bda بدا

Tunisian Derja · verb

“bda” (بدا) is a verb in Tunisian Derja meaning to begin, to start.

Meanings

1. to begin, to start
2. to start up, to launch

Usage

Bda means "to begin". It is conjugated bdit, bdina, yebda, nebda, and the imperative is ebda. Followed by an imperfect verb, it expresses the start of an action: "bda yebki" (he started crying). With a direct object, it means to start something: "nebdew el 5edma" (we are starting work). The expression "mnin nebda?" (where do I start?) is very common. Note: bda can also mean "to appear" in Standard Arabic, but in derja this sense is rare; it almost always means "to begin".

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “bda” but also “bde”, “ebda” and “yebda”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Type “bda” on the Arabic keyboard

In Moroccan Darija

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to begin, to start”; “to start (doing)”: bda in Moroccan.

How to say “begin” in Moroccan and Tunisian