“Roughly” (about) (adjective) in Tunisian Arabic

In Tunisian Arabic, “Roughly” (the adjective, as in an estimation) is written using the Latin script as:

9rib

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

قريب

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Examples in sentences or statements

 
“I’ll be roughly 45 more minutes.”

Bech nousel fi 9rib el se3a ghir rbo3.

.بش نوصل في قريب الساعة غير ربع

 
“There were roughly 30 people at her birthday party.”

Jew 9rib el thlethin 3abd l 7aflet 3id miledha.

.جاو قريب الثلاثين عبد لحفلة عيد ميلادها

 
“Fixing the car will cost us roughly 350 dinars.”

Tasli7 el karhba bech ykalafna 9rib el thlethemya w khamsin dinar.

.تصليح الكرهبة بش يكلفنا قريب الثلاثمية و خمسين دينار

 
“It will take you roughly an hour to get here.”

T7eblek 9rib esse3a bech tousel lghadi.

.تحبلك قريب الساعة بش توصل لغادي

 
“The price of this coat is roughly 200 dinars.”

Soum el kabbout hedha 9rib el mitin dinar.

.سوم الكبوط هذا قريب الميتين دينا

 

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