tmenya w tlatin تمنية وتلاتين
Moroccan Darija · numeral
“tmenya w tlatin” (تمنية وتلاتين) is a numeral in Moroccan Darija meaning thirty-eight.
Meanings
- thirty-eight
Usage
Tmenya w tlatin is formed like all compound numbers in darija: you say the unit first, then the ten, linked by w ("and"). This is the reverse of the English order, as in Standard Arabic. The counted noun is singular: tmenya w tlatin dirham, tmenya w tlatin 3am. It is used for age, prices, quantities and numbers. Mind the pronunciation: tmenya is said with a t, not the th of Standard Arabic. In towns, especially for prices and times, numbers said in French are also heard.
Example
عندو تمنية وتلاتين عام
3ndo tmenya w tlatin 3am
“He is thirty-eight years old.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tmenya w tlatin” but also “tmnia w tlatin”, “tmanya w tlatin”, “tmenia ou tlatin” and “tmnya w tlatine”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.