“Goal”, “Goals” in Tunisian Arabic

In Tunisian Arabic, “Goal” (the noun, as in a unit to measure a score in a sporting game) is written using the Latin script as:

(m) Bountou

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

بونتو (m)

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

Bountouet

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

بونتوات

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
“It’s a goal!”

Bountou!

!بونتو

 
“Did the referee call it a goal?”

Ye5i l7akam 7seb bountou?

ياخي الحكم حسب بونتو؟

 
“Will the referee call it a goal?”

L7akam bch ye7sb bountou?

الحكم بش يحسب بونتو؟

 
“How many goals did he score?”

9adech m bountou bch ymarki?

قداش من بونتو بش يمركي؟

 
“There are still no goals yet in the game?”

Famech bountouet lltaw fil match?

فماش بونتوات للتو في الماتش؟

 

In other Mediterranean languages and dialects

“Goal”, “Goals” in Lebanese Arabic