barnamej برنامج
Algerian Darja · noun
“barnamej” (برنامج) is a noun in Algerian Darja meaning TV or radio show.
Meanings
- TV or radio show
- program, planned schedule
- software, app
Usage
Barnamej mainly refers to a television show: people talk about the Ramadan barnamej, comedy shows or hidden-camera shows that are widely watched during that month. The word is also used for a program in the sense of a schedule ("wach el barnamej lyoum?", what's the plan today?) and, more rarely, for software, where people often say "logiciel" or "application" in French. The common plural is baramej. The register is neutral, common to conversation and online comments. The word is very close to Standard Arabic, with no particular pitfall.
Example
شفت البرنامج تاع البارح فالتيلي؟
chaft el barnamej ta3 lbareh f tili ?
“Did you see yesterday's show on TV?”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “barnamej” but also “barnamaj”, “bernamej” and “barnameg”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “barnamej” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “show (TV, radio)”; “program, plan”: bernamaj in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “plan, schedule”; “TV or radio show”: barnamej in Tunisian.