“Turned” (age) (past) in Tunisian Arabic

In Tunisian Arabic, “Turned” (the verb, in the context of age, in the past tense) is written using the Latin script as:

(I) Walla 3omri

(You) Walla 3omrek

(You, plural) Walla 3morkom

(He) Walla 3omrou

(She) Walla 3morha

(We) Walla 3morna

(They) Walla 3morhom

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

ولّى عمري (I)

ولّى عمرك (You)

ولّى عمركم (You, plural)

ولّى عمرو (He)

ولّى عمرها (She)

ولّى عمرنا (We)

ولّى عمرهم (They)

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Examples in sentences or statements

 

“I turned 80 yesterday.”

Emes walla 3omri 80 sna.

.آمس ولاّ عمري 80 سنة

“No, I didn’t turn 43. I turned 42.”

La, mawallech 3omri 43. Wallit 42 sna.

.لا، ماولاّش عمري 43. ولّيت 42 سنة

 

“When did you turn 57?”

Wa9tech walla 3omrek 57?

وقاش ولّى عمرك 57؟

 

“When did you two turn 50?”

Wa9ech walla 3morkom 50?

وقتاش ولّى عمركم 50؟

 

“My husband turned 51 yesterday.”

Rajli walla 3omrou 51 emes.

.راجلي ولّى عمرو 57 آمس

 

“My wife turned 53 last week.”

Marti walla 3morha 53 e jom3a lifetet.

.مرتي ولاّ عمرها 53 الجمعة لي فاتت

 

“We both turned 32 yesterday.”

A7na e zouz walla 3morna 32 emes.

.أحنا الزوز ولّى عمرنا 32 آمس

 

“My twin sons turned 37 over the weekend.”

Wledi e twema walla 3morhom 37 e jom3a lifetet.

.ولادي التوامة ولاّ عمرهم 37 الجمعة لي فاتت