“Apricot”, “Apricots” in Tunisian Arabic

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

(f) Ka3ba mechmech

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

كعبة مشماش (f)

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

Mechmech

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

مشماش

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 

“How long do apricots take to dry?”

9adeh yo93ed el mechmech bech ychi7?

قداه يقعد المشماش باش يشيح؟

 

“Those are dried apricots.”

Hedha mechmech cheya7.

.هذا مشماش شايح

 

“Do you want an apricot?”

T7eb ka3ba mechmech?

تحب كعبة مشماش؟

 

“Are apricots grown in Tunisia?”

Yetezra3 el mechmech fi Tunis?

ينزرع المشماش في تونس؟

 

“I like the taste of apricots!”

Te3jebni ta3met l mechmech!

!تعجبني طعمة المشماش