ban بان

Algerian Darja · verb

“ban” (بان) is a verb in Algerian Darja meaning to appear, show up.

Meanings

1. to appear, show up
2. to seem
3. to be obvious, to show

Usage

Ban, in the present yban, means to appear or become visible: « ban el hlal », the crescent moon has appeared. With a dative pronoun, it expresses an impression: « banli », it seemed to me. « yban li… », I have the impression that… One also says « ma banch », he didn't show up, about an absent person. Beware of the Arabic spelling: بأن, the standard conjunction "that", is written almost the same but has nothing to do with this verb.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ban” but also “yban” and “bane”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Type “ban” on the Arabic keyboard

In Moroccan Darija

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to seem (to someone)”; “to appear, show up”: ban in Moroccan.

In Tunisian Derja

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “appear, show up”; “seem, look”: ban in Tunisian.