men ghir من غير

Tunisian Derja · preposition

“men ghir” (من غير) is a preposition in Tunisian Derja meaning without.

Meanings

1. without
2. except, apart from

Usage

Min ghir, which is often pronounced and written mghir, corresponds to "without". It is built with a noun (mghir sokkor "without sugar") or with a suffixed pronoun (mghirek "without you"). Before a verb, you say mghir ma: mghir ma t9oulli (without telling me). In some contexts, it takes the sense of "apart from, except". The two words are often fused in speech. In arabizi, the gh can be written 8 or gh. The register is neutral, in writing as in speech.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “men ghir” but also “min ghir”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Type “men ghir” on the Arabic keyboard