menb3d منبعد
Moroccan Darija · adverb
“menb3d” (منبعد) is an adverb in Moroccan Darija meaning after, later.
Meanings
- after, later
- then, next
Usage
Mnb3d is the common adverb for placing an action at a later time. It is used on its own, with no complement: "mnb3d nhdro", "we'll talk later". In a narrative, it links events in the sense of "then, next". It forms farewell phrases such as "nchoufek mnb3d", "see you later". Do not confuse it with the preposition b3d, "after" followed by a noun (b3d lftour, "after lunch"), or with mn b3d ma, "after" as a conjunction, which introduces a clause. The separated spelling mn b3d is common online.
Example
صافي منبعد و نهدرو
safi menb3d ou nhdrou
“Okay, we'll talk about it later.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “menb3d” but also “mnb3d” and “mnbe3d”. 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.
Type “menb3d” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “then, afterwards”; “later”: menba3d in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “then, afterwards”; “later”: menba3d in Tunisian.