“Date”, “Dates” (fruit) in Tunisian Arabic

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

(f) Tamra

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

تمرة (f)

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

Tmar

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

تمر

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
“I bought two kilograms of dates.”

Chrit zouz kilo tmar.

.شريت زوز كيلو تمر

 
“I like dates.”

Nheb al tmar.

.نحب التمر

 
“Should we buy these dates?”

Nechrou tmar hadha?

نشرو امر هاذا؟

 
“Do you want this one date?”

T7eb tamra hadhi?

تحب تمرة هاذي؟

 
“This fruit is called dates.”

L8alla hadhi esmha tmar.

.الغلة هاذي إسمها تمر