fin فين
Tunisian Derja · adverb
“fin” (فين) is an adverb in Tunisian Derja meaning where (question about place).
Meanings
- where (question about place)
- where (relative, of place)
Usage
Fin is used to ask about a place: "fin mechi?", "fin famma…?". It is also used as a relative of place, like English "the place where": "fin tebdel…", "where you change…". In Tunisia, the most common form for "where" remains win. Fin is a less frequent variant, heard and read mostly for a question about place in the strict sense. The word belongs to the colloquial register. It should also be distinguished from fi, which means "in".
Example
فين ماشي توّا؟
fin mechi taw?
“Where are you going now?”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “fin” but also “fn” and “feen”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “fin” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “where (question)”; “where (relative)”: fin in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “where (interrogative)”; “where, wherever (relative)”: fin in Algerian.