lyoum اليوم
Algerian Darja · adverb
“lyoum” (اليوم) is an adverb in Algerian Darja meaning today.
Meanings
- today
- nowadays
- the day (with article)
Usage
Lyoum means "today". It is used alone as an adverb (lyoum ma nkhdemch, "today I'm not working") or as a noun modifier with tâ3: l7alqa ta3 lyoum ("today's episode"). It belongs to the series lbare7 ("yesterday"), lyoum, ghodwa ("tomorrow"). By extension, it can mean "nowadays": lyoum ga3 3andhom telephone. Do not confuse it with youm without the article, which means "a day": koul youm, "every day". The word is shared by Standard Arabic and darja, with a local pronunciation.
Example
اليوم الجو سخون بزاف
lyoum ljaw skhoun bezzaf
“Today it's very hot.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “lyoum” but also “lyom”, “elyoum”, “liom” and “liyoum”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Its Arabic spelling is not fixed either: you will find اليوم and ليوم, all the same word.
Type “lyoum” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “today”; “nowadays”: lyouma in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
The same word also exists in Tunisian Derja, written ليوم, where it means “today, this day”; “nowadays, in our time”: lyoum in Tunisian.