bi3t بعت

Algerian Darja · verb

“bi3t” (بعت) is a verb in Algerian Darja meaning I sold / you (m.) sold.

Meanings

1. I sold / you (m.) sold
2. he sent (read b3at)

Usage

Conjugated form of ba3 "to sell", in the past tense. Read bi3t, it is used for the first person singular and the second person masculine: only context distinguishes "I sold" from "you sold". For the feminine, you say bi3ti "you sold". The object follows the verb directly: bi3t tomobil "I sold the car". The place is given with fi: bi3t fihum "I sold there". Note: the same Arabic spelling can also be read b3at, a variant of b3ath "to send", which is also very common. In unvowelled writing, context decides.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “bi3t” but also “be3t” and “bi3et”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 3 is ayn (ع), a voiced sound from deep in the throat with no English equivalent.

Type “bi3t” on the Arabic keyboard

In Moroccan Darija

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “I sold, you sold”: be3t in Moroccan.

In Tunisian Derja

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “I sold, you sold”; “to send (spelling of ba3eth)”: bi3t in Tunisian.