"Safe" (adjective) in Tunisian Arabic

In Tunisian Arabic, "Safe" (the adjective, in the context of a living being) is written using the Latin script as:

B amen

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

بأمان

 

In Tunisian Arabic, "Safe" (the adjective, in the context of a place or object) is written using the Latin script as:

(m) Emen

(f) Emna

(pl) Emnin

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

آمن (m)

آمنة (f)

آمنين (pl)

(Editor's note: Fundamentally, B means "With" and Amen means "Peace" or "Security".)

Listen to these four phrases pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

"The bird is safe now."

El 3osfour b amen tawa.

.العصفور بأمان توا

"You're safe now."

Enti b amen tawa.

.أنت بأمان توا

"I feel safe with you."

N7es rou7y b amen ki nebda m3ak.

.نحس روحي بأمان كي نبدى معاك

"I didn't feel safe earlier but I do now."

Ma7asitech rou7y b amen 9bila ama tawa ayh.

.ما حسيتش روحي بأمان قبيلة أما توا ايه

"I don’t think it's safe to go down the slide."

Fibeli e tza7li9 fi toboggan mouch emen.

.فيبالي التزحليق في التوبوقان موش آمن