How to say “spend the night” in Darija
In Algerian, you say “yebat”; in Tunisian, “bet”.
In Algerian Darja
yebat يبات
A verb meaning “to spend the night somewhere”; “to sleep away from home”; “to stay up all night doing”.
الليلة يبات عند جدّو، ما يرجعش للدار.: “Tonight he's sleeping at his grandfather's, he's not coming home.”
In Tunisian Derja
bet بات
A verb meaning “to spend the night, sleep somewhere”; “to stay (until the next day)”.
هاذي كان ما طاح علينا الليل , ما نعرفوش وين باش نباتوا .: “If night catches us, we won't know where to spend the night.”