“Basketball”, “Basketballs” (nouns) in Tunisian Arabic

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

(f) Kouret basket

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

كرة باسكيت (f)

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

Kwer basket

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

كور باسكيت

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
“My dad taught me how to shoot the basketball.”

Baba 3alamni kifah narmi kouret el basket.

.بابا علمني كيفاه نرمي كرة الباسكيت

 
“He passed the basketball to his teammate.”

3ada kouret el basket el sa7bou fel équipe.

.عدى كوة الباسكيت لصاحبو في الإيكيب

 
“She shot the basketball in the hoop.”

Rmet kouret el basket fi salla.

.رمات كرة الباسكيت في السلّة

 
“Pass me the basketball.”

(Singular) Ermili kouret el basket.

(Plural) Ermiwli kouret el basket.

.ارميلي كرة الباسكيت (Singular)

.ارميولي كرة الباسكيت (Plural)

 
“The students gathered up the basketballs after they finished practicing.”

(Students in the context of elementary or high school) E tlemdha lamdou kwer el basket ba3d la kamlou trenew.

(Students in the context of university) L’etudienet lamdou kwer el basket ba3d la kamlou trenew.

.التلامذة لمدو كور الباسكيت بعد لا كملو تراناو (Students in the context of elementary or high school)

.الايتيديونات لمدو كور الباسكيت بعد لا كملو تراناو (Students in the context of university)

 

In other Mediterranean languages and dialects

“Basketball” in Turkish