mounasba مناسبة
Tunisian Derja · noun
“mounasba” (مناسبة) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning occasion, event.
Meanings
- occasion, event
- circumstance, suitable moment
Usage
Mounasba means a particular event, often festive or family-related: wedding, religious holiday, passing the baccalaureate. People say "fi mounasba" for "on the occasion of" and "fi kol mounasba" for "on every occasion". The word is also used to judge whether something suits the moment: "mouch mounasba" means "it's not appropriate" or "it's not the time". It belongs to the everyday register, but is slightly more formal than colloquial phrasings. Note: it does not mean an "occasion" in the sense of a good commercial bargain.
Example
لابسة روبة جديدة على خاطر عندها مناسبة
lebsa roba jdida 3la khater 3andha mounasba
“She's wearing a new dress because she has an occasion.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mounasba” but also “mounesba”, “mnasba”, “monasba” and “mounasaba”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “mounasba” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “occasion, event”; “celebration, family ceremony”: mnasba in Moroccan.