“Cleaner” (noun) in Tunisian Arabic

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

(m) Mounadhaf

(f) Mounadhfa

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

منظّف (m)

منظّفة (f)

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
“When does the cleaner arrive?”

(m) Waktech yji l mounadhaf?

(f) Waktech tji l mounadhfa?

وقتاش يجي المنظّف؟ (m)

وقتاش تجي المنظّفة؟ (f)

 
“How much does your cleaner charge?”

(m) 9adech yo5los 3lik l mounadhaf?

(f) 9adech to5los 3lik l mounadhfa?

 قداش يخلص عليك المنظّف؟ (m)

قداش تخلص عليك المنظّفة؟ (f)

 
“I know a great cleaner!”

(m) Na3raf mounadhaf heyel!

(f) Na3raf mounadhfa heyla!

  !نعرف منظّف هايل (m)

!نعرف منظّفة هايلة (f)

 
“This building has three cleaners.”

El 3imara hethi feha tletha mounadhfin.

.العمارة هذي فاها تلاثة منظّفين

 
“My cleaner comes once per week.”

(m) El mounadhaf mte3i yji mara fel jom3a.

(f) El mounadhfa mte3i tji mara fel jom3a.

 .المنظّف متاعي يجي مرة في الجمعة (m)

.المنظّفة متاعي تجي مرة في الجمعة (f)

 

In other Mediterranean languages and dialects

“Cleaner” (noun) in Lebanese Arabic