"Bay", "Bays" in Tunisian Arabic

In Tunisian Arabic, "Bay" (the noun, as in a large recessed area of coastline) is written using the Latin script as:

(m) 5alij

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

 خليج (m)

In Tunisian Arabic, "Bays" (the noun) is written using the Latin script as:

5eljen

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

خلجان

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
"Does this bay have a name?"

Hedha el 5alij 3ando esm?

هذا الخليج عندو اسم؟

 
"This area of the coast has a few bays."

Hedhi el zone mta3 el se7el fiha chwaya 5eljen.

.هاذي الزون متاع الساحل فيها شوية خلجان

 
"I want to go on a trip around the bay."

N7eb nemchi na3mel doura 3al 5alij.

.نحب نمشي نعمل دورة عالخليج

 
"Look how beautiful the bay is!"

Chouf ma7leh el 5alij!

!شوف محلاه الخليج

"There are a few ships sailing around the bay!"

Hedhom chwaya bbaber mrakin 3al 5alij!

!هاذم شوية ببابر مراكين عالخليج