“Sign”, “Signs” (nouns) in Tunisian Arabic

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

(f) Blaka

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

بلاكة (f)

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

Blayek

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

بلايك

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
“What does that sign read?”

Chnia fiha l blaka?

شنية فيها البلاكة؟

 
“Street sign.”

Blaka f chera3.

.بلاكة في الشارع

 
“There is a stop sign up ahead.”

Fama blaka mte3 stop l9oddem.

.فما بلاك متاع ستوب لقدام

 
“What do those signs read?”

Chfihom hal blayek?

شفيهم هل بلايك؟

 
“The sign says we must go right.”

El blaka t9oul eli lezem nechiw 3al ymin.

.البلاكة تقول إلي لازم نمشيو عاليمين

 

In other Mediterranean languages and dialects

“Sign”, “Signs” (nouns) in Lebanese Arabic