“5 hours” in Tunisian Arabic

In Tunisian Arabic, “5 hours” is written using the Latin script as:

5amsa sweya3

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

خمسة سوايع

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Examples in sentences or statements

 
“I worked for 5 hours today.”

5demt 5amsa sweya3 lyoum.

.خدمت خمسة سوايع اليوم

 
“Tomorrow I work for 5 hours.”

8odwa ne5dem 5amsa sweya3.

.غدوة نخدم خمسة سوايع

 
“I slept 5 hours last night.”

Ena r9adt 5amsa sweya3 lbera7.

.أنا رقدت خمسة سوايع البارح

 
“By car, it’s about 5 hours to get to Sfax from here.”

Bel karahba, t7ebelha 5amsa sweya3 bech tousel l Sfax men houni.

.بالكرهبة، تحبّلها خمسة سوايع باش توصل لصفاقس من هوني

 
“The train ride is 5 hours and has six stops.”

El rakba fel train tab9a 5amsa sweya3 w te9ef 3la setta m7attat.

.الركبة في التران تبقى خمسة سوايع وتاقف على ستة محطات