thammak ثماك
Algerian Darja · adverb
“thammak” (ثماك) is an adverb in Algerian Darja meaning there, over there.
Meanings
- there, over there
Usage
Thammak means "over there" and refers to a place away from the speaker. It is used mainly in the east of the country (Tébessa, Constantine, Annaba, Sétif), whereas in Algiers people rather say lhih or temma. It is found after verbs of motion or location: rouh thammak (go over there), ana kount thammak (I was over there). The similar form thamma has the same meaning. An Algiers speaker understands it, but it immediately signals an eastern regional origin.
Example
حط الكرتونة ثماك حذا الباب.
7ot el kartouna thammak 7da el bab.
“Put the box over there, next to the door.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “thammak” but also “temmak”, “thamak”, “tamak” and “thammaak”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.