menba3d منبعد
Tunisian Derja · adverb
“menba3d” (منبعد) is an adverb in Tunisian Derja meaning then, afterwards.
Meanings
- then, afterwards
- later
Usage
Mba3d (or min ba3d) marks succession in time: "then", "after that", "later". It is used on its own, without a complement, often after w ("and") to link two actions: w mba3d. It is very common in speech and online writing, in all informal registers. Pitfall for an English speaker: it is not a preposition. To say "after the meal", use ba3d followed by the noun (ba3d el-ftour), not mba3d. It can also postpone an action, like "we'll see later": mba3d nchoufou.
Example
نتعشاو ومنبعد نخرجو
net3achaw w mba3d nokhrjou
“We have dinner and then we go out.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, it is written “menba3d”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 3 is ayn (ع), a voiced sound from deep in the throat with no English equivalent.
Type “menba3d” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “after, later”; “then, next”: menb3d in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “then, afterwards”; “later”: menba3d in Algerian.