“Percent” in Tunisian Arabic

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

Belmyé

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

بالمائة

(Editor’s note: The English noun “Percent”, the noun, when translated into Tunisian Arabic, is translated as the adverb, Belmyé / بالمائة)

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Examples in sentences or statements

 
“Fifty percent of the project is done.”

5amsin bel myé mel machrou3 kmel.

.خمسين بالمائة مالمشروع كمل

 
“I’m ahead of you by eighty percent.”

(m) Ena feytek b thmenin belmyé.

(f) Ena feytettek b thmenin belmyé.

.أنا فايتك بثمانين بالمائة (m)

.أنا فايتتّك بثمانين بالمائة (f)

 
“I got a thirty percent discount on these shoes.”

5dhit l sabbat hedha b tlethin belmyé remise.

.خذيت الصبّاط هذا بتلاثين بالمائة ريميز

 
“About seventy percent of the file is downloaded.”

Ta9riban sab3in belmyé mel fichier tcharja.

.تقريبا سبعين بالمائة مالفيشياي تشرجى

 
“I finished sixty percent of this book.”

Kamalt settin belmyé mel kteb.

.كمّلت ستّين بالمائة مالكتاب

 

Related words in Tunisian Arabic

“Number”, “Numbers” in Tunisian Arabic

“Calculation”, “Calculations” in Tunisian Arabic