ttamn التامن
Moroccan Darija · numeral
“ttamn” (التامن) is a numeral in Moroccan Darija meaning eighth.
Meanings
- eighth
Usage
Ttamn is the ordinal corresponding to tmenya (eight). It goes after the noun, and both take the article: lqism ttamn (the eighth class), nhar ttamn (the eighth day). The feminine is ttamna. It is often heard in connection with schooling, where ttamna refers to the eighth year of the curriculum. It is also used for floors and rankings. As with the other ordinals, beyond ten the cardinal placed after the noun is preferred. For ranks one to ten, the ordinal form remains the most natural.
Example
هادي المرة التامنة اللي كنقولها ليك
hadi lmerra ttamna lli kan9olha lik
“This is the eighth time I'm telling you.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ttamn” but also “ttamen”, “tamn” and “ettamen”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.