mnin منين
Algerian Darja · adverb
“mnin” (منين) is an adverb in Algerian Darja meaning from where?, from which place?.
Meanings
- from where?, from which place?
- which way, through where
Usage
Mnin is the interrogative of origin or provenance, formed from "men" and "win" (where). "Enta mnin?" means "where are you from?", a very common question to find out someone's city or region. It is also used to ask where an object comes from: "mnin jbtha?" (where did you get it from?). The difference from "win" (where) is important: "win" asks about location, "mnin" about provenance. The word can also serve as a relative: "l'blassa mnin ja" (the place he came from).
Example
منين شريت هاد السباط؟
mnin chrit had sabbat?
“Where did you buy these shoes from?”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mnin” but also “mnine”, “mneen” and “menin”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “mnin” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “where from (interrogative)”; “when, once”: mnin in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “from where, from what place”; “which way, through where”: mnin in Tunisian.