b3d ghdda بعد غدّا
Moroccan Darija · adverb
“b3d ghdda” (بعد غدّا) is an adverb in Moroccan Darija meaning the day after tomorrow.
Meanings
- the day after tomorrow
Usage
"Be3d ghedda" means "the day after tomorrow". The expression is formed from be3d (after) and ghedda (tomorrow). It is used every day to set an appointment or a deadline, in a neutral register. It is used alone or at the end of a sentence: "nchoufek be3d ghedda" (see you the day after tomorrow). For "the day before yesterday", people say "wel-bare7" or "qbel l-bare7", depending on the region. The Latin spellings vary a lot depending on how the vowel and the doubled consonant are written.
Example
غادي نسافر بعد غدّا
ghadi nsafer b3d ghedda
“I'm leaving on a trip the day after tomorrow.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “b3d ghdda” but also “be3d ghedda”, “ba3d ghdda”, “b3d ghda” and “be3d ghdda”. 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.