ba3d بعد
Tunisian Derja · preposition
“ba3d” (بعد) is a preposition in Tunisian Derja meaning after (in time).
Meanings
- after (in time)
- then, afterwards
- after (conjunction, "ba3d ma")
Usage
"Ba3d" is first of all a preposition of time: "ba3d el ftour" ("after the meal"). Used alone, it becomes an adverb meaning "afterwards" or "later": "nchoufek ba3d" ("I'll see you later"). Followed by "ma" and a verb, it forms the conjunction "ba3d ma" ("after"). It also appears in expressions of succession such as "nhar ba3d nhar" ("day after day"). It should not be confused with the verb "b3ed" ("to move away"), which is written the same way in Arabic.
Example
انا حوايجي صغارو علييا بعد لولادة
ena 7wayji sgharou 3lia ba3ed louleda
“My clothes have become too small for me after childbirth.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ba3d” but also “ba3ed”, “b3ad”, “baad”, “ba3ad” and “be3da”. 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 “ba3d” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “after”; “later (men be3d)”: be3d in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “after (time)”; “then, later”: ba3d in Algerian.