barnamej برنامج
Tunisian Derja · noun
“barnamej” (برنامج) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning plan, schedule.
Meanings
- plan, schedule
- TV or radio show
- software, computer program
Usage
Barnamej is very common for talking about one's plans: chnouwa barnamjek ? means "what have you got planned?", and ma 3andi 7atta barnamej "I have nothing planned". The word also means a television or radio show, in particular variety and debate shows. In computing, it competes with the French words "logiciel" and "application", which many people use directly. When a suffix is added, the form contracts: barnamjek, barnamjou. The plural is baramej.
Example
شنوّة برنامجك غدوة؟
chnouwa barnamjek ghodwa?
“What are your plans for tomorrow?”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “barnamej” but also “barnamaj”, “barnameg” and “barnemej”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “barnamej” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “show (TV, radio)”; “program, plan”: bernamaj in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “TV or radio show”; “program, planned schedule”: barnamej in Algerian.