"Habit", "Habits" in Tunisian Arabic

In Tunisian Arabic, "Habit" (the noun) is written using the Latin script as:

(f) 3ada

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

عادة (f)

In Tunisian Arabic, "Habits" (the noun) is written using the Latin script as:

3adet

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

عادات

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
"How long do habits take to form?"

9adech to93ed el 7aja bech twali 3ada?

قداش تقعد الحاجة باش تولي عادة؟

 
"It's a habit."

3ada.

.عادة

 
"It's a bad habit of mine."

3ada 5ayba fiya.

.عادة خايبة فيا

 
"I don't have any bad habits."

Ma3andich 7ata 3adet 5aybin.

.ما عنديش حتى عادات خايبين

 
"You need to make this practice a habit."

(singular) (masculine-based) Lezmek ta3mel hedha 3ada.

(singular) (feminine-based) Lezmek ta3mel hedhi 3ada.

(plural) (masculine-based) Lezmkom ta3mlou hedha 3ada.

(plural) (feminine-based) Lezmkom ta3mlou hedhi 3ada.

.لازمك تعمل هذا عادة (singular) (masculine-based)

.لازمك تعمل هذي عادة​ (singular) (feminine-based)​​​

.لازمكم تعملو هذا عادة (plural) (masculine-based)

.لازمكم تعملو هذي عادة (plural) (masculine-based)​ ​

 

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