“First name”, “First names” in Tunisian Arabic

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

Esm

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

إسم

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

Asemi

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

أسامي

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
“How do you spell your first name?”

Kifech tekteb esmek?

كيفاش تكتب إسمك؟

 
“What’s the first name of our math teacher?”

Chnowa esm profetna mta3 lmath?

شنوة إسم بروفتنا متع المات؟

 
“They asked for our first names when we checked in at the hotel.”

Se2louna 3ala Asemina wa9teli sajelna fel hôtel.

.سألونا على أسامينا وقتلي سجلنا في الأوتيل

 
“We have the same first name, that’s why our friends call us by our last names.”

3andna nafs lesm, edheka 3lech s7abna y3aytoulna bel al9ab mte3na.

.عندنا نفس الإسم، اذاكا علاش صحابنا يعيطولنا بالالقاب متاعنا

 
“This is how I spell my first name.”

Haw kifech nekteb esmi.

.هاو كيفاش نكتب إسمي