menba3d منبعد
Algerian Darja · adverb
“menba3d” (منبعد) is an adverb in Algerian Darja meaning then, afterwards.
Meanings
- then, afterwards
- later
- after (menba3d ma)
Usage
Menba3d (from men, "from", and ba3d, "after") means "then, afterwards": it links the steps of a story ("dkhalt, menba3d lqit…", I went in, then I found…). It also means "later": "nchoufek menba3d" (see you later). Followed by ma and a verb, it introduces a subordinate clause: "menba3d ma kla, rqed" (after eating, he fell asleep). It is very common in speech throughout the country, with variants such as mba3d or ba3d. It is also written as two words.
Example
روح درك، نهدرو منبعد
rouh dorka, nahedrou menba3d
“Go now, we'll talk later.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “menba3d” but also “mnba3d” and “manbaad”. 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 “menba3d” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “after, later”; “then, next”: menb3d in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “then, afterwards”; “later”: menba3d in Tunisian.