mnem منام
Tunisian Derja · noun
“mnem” (منام) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning dream (during sleep).
Meanings
- dream (during sleep)
- sleep (literary)
Usage
Mnem is the common word for the dream one has while sleeping. You say chft mnem ("I had a dream", literally "I saw a dream") or ri'it fi mnami ("I saw in my dream"). The plural is mnémét. Unlike English "dream", mnem does not mean an aspiration or a plan: for that, 7elm is used. The word is frequent when people recount their dreams and in beliefs about their interpretation, especially dreams considered premonitory. The more literary form manam also means "sleep".
Example
البارح شفت منام غريب برشا.
lbare7 chft mnem ghrib barcha.
“Last night I had a really strange dream.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mnem” but also “mnam”, “manam”, “mnème” and “mnaam”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.