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 (34 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 7addالحد
- Today — elyoumاليوم
- Tonight — ellilaاليلة
- End — nihayaنهاية
- Friday — el jem3aالجمعة
- December — disamberديسمبر
- July — jouilyaجويلية
- Program — bernamejبرنامج
- Age — sinnسنّ
- Month — chharشهر
- Yesterday — amsأمس
- Near — 9ribقريب
- Week — sbu3سبوع
- Appointment — maw3edموعد
- During — 5ilelخلال
- June — jwenجوان
- Season — mawsemموسم
- Spring — rbi3ربيع
- Afternoon — la3chiyaلعشيا
- February — fivriفيفري
- January — janviجانفي
In franco, digits stand for Arabic sounds: 3 = ع, 7 = ح, 9 = ق.