“Olive tree”, “Olive trees” in Tunisian Arabic

In Tunisian Arabic, “Olive tree” is written using the Latin script as:

Chojret zitoun

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

شجرة زيتون

In Tunisian Arabic, “Olive trees” is written using the Latin script as:

Chojrat zitoun

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

شجرات زيتون

Listen to these two terms pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 

“That olive tree is approximately 500 years in age.”

Chojret el zitoun heki 3morha 500 sne ta9riban.

.شجرة الزيتون هكي عمرها 500 سنه تقريباً.

 

“What kind of olive tree is that?”

Chnouwa naw3 chojret zitoun heki?

شنوا نوع شجرة الزيتون هكي؟

 

“When will olives appear on the olive trees?”

Waktech el zitoun yothher fi chojrat zitoun hethom?

وقتاش الزيتون يظهر في شجرة الزيتون هذي؟

 

“By June, olives appear on many olive trees.”

M3a chhar juin, el zitoun yothhor fi barcha men chojrat el zitoun.

.مع شهر جوان, الزيتون يظهر في برشا من شجرات الزيتون

 

“The grove has olive trees, orange trees, and lemon trees.”

El jnina fiha chojrat zitoun, chojrat bordgen, chojrat 9ares.

.الجنينة فيها شجرات بردقان، شجرات زيتون، شجرات قارص

 

Related words and in Tunisian Arabic

“Olive”, “Olives” in Tunisian Arabic

“Olive oil” in Tunisian Arabic

These terms in other Arabic dialects

“Olive tree”, “Olive trees” in Lebanese Arabic