“Word”, “Words” (nouns) in Tunisian Arabic

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

(f) Kelma

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

كلمة (f)

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

Kelmet

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

كلمات

(Editor’s note: In Tunisian Arabic, “Two words” is Kelmtin / كلمتين.)

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
“I like this word!”

Te3jebni el kelma hedhi!

!تعجبني الكلمة هاذي

 
“What does this word mean?”

Chnou ma3neha lkelma hedhi?

شنو معناها الكلمة هاذي؟

 
“What does that word mean?”

Chnou ma3neha el kelma heki?

شنو معناها الكلمة هاكي؟

 
“What do those words mean?”

Chnou ma3nehom el kelmet hedhom?

شنو معناهم الكلمات هاذم؟

 
“I learned a new word!”

T3allamet kelma jdida!

!تعلمت كلمة جديدة

 

In other Mediterranean languages and dialects

“Word”, “Words” (nouns) in Lebanese Arabic