“Couple hours” in Tunisian Arabic

In Tunisian Arabic, “Couple hours” is written using the Latin script as:

Swi3at

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

سويعات

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Examples in sentences or statements

 
“A couple hours more.”

Swi3at okhrin.

.سويعات أخرين

 
“I’ll be ready in a couple hours.”

Bech na7dhar ba3d swi3at okhrin.

.بش نحضر بعد سويعات أخرين

 
“I arrived a couple hours ago.”

Jit swi3at lteli.

.جيت سويعات التالي

 
“I’ll be hungry again in a couple hours.”

Bech njou3 ba3d swi3at okhrin.

.بش نجوع بعد سويعات أخرين

 
“We should leave to see your parents in a couple hours.”

Yelzemna nokhrjou bech nchoufou bouk wommok ba3d swi3at okhrin.

.يلزمنا نخرجو بش نشوفو بوك وأمك بعد سويعات أخرين