“Some time” (noun) in Tunisian Arabic

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

Chwaya wa9t

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

شويّة وقت

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Examples in sentences or statements

 
“Do you have some time now to talk?”

3andek chwaya wa9t taw bech nahkiw?

عندك شويّة وقت تو بش نحكيو؟

 
“Is there some time to go to the cafe before we go to the theatre?”

3anna chwaya wa9t bech nemchiw l 9ahwa 9bal manemchiw lel masra7?

عنّا شويّة وقت بش نمشيو لقهوى قبل مانمشيو للمسرح؟

 
“Do they have some time to meet on Friday?”

3and’hom chwaya wa9t bech yet9ablou nhar ejjom3a?

عندهم شويّة وقت بش يتقابلو نهار الجمعة؟

 
“There is some time to stop now and rest.”

3anna chwaya wa9t taw bech ne9fou w narte7ou.

.عنّا شويّة وقت تو بش ناقفو و نرتاحو

 
“I’ll check if there is some time to hold the meeting on Monday.”

Taw nchouf ken famma chwaya wa9t bech na3mlou l ejtime3 nhar lethnin.

.تو نشوف كان فمّا شويّة وقت بش نعملو الاجتماع نهار الاثنين

In other Mediterranean languages and dialects

“Sometime” in Lebanese Arabic

“Sometime” in Turkish