“Raisin”, “Raisins” in Tunisian Arabic

In Tunisian Arabic, “Raisin” (the noun, as in the type of food) is written using the Latin script as:

(m) Zbib

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

زبيب (m)

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

Zbib

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

زبيب

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Examples in sentences or statements

 
Do you like raisins in cookies?

T7eb zbib f cookies?

تحب الزبيب في الكوكيز؟

 
I don’t like raisins in cookies.

N7ebch zbib f cookies.

.نحبش الزبيب في الكوكيز

 
I am going to make a homemade raisin cake for breakfast.

Bch ntayeb gateau b zbib l ftour sbe7.

.بش نطيب قاتو بالزبيب لفطور الصباح

 
There is a raisin on the floor.

Fama zbib 3l 9a3.

.فما زبيب على القع

 
We need to buy some raisins when we’re out.

7achtna bch nechriw chwaya zbib k no5rjou.

.حاشتنا بش نشريوا شويا زبيب كي نخرجوا

 

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