byyen بيّن
Moroccan Darija · verb
“byyen” (بيّن) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to show.
Meanings
- to show
- to prove, demonstrate
- to let show (a feeling)
Usage
Byyen (perfect), ibyyen (imperfect) means to show something to someone, with the construction "byyen l-": "byyen liya" (show me). It is also used in the sense of proving oneself or showing what one is capable of: "byyen rasek" (show what you're worth). With a feeling, it means to let it show: "ma byyench bli t9ele9" (he didn't show that he was worried). Note: without the doubled letter, the same Arabic spelling reads "bin", the preposition "between, among" ("bin joj": between two). Context and pronunciation tell the two words apart.
Example
إوا بين ليا
iwa bayn liya
“Come on, show me.”
Conjugation
Forms as recorded in DODa and reproduced in its spelling, which often leaves out short vowels.
| Imperfective (present) | Perfective (past) | Imperative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ana (I) | kanbyyen | byyent | |
| nta (you, m.) | katbyyen | byyenti | byyen |
| nti (you, f.) | katbyyni | byyenti | byyni |
| howa (he) | kaybyyen | byyen | |
| hiya (she) | katbyyen | byynat | |
| 7na (we) | kanbyyno | byynna | |
| ntouma (you, pl.) | katbyyno | byynto | byyno |
| homa (they) | kaybyyno | byyno |
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “byyen” but also “bayen”, “beyyen”, “biyyen”, “bayyen” and “bin”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “byyen” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to show, to let see”; “to reveal, to make apparent”: bayyen in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “between, among”; “to show (bayyen)”: bin in Tunisian.