usage

Yesser is an intensifying adverb, used alongside "barcha", which remains more common. Before or after an adjective, it means "very": "yesser behi" or "behi yesser" (very good). After a verb, it means "a lot": "t3ebt yesser" (I'm very tired, I got very tired). Depending on context, it can take on the nuance of "too much": "hedha yesser" (that's too much, that's going too far). It is invariable. Pitfall: do not confuse it with the first name Yasser, which is written the same way in Arabic. Everyday, informal register.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “yesser” but also “yasser”, “yeser”, “yecer” and “yaser”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Type “yesser” on the Arabic keyboard

In Algerian Darja

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “a lot, very”; “too much”: yasser in Algerian.