“Sailboat”, “Sailboats” in Tunisian Arabic

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

(f) Flouka

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

فلوكة (f)

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

Fleyek

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

فلايك

(Editor’s note: The words Boat and Boats, in Tunisian Arabic, also mean Flouka / فلوكة and Fleyek / فلايك, respectively.)

 

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
“That sailboat has three masts!”

Heki l flouka 3andha thletha achri3a!

!هاكي الفلوكة عندها ثلاثة أشرعة

 
“That’s a big sailtboat!”

Hedhi flouka kbira!

!هاذي فلوكة كبيرة

 
“Have you ever been on a sailboat?”

Mchyt mara fi flouka?

مشيت مرة في فلوكة؟

 
“Look! There are three sailboats in the sea.”

Chouf! Fama thletha fleyek fel b7ar.

.شوف! فما ثلاثة فلايك فالبحر

 
“I’m going to go sailing on a friend’s sailboat on Saturday.”

Mechy nba7ar 3ala flouket sa7bi nhar e sebt.

.ماشي نبحر على فلوكة صاحبي نهار السبت

 

Related words in Tunisian Arabic

“Boat”, “Boats” in Tunisian Arabic

“Sea”, “Seas” in Tunisian Arabic

In other Mediterranean languages and dialects

“Sailboat”, “Sailboats” in Lebanese Arabic