"Typical Tunisian Phrases" Episode Flashcards by Claire Smith

Q

اعتني مثل معروف تعرفوا ملي انت صغير

A

Give me an idiom you know since you were young

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قعد

A

sit, stay

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اقعد بجنبي في المدرسة

A

Stay beside me in school

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اقعد واقف

A

stay standing

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الاسوام الكل كيف كيف

A

The prices are all the same

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امثلة

A

idioms

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امشي اقعد

A

sit down

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باهي

A

good

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برشة عباد تحب تستقر في سوسة

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A lot of people want to settle in Sousse

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برشة عباد تلقى اللغة تونسية سهلة

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A lot of people find the Tunisian language easy

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بقداش كيلو البصل؟

A

How much is a kilo of onions?

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بقداش؟

A

How much?

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تشمت

A

to mock

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تصور

A

imagine, think

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توانسة

A

Tunisians

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تونس طقسها مزيان برشة

A

Tunis’s weather is very nice

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جيعان

A

hungry

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حانوت مكري

A

rented store

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حجات هكا

A

things like that

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حرق

A

to burn

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ديمة نجوع مع نص النهار

A

I always get hungry at midday

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رد بالك التحرق حواجبك

A

be careful not to burn your eyebrows

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ريحة البخور توجعلي راسي

A

The smell of incense hurts my head

Q

زين تونس مافمش كيفو

A

There’s nothing like Tunisian beauty

ستقر

to settle

سفنارية

carrot

شنحولك؟

How are you?

شنو نعمل؟

What do I do?

شنية اسوام الخضرة؟

What are the prices of vegetables?

صار\يصير

to happen

طنجرة

cooking pot

عسلامة

hello

عطشان

thirsty

عيشك

thank you

فرطاس

bald

في تونس عندنا برشة امثلة شعبية

In Tunisia, we have a lot of idioms

في حومتي فما سوق كل جمعة

In my neighborhood, there's a bazaar every week

قداش فما من لهجة في تونس؟

How many accents are there in Tunisia?

كل ساعة و علمها

every hour has its knowledge

كل مدينة في تونس فيها لهجة

Every city in Tunisia has an accent

لوج

to search

محلاها ريحة البخور

Incense has a beautiful smell

محلاها

how nice, beautiful

مسحور

cursed

مش باهي تشمت في صحابك

It's not good to mock your friends

مشوم

bad

موش

not

نجم

can/ to be able to

نحب نشري خبز من الحانوت

I want to buy bread from the store

نحب نصلي في الجامع الكبير

I want to pray in the big mosque

نلوج علي حجام باهي

I'm looking for a good barber

وجع

to hurt

وين مشي غدوة؟

Where are you going tomorrow?

وين نمشي؟

Where do I go?

وينك؟

Where are you?

يتاقلم

to adapt

يفسر

to explain