lbere7 البارح
Tunisian Derja · adverb
“lbere7” (البارح) is an adverb in Tunisian Derja meaning yesterday.
Meanings
- yesterday
- last night
- the previous evening
Usage
"El bere7" is the usual word for "yesterday" throughout the country. It goes at the start or end of a sentence: "el bere7 mchit lel blad". Depending on context, it can specifically mean the previous evening or night, especially with verbs like sleeping or going out. "The day before yesterday" is "awwel el bere7". Since the word carries the article, one often hears "lbere7" in speech, which explains the variety of spellings online.
Example
البارح ما رقدتش
el bere7 ma r9adtech
“Yesterday, I didn't sleep.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “lbere7” but also “lbara7”, “elbere7”, “lbare7”, “elbare7” and “elbera7”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Its Arabic spelling is not fixed either: you will find البارح and البارحة and لبارح, all the same word.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 7 is ha (ح), a breathy h from the throat.
Type “lbere7” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “yesterday”: lbar7 in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “yesterday”: lbareh in Algerian.