“West” in Tunisian Arabic

In Tunisian Arabic, “West” (as in the direction) is written using the Latin script as:

Gharb

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

غرب

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Examples in sentences or statements

 
“Are we heading west or east?”

Mechin thniyet el gharb wala char9?

ماشين ثنية الغرب ولا الشرق؟

 
“I’m originally from the west of Tunisia.”

Ena asli men gharb tounes.

.أنا أصلي من غرب تونس

 
“The GPS indicates that we should travel west.”

El GPS 9alna lezem ntab3ou thniyet el lgharb.

.الجي بي اس قالنا لازم نتبعو ثنية الغرب

 
“The park is on the west side of the city.”

El montazah mawjoud fi gharb l mdina.

.المنتزه موجود في غرب المدينة

 
“We should be heading west if we want to go to the beach.”

Ken n7ebou nemchew lel b7ar lezemna ntab3ou thniyet l gharb.

.كان نحبو نمشاو للبحر لازمنا نتبعو ثنية الغرب