Time in Tunisian Arabic
“Taw”, “ghodwa”, “el bere7” — now, tomorrow, yesterday. Tunisian time has its own words you won't find in a Standard Arabic dictionary.
Days, moments and appointments: time vocabulary with Arabic script, franco and a concrete sentence.
The words (32 words)
- After — ba3dبعد
- August — outأوت
- Day — youmيوم
- Night — lilليل
- Now — tawaتوة
- Period — mouddaمدة
- Year — snaسنا
- Always — dimaديمة
- Early — bikriبكري
- Evening — msaمساء
- Hour — se3aساعة
- Morning — ṣba7صباح
- Late — mouma5erممخر
- Sunday — el-a7adالأحد
- Tonight — ellilaاليلة
- End — nihayaنهاية
- December — disamberديسمبر
- July — jouilyaجويلية
- Program — bernamejبرنامج
- Age — sinnسنّ
- Month — charشهر
- Yesterday — amsأمس
- Near — qribقريب
- Week — sbu3سبوع
- Appointment — maw3edموعد
- During — khilelخلال
- These days — lyametليامات
- The afternoon — 3chiyaعشية
- Current — 7aliحالي
- In advance — bel-mosba9بالمسبق
- Moment / second — la7dhaلحظة
- Exactly / sharp — bdhabetبضبط
In franco, digits stand for Arabic sounds: 3 = ع, 7 = ح, 9 = ق.