“12 hours” in Tunisian Arabic

In Tunisian Arabic, “12 hours” is written using the Latin script as:

Athnach se3a

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

أثناش ساعة

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Examples in sentences or statements

 
“12 hours is half of a day.”

Athnach se3a hiya noss nhar.

.أثناش ساعة هي نص نهار

 
“We need to return the rental car in 12 hours.”

Lezemna nrajj3ou el karhba el mekriya fi athnach se3a.

.لازمنا نرجعو الكرهبة المكريّة في أثناش ساعة

 
“I worked for 12 hours yesterday.”

Khdemt athnach se3a lbera7.

.خدمت أثناش ساعة البارح

 
“The beef has been marinating for 12 hours.”

El l7am 3andou athnach se3a yetmarra9.

.اللحم عندو أثناش ساعة يتمرّق

 
“I’ve been painting for about 12 hours.”

93adt norsom ta9rib athnach se3a.

.قعدت نرسم تقريب أثناش ساعة