"Fast" (food sustainment) in Tunisian Arabic
In Tunisian Arabic, "Fast" (the noun, as in purposefully sustaining from certain behaviours or consumptions for a period of time) is written using the Latin script as:
Syem
Using the Arabic script, it is written as:
صيام
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Examples in sentences or statements
"How long is the fast supposed to be?"
9adech el syem mel mafroudh ydoum?
قدّاش الصيام مالمفروض يدوم؟
"How long is the fast during Ramadan?"
9adech el syem yo93od fi romdhan?
قدّاش الصيام يقعد في رمضان؟
"Is this fast for religious or nutritional purposes?"
El syem hedha l ahdef diniya walla 8idhé2iya?
الصيام هذا لأهداف دينيّة وإلّا غذائيّة؟
"Muslims break their fast at sunset during Ramadan."
El moslmin ycho99ou ftarhom fel mo8reb fi romdhan.
.المسلمين يشقّو فطرهم في المغرب في رمضان
"A fast is a practice of sustaining from certain behaviours or consumptions for a period of time."
El syem howa annek mata3melch w ma testahlekch 7ajet mou3aynin l modda mou3ayna.
.الصيام هو أنّك ماتعملش وما تستهلكش حاجات معينين لمدّة معيّنة
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