“Modest” in Tunisian Arabic

In Tunisian Arabic, “Modest” (the adjective, in the singular form) is written using the Latin script as:

(m) Metwadha3

(f) Metwadh3a

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

متواضع (m)

متواضعة (f)

In Tunisian Arabic, “Modest” (the adjective, in the singular form) is written using the Latin script as:

Metwadh3in

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

متواضعين

Listen to these three words pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
(in a movie) “This character is very smart and modest.”

El chakhsya hedhi dhkya barcha w metwadh3a.

.الشخصية هذي ذكية برشا و متواضعة

 
“For how good she is at mathematics, she is very modest.”

3la 9ad mehi dhkya barcha fel math 3la 9ad, mehi metwadh3a.

.على قد ماهي ذكية برشا في المات على قد ما، هي متواضعة

 

(as a joke) “Don’t be so modest!”

(m) 9adekch metwadha3!

(f) 9adekch metwadh3a!

!قداكش متواضع (m)

!قداكش متواضعة (f)

 

“He’s not very modest.”

Mehouch metwadha3 barcha.

.ماهوش متواضع برشا

 

“He’s modest.”

Metwadha3.

.متواضع