“Joke”, “Jokes” in Tunisian Arabic

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

(f) Nokta

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

نكتة (f)

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

Noukat

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

نكت

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
“Do you want to hear a joke?”

T7eb tesma3 nokta?

تحب تسمع نكتة؟

 
“That’s a funny joke!”

Hedhi nokta tdha7ak!

!هذي نكتة تضحك

 
“My father tells a lot of jokes.”

Baba ya7ki barsha noukat.

.بابا يحكي برشا نكت

 
“I didn’t get the joke!”

Mafhemtech el nokta!

!مافهمتش النكتة

 
“She tells good jokes.”

Ta7ki noukat behyiin.

.تحكي نكت باهيين