beddel بدل
Algerian Darja · verb
“beddel” (بدل) is a verb in Algerian Darja meaning change, alter.
Meanings
- change, alter
- replace, exchange
- change clothes
Usage
Beddel is the common verb for "to change": beddel rayek, "change your mind", beddel lplasa, "change places". It also means "to replace" or "to exchange" an object: beddelt telefoni, "I changed my phone". Used on its own about a person, it can mean "to get changed", i.e. to put on other clothes. The reflexive form tbeddel means "to change, to become different": tbeddel bezzaf, "he has changed a lot". In the imperative, say beddel to a man and beddli to a woman. Do not confuse it with sarref, "to make change (give small money)".
Example
بدل الكانال، هاذ الحصة ما عجبتنيش.
beddel lcanal, had lhessa ma 3ejbetnich.
“Change the channel, I don't like this programme.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “beddel” but also “badel”, “bedel”, “baddel” and “bdel”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “beddel” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to change, to alter”; “to replace, to exchange”: bddel in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “to change, replace”; “to exchange, swap”: baddel in Tunisian.