Life and Death in Tunisian Arabic
Life and Death in Tunisian Arabic
| life | ɧayēt | حياة | |
| life | 3īše | عيشة | |
| to live | 3āš | عاش | |
| I live in Tunisia. | ēne n3īš fī tūnis. | آنا نْعيش في تونِس. | |
| alive | 3āyiš | عايِش | |
| to give birth to | wlid | وْلِد | |
| to be born | tūlid | تولِد | |
| birth | wlēde | وْلادة | |
| child (0-17 years old); boy | ʈful (wlēd) | طْفُل (وْلاد) | |
| baby, infant | bebe (bibbiyēt) (fr: bébé) | بيبي (بِبّيات) | |
| to be breastfed, suckle | rʐe3 | رْضَع | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 502 |
| to breastfeed | reʐʐe3 | رَضَّع | |
| diaper | kūš (fr: couche) | كوش | |
| well-behaved | mutrubbi | مُتْرُبّي | |
| well-behaved | 3āqil | عاقِل | |
| naughty, mischievous | mūš 3āqil | موش عاقِل | |
| naughty, mischievous | mūš mutrubbi | موش مُتْرُبّي | |
| childish, immature | farx | فرْخ | |
| mature(-acting) | kbīr (fī muxxu) | كْبير (في مُخُّه) | |
| mature(-acting) | rzīn | رْزين | |
| boy | wled (wlēd) | وْلد (وْلاد) | |
| girl | ʈufle (bnēt) | طُفْلة (بْنات) | |
| girl | bneyye (bnēt) | بْنيّة (بْنات) | |
| adolescent, teenager | murāhiq | مراهِق | |
| adolescent, teenager | edulessã (fr: adolescent) | أدُلسُّون | |
| person | 3abd (3bēd, nēs) | عَبْد (عْباد، ناس) | |
| man; husband | rājil (rjēl) | راجِل (رْجال) | |
| woman; wife | mrā (nsē) | مْرا (نْسا) | |
| adults, grown-ups | nēs kbār [pl.] | ناس كْبار | |
| young people, youth | šebēb [pl.] | شباب | |
| young man | šēbb (šebēb) | شابّ (شباب) | |
| young man | rājil jøn (fr. jeune) | راجِل جون | |
| young man | rājil ʂɣīr fī -l3mur | راجِل صْغير في العْمُر | |
| young woman | mrā ʂɣīra fī -l3mur | مْرا صْغيرة في العْمُر | |
| young woman | mrā jøn (fr. jeune) | مْرا جون | |
| in one’s fifties, middle-aged | fī -lxamsīnēt (min 3umru) | في الخمْسينات (مِن عُمْرُه) | |
| in one’s fifties, middle-aged | fi -lxamsīn (min 3umru) | في الخمْسين (مِن عُمْرُه) | |
| old | kbīr (kbār) fī -l3mur | كْبير (كْبار) في العْمُر | |
| old | 3zūz (3zēyiz) | عْزوز (عْزايِز) | |
| old man | rājil 3zūz | راجِل عْزوز | |
| old man | rājil kbīr | راجِل كْبير | |
| old woman | mrā 3zūze | مْرا عْزوزة | |
| old woman | mrā kbīra | مْرا كْبيرة | |
| to age, grow old | kbir (fi -l3mur) | كْبِر (في العْمُر) | |
| to age, grow old | 3azwiz | عزْوِز | |
| Everyone gets old. | l3bēd ilkull tikbir. | لعْباد الكُلّ تِكْبِر. | |
| Everyone gets old. | innēs ilkull yikibru. | النّاس الكُلّ يِكِبْرو. | |
| childhood | iʂʂuɣr | الصُّغْر | |
| in one’s childhood | fī ʂuɣru | في صُغْره | |
| adolescence | murāhqa | مراهقة | |
| in one’s youth | fī šbēbu | في شْبابه | |
| old age | ilkubr | الكُبْر | |
| birthday | 3īd mīlēd | عيد ميلاد | |
| Happy Birthday! | 3īd mīlēd s3īd! | عيد ميلاد سعيد! | |
| Happy birthday and may you have many more!, … and many happy returns! | 3īd mīlēd s3īd w kull 3ām w inti bxīr, nšē allah! | عيد ميلاد سعيد و كُلّ عام و انتِ بْخير، نْشا الله! | |
| When is your birthday? | waqtēš 3īd mīlēdik? | وقْتاش عيد ميلادِك؟ | |
| My birthday is in May. | 3īd mīlēdi fī mēy. | عيد ميلادي في ماي. | |
| age, life span; period, era, age | 3mur | عْمُر | |
| all one’s life | ʈūl 3umru | طول عمْره | |
| year | 3ām (3wēm, snīn) | عام (عْوام، سْنين) | |
| How old are you? | qeddēš 3umrik? | قدّاش عُمْرِك؟ | |
| I’m 20 years old. | 3umri 3išrīn sne. | عُمْري عِشْرين سنْة. | |
| to turn __ years old | 3mel __ 3ām (sne) | عْمل __ عام (سْنا) | |
| He’s turning ten years old next week. | ijjim3a -jjēye bēš yi3mil 3ašra snīn. | الجِّمْعة الجّاية باش يِعْمِل عشْرة سْنين. | |
| I turned thirty last month. | 3melt tlēŧīn snē iššher illi fēt. | عْملْت تلْاثين سْنا الشّْهَر اِلّي فات. | |
| a ten-year-old boy/child | wled 3umru 3ašra snīn | وْلد عُمْرُه عشْرة سْنين | |
| a fifty-year-old woman | mrā 3murhe xamsīn sne | مْرا عْمُرْها خمْسين سْنا | |
| When were you born? | waqtēš tūlidt? | وَقْتاش تولِدت؟ | |
| What year were you born? | fēnu 3ām tūlidt? | فانو عام تولِدت؟ | |
| I was born in 1980. | tūlidt 3ām elf w tis3a mye w ŧmēnīn. | تولِدت عام ألْف وْتِسْعمْية وْثْمانين. | |
| death, passing | mūt | موت | |
| to die | mēt | مات | |
| dead | meyyit (mūte) | ميِّت (موتى) | |
| to pass away | itweffe | اتْوَفّى | |
| deceased | mitwiffi | مِتْوِفّي | |
| corpse, body | juŧŧe (juŧeŧ) | جُثّة (جُثث) | |
| funeral | jnēze | جْنازة | |
| funeral | znēze | زْنازة | |
| to bury | dfin | دْفِن | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 502 |
| to be buried | tidfin | تِدْفِن | |
| burial | dfīne | دْفينة | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 502 |
| coffin | tēbūt | تابوت | |
| cemetary | jebbēne | جبّانة | |
| grave | qbar (qbūrāt) | قْبر (قْبورات) | |
| gravestone, headstone | pyēɣ tombāl (fr: pierre tombale) | پْياغ تومْبال | |
| to mourn | ɧzin | حْزِن | |
| mourning | ɧuzn | حُزْن | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 502 |
| period of mourning | ɧidēd | حِداد | |
| to cremate | ɧraq iljuŧŧe | حْرَق الجُثَة | |
| cremation | ɧِarq iljuŧŧe | حَرْق الجُثَة | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 502 |
Life and Death in Tunisian Arabic
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