“Ten minutes” (10 minutes) in Tunisian Arabic

In Tunisian Arabic, “Ten minutes” (10 minutes) (the phrase) is written as:

(numerically) 10 d9aya9

(alphabetically) Darjin or 3achra d9aya9

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

10 دقايق (numerically)

عشرة دقايق or درجين (alphabetically)

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Examples in sentences or statements

 
“We’ll be there in 10 minutes.”

10 d9aya9 w nousslou ghadi.

 .عشرة دقايق و نوصلو غادي

 
“Your food will be ready in 10 minutes.”

El mekla mte3ek ta7dhar f darjin.

.الماكلة متاعك تحظر في درجين

 
“We arrived 10 minutes ago.”

Wssolna darjin lteli.

.وصلنا درجين لتالي

 
“They said a table will be ready in 10 minutes.”

9alou fama tawla ta7dhar f darjin.

.قالو فما طاولة تحظر في درجين

 
“It’s a 10-minute walk from here.”

Darjin al se9in men houni .

.درجين على الساقين من هوني

 

Related phrases & numbers in Tunisian Arabic

“Five minutes” in Tunisian Arabic

“Ten” (10) in Tunisian Arabic

In other Mediterranean languages and dialects

“10 minutes” in Lebanese Arabic

“10 minutes” in Turkish