“Apartment”, “Apartments” in Tunisian Arabic

In Tunisian Arabic, “Apartment” (the noun, as in a unit in an apartment building) is written using the Latin script as:

(m) Appartement

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

ابارتمون (m)

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

Des appartements

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

دايز ابارتمون

(Editor’s note: In Tunisian Arabic, Apartment & Apartments are also commonly referred to as (sing.) (m) Bortmen / برتمان (pl.) Bortmenet / برتمانات.)

Listen to these two terms pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
“What is the address of the apartment?”

Chnoua l’adresse mta3 l’appartement?

شنوا الأدريس متع الابارتمون؟

 
“What floor is the apartment on?”

Yekhi l’appartement fi ama étage?

ياخي الابارتمون في آما ايتاج؟

 
“I just moved into a new apartment.”

Mezelt ki na99alt l appartement jdid.

.مزلت كي نقلت لأبارتمون جديد

 
“My family rented this apartment for two weeks for our vacation.”

3ayelti kret l’appartement hetha 3ala joma3tin lel 3otla.

.عايلتي كرات الابارتمون هذا على جمعتين في العطلة

 
“My family owns three apartments in this city.”

3ayelti 3andhom trois appartements fel mdina.

.عايلتي عندهم تروا ابارتمون في المدينة