sbe7 lkhir صباح الخير
Tunisian Derja · expression
“sbe7 lkhir” (صباح الخير) is an expression in Tunisian Derja meaning good morning.
Meanings
- good morning
Usage
Sbe7 el khir is the morning greeting. It is used until about the end of the morning. The usual reply is sbe7 ennour or sbe7 el ward. In everyday life, many Tunisians also say 3aslema, or simply "bonjour" in French. Sbe7 el khir remains warmer and more traditional. For the afternoon and evening, one says msa el khir. The first word is pronounced sbe7, with the Tunisian vowel, and not saba7 as in standard Arabic.
Example
صباح الخير، لاباس عليك؟
sbe7 el khir, labes 3lik?
“Good morning, how are you?”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, it is written “sbe7 lkhir”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 7 is ha (ح), a breathy h from the throat.
Type “sbe7 lkhir” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “good morning”: sbah lkhir in Algerian.