Egyptian Arabic

“Tunisia” in Egyptian Arabic

By Samar A.

In Egyptian Arabic, “Tunisia” (the noun, as in the country) is written using the Latin script as:

(f) Tunis

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

تونس (f)

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Examples in sentences or statements

 
“I’m from Tunisia.”

Ana mn Tunis.

.انا من تونس

 
“This family is from Tunisia.”

El 3ela dy mn Tunis.

.العيلة دي من تونس

 
“I would like to visit Tunisia someday.”

Ana nfsy azor Tunis f yom el ayam.

.انا نفسي ازور تونس في يوم من الايام

 
“Tunisia is a country in North Africa.”

Tunis dy dwla f shmal afreqia.

.تونس دي دولة في شمال افريقيا

 
“We’ve been living in Tunisia for 5 years now.”

E7na 3ayshen f Tunis b2alna 5 snen dlw2ty.

.احنا عايشين في تونس بقالنا ٥ سنين دلوقتي

 

Other countries in Egyptian Arabic

“Greece” in Egyptian Arabic

“Libya” in Egyptian Arabic

In other Mediterranean languages and dialects

“Tunisia” in Lebanese Arabic

“Tunisia” in Tunisian Arabic

“Tunisia” in Greek
 

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Samar A. is an Egyptian citizen who has lived in Egypt for over 20 years. Her favourite movie is عسل اسود ("Black honey") which is about, as she writes, "[an] Egyptian man who immigrated to USA 20 years ago, and when he came to back to visit Egypt, he was fascinated by his country, and even after facing many problems in Egypt, he wanted to stay their till the rest of his life." She loves "all Egyptian food" and mentioned Mahshy, Koshary and Mlokhya as being amongst her favourites; And her favourite place in Egypt is along the Red Sea, noting that she likes much of the region but that Dahab is her favourite town.

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