lyoum ليوم
Moroccan Darija · adverb
“lyoum” (ليوم) is an adverb in Moroccan Darija meaning today.
Meanings
- today
- nowadays
Usage
Lyoum means "today". It is the word youm ("day") preceded by the article: literally "the day". It is extremely common and generally placed at the end of the sentence (ach kliti lyoum?). The variant lyoma is more informal or regional. In phrases like "young people of today", people rather say lyamat hadi or had lwe9t to express "nowadays". It should not be confused with youm, "a day", nor with had nhar, "this day". In use, lyoum is commonly contrasted with lbare7 ("yesterday") and ghedda ("tomorrow").
Example
أش كليتي ليوم
ach kliti lyom
“What did you eat today?”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “lyoum” but also “lyom”, “liom”, “lyoma” and “lioma”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “lyoum” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
The same word also exists in Algerian Darja, written اليوم, where it means “today”; “nowadays”: lyoum in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “today, this day”; “nowadays, in our time”: lyoum in Tunisian.