bin بين
Tunisian Derja · preposition
“bin” (بين) is a preposition in Tunisian Derja meaning between, among.
Meanings
- between, among
- to show (bayyen)
Usage
Bin is the preposition "between", used in a spatial, temporal or relational sense: "bin ed-dar wel jemaa" (between the house and the mosque). With two terms, the preposition is often repeated: "bin hedha w bin hedha". It takes suffixed pronouns: "binetna" (between us), "binhom" (between them). The same Arabic spelling can also write the verb "bayyen" (to show, to let be seen): "bayyen rou7ek" (show yourself). Context is what distinguishes the two words. A common expression is "bin w bin" (so-so, middling).
Example
تي هي الام ساعات ما تعدلش بين صغارها
ti hiya l'omm sa3at mata3dalch bin sgharha
“Well, sometimes the mother isn't fair between her children.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “bin” but also “bine”, “ben”, “been” and “bina”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “bin” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to show”; “to prove, demonstrate”: byyen in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to show, to let see”; “to reveal, to make apparent”: bayyen in Algerian.