“Grade”, “Grades” (academic year) in Tunisian Arabic

In Tunisian Arabic, “Grade” (the noun, as in the academic year) is written using the Latin script as:

(f) Sana

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

سنة (f)

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

Sanawet

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

سنوات

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 

“My son is in Grade 3.”

Weldi ya9ra sana theltha.

.ولدي يقرا سنة ثالثة

 

“What grade are you in?”

Ama sana ta9ra?

أما سنة تقرا؟

 

“What grade will your son be in September?”

Sana chnou weldek bech ya9ra fi septembre?

سنة شنو ولدك باش يقرا في سبتمبر؟

 

“My kids are in Grades 5 and 3.”

Sghari ya9ra fi sanawet el 5 w 3.

.صغاري يقراو في السنوات 5 و 3

 

“(elementary school) What grade does that school go to?”

El ama sana t9ari heki l madersa?

لأما سنة تقري هاكي المدرسة؟

 

In other Mediterranean languages and dialects