Numbers in Tunisian Arabic
Counting in Tunisian is how you survive the market: “wa7ed, zouz, tletha…” — and note that “two” is “zouz”, not the textbook “ithnan”.
The essential numbers with Arabic script, franco and a concrete sentence — prices, grades, quantities.
The words (29 words)
- First — awwelأول
- Six — settaستة
- Two — zouzزوز
- Zero — sfirصفر
- Half — chtarشطر
- Five — 5amsaخمسا
- Nine — tes3aتسعة
- One — wa7edواحد
- Seven — sab3aسبعة
- Sixteen — stachسطاش
- Eleven — 7dechحداش
- Number — numrouنمرو
- Four — arba3aأربعة
- Three — tletaثلاثة
- Centimeter — santiصانتي
- Third — thalthaثالثة
- Thirteen — taltachتلطاش
- Two hundred — mitinميتين
- Eight — thmanyaثمانية
- Eighteen — thmontachثمنطاش
- Fifteen — 5mostachخمسطاش
- Thousand — alfألف
- Fifth — 5amesخامس
- Fourth — rabe3رابع
- Second (ordinal) — thaniثاني
- Sixty — settinستين
- Fifty — 5amsinخمسين
- Million — malyounمليون
- Ninety — tes3inتسعين
In franco, digits stand for Arabic sounds: 3 = ع, 7 = ح, 9 = ق.