“Block”, “Blocks” (municipality feature) in Tunisian Arabic

In Tunisian Arabic, “Block” (the noun, as in the municipality feature) is written using the Latin script as:

7ay

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

حي

In Tunisian Arabic, “Blocks” (the noun) is written using the Latin script as:

A7ye2

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

أحياء

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
“The restaurant is on this block.”

El mat3am fel 7ay hedha.

.المطعم في الحي هذا

 
“I live on this block.”

Nosken fel 7ay hedha.

.نسكن في الحي هذا

 
“My apartment is on this block.”

El appartement mte3i fi el 7ay hedha.

.الابارتمون متاعي في الحي هذا

 
“There is a park around the block.”

E jarda deyra bel 7ay.

.الجردة دايرة بالحي

 
“The subway entrance is on the next block.”

Beb metro el anfe9 fi el 7ay ejey.

.باب مترو الأنفاق في الحي الجاي

 

These words in other Arabic dialects

“Block”, “Blocks” (municipality feature) in Lebanese Arabic